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...Hope, Pa., Bucks County Playhouse: Ruth Chatterton and Conrad Nagel in Happy Ending, now in its ninth year of pre-Broadway testing and rejiggering...
Popping off in Detroit during a pre-Broadway tour of A Thurber Carnival, Humorist James Thurber, 65, got to talking to local newsmen about history and women. Said he: "Women are taking over the world because they are blandly unconcerned about history. I once sat next to a woman who asked, 'Why did we have to purchase Louisiana, when we got all the other states free?' I explained to her that Louisiana was owned by two women -Louise and Anna Wilmot-and that they sold it to General Winfield Scott, provided he'd name it after them...
...Pagans takes advantage of a fine and clever script by Patrick, a superb acting job by David Wayne, and a host of good supporting performances to transcend both a time-worn plotline and a hesitant first act.Juniper is delightful entertainment; coming on the heels of several notable Pre-Broadway fiascos, it provides a refreshing respite from mediocrity and banality...
Juniper converts more than a small village of Mexicans. To those who despaired of ever again seeing a good Pre-Broadway production, it brings vivid reassurance...
Miss Page turned in consummate portrayals of the divorcee and the spinster (which Margaret Leighton attempted so inadequately in the pre-Broadway tryout here two years ago). Her performance in either play alone would have been an impressive achievement. But her ability to undergo such a transformation during intermission was almost uncanny. And this was much more than a change of costume, makeup and wig; she did it through her posture, gait, gesture, diction and other ways. Through extraordinary muscular control, she was able to change her whole repertory of facial contours from those of a stunning beauty to those...