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Died. Lee ("Mister Lee") Shubert, 78, president of Shubert Theater Corp., iron-fisted producer-landlord of the U.S. legitimate stage; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Manhattan. With his brothers, Jacob ("J.J.") and Sam, Lee Shubert descended on Broadway from Syracuse, N.Y. in 1900, by the end of the booming '20s controlled an estimated $400 million in theatrical real estate. Working 15 hours a day, he survived both the Depression and the influx of movies, remorselessly squeezed out potential competitors. No man for publicity, he kept his 1936 marriage to Showgirl Marcella Swanson a secret for twelve years (until...
...established entertainment choices along Shubert Alley is Samuel Taylor's "Sabrina Fair." Margaret Sullavan has a chance to skitter about the stage while Joseph cotten scutters after her. the problem, something about a chauffeur's daughter with Parisian ideas, is amusingly worked out at the National...
...blonde, like the big hitter, is a tremendous individual performer. Just as there are those who cry that Williams subordinates the greater good of Boston for the name and fame of Ted, one may also argue that Miss Channing shoves her cast off stride by dominating the Shubert stage every time she steps on it. As for me, I'd place the Bosox in the second division without Williams and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes even lower without Miss Channing...
...bagel looks like a month-old doughnut and tastes delicious. A yuk (plural, yox) is a belly laugh. There are plenty of both in the new Yiddish-English revue at the Shubert. A group of Harvard men pass out bagels and cream cheese during intermission and the show takes care of the rest...
Three Wishes for Jamie Anne Jeffreys and John Raitt in a pleasant musical tinged with the blarney. Ends today at the Shubert...