Word: shubertism
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...want to hear the tunes that you'll be singing when the snow finally melts, take a trip to the Shubert where Rodgers and Hart have tossed them together in the form of "Higher and Higher," There are plenty of good numbers in the show, all polished up and ready for the Hit Parade; among them are "From Another World," "Nothing But You," and "Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon," Rodgers and Hart have done better than this (in fact, they haven't done their best since "On Your Toes" a few years ago), but at least they haven't lost...
...support Miss Bankhead, castigate Mr. Shumlin. Somebody pointed out that Herman Shumlin was the only Broadway producer advertising in the Communist Daily Worker. It seemed that Mr. Shumlin had almost no friends except Leftish Lillian Hellman, who writes some of the best plays he produces. John Golden, John Shubert, Eddie Dowling, other members of Herbert Hoover's Amusement Division sneered: "The Communists in show business . . . are up to their old tricks. ... So we have the nauseating spectacle of a house divided when as a matter of fact 99% of the people of the theatre are solidly behind this humanitarian cause...
Billy Draws a Horse (by Lesley Storm; produced by Lee Shubert & William A. Brady) is a wee mite of an English comedy, cheerily piping in its thin little treble, bravely kicking its little matchstick legs. Deft, witty Comedienne Grace George does all she can to build it up, but the little fellow needs milk & eggs, a good tonic and lots of fresh country...
Following a deadlocked telephone conversation with an obdurate stage manager and a fruitless telegram, Harvey, describing his message as "most urgent," was able to get in touch with the famous figure, now appearing at the Shubert in "DuBarry Was a Lady," and popped the question...
...Contrary to popular belief, Harvard suffices are neither better nor worse than the average New York audience," opined Bert Lahr, star of Cole Perrier's new show "DuBarry Was a Lady," in his dressing room at the Shubert Theatre last night. "All shows these days are written for patrons of the Great White Way, and Harvard boys have their pseudo-sophistication...