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Closer to the Square, however, is the Boston Summer Theatre, at New England Mutual Hall. Opening July 7 with Bert Lahr in Visit to a Small Planet, the Summer Theatre will also present James Mason in Mid-Summer (July 14-19); Basil Rathbone and Geraldine Page in Separate Tables (July 21-26); Tonight at 8:30, with Faye Emerson (July 28-Aug. 2); Hal March in A Hole in the Head (Aug. 4-9); Dulcy, with Dody Goodman (Aug. 11-16); and Melvyn Douglas in Strange Partners, a new play by Florence Lowe and Caroline Francke...
...hilarious report on the suburbs," Suburban Revue got about as far out of Manhattan as Central Park. Host Alistair Cooke showed up in skimmer, foulard scarf and blazer, to talk about the wonders of aluminum (spelled A-1-u-m-i-n-i-u-m, Ltd.). Bert Lahr, a mighty available Jones around all channels these days, blinked and "poo-poo-pa-dooed" through some excruciating jokes ("Are you Ivy?" "It's crawlin' all over me") and brayed his inimitable full-octave singing quaver. Digging into Broadway's attic of old goodies, Omnibus borrowed Lend...
...keep its heart in the right place and a tickly hand on the viewer's funnybone. As he dum-tada-ta-ed the habanera from Carmen ("Greasy cup and dirty plate, I'll wash you up immaculate, da ta") in a café kitchen, Dishwasher Bert Lahr learned, that he had won an Irish Sweepstakes fortune. At last, he and his wife (Margaret Hamilton) could realize a great dream, "the one thing we both want most-a divorce." Instead, though, Lothario Lahr settled for a whirl at the posh Murmuring Sands Hotel and the charms of a predatory...
Kraft Theater: Star vehicles are so named because they are custom-made to carry the star. Too often, however, the star winds up carrying the vehicle, and sometimes, as in the case of a comedy called The Big Heist, even such broad shoulders as Bert Lahr's cannot carry it as far as the corner saloon. Written with an eye on Damon Runyon and a finger in a dictionary of U.S. criminal argot, the play explored a quaint old vein of humor among thieves: Lahr, as a low man on the totem pole of crime, joined another aging juvenile...
...Omnibus, which Host Cooke dubs "a vaudeville show embracing several centuries," is large with what it likes to call its "mentortainment" plans: a detailed treatment of America's worsening traffic problem, a history of the bathtub with Bert Lahr, several Metropolitan Opera productions. For the second outing, this Sunday at 4 p.m. E.S.T., Omnibus will feature the first part of "American Trial by Jury" with Boston Barrister Joseph Welch and an "in-depth" look at LIFE...