Word: shubertism
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...years ago a sadly disillusioned French girl packed her meagre belongings, said a bitter good-by to New York, took the first boat home. She had been in a Grade D .Shubert show. Its run was short. No one took much notice of the songs she sang. Basso Feodor Chaliapin and La Argentina, the dancer, were equally unfortunate on their first U. S. visits, but both had sensational comebacks. Last week luck had changed for Lucienne Boyer...
College Sinners (by Terence Rattigan and Philip Heimann; produced by Lee and J. J. Shubert). This inconsequential, mildly entertaining gewgaw was called First Episode when it was produced in London. Importing it along with two or three players, the Brothers Shubert apparently decided that the title should name the ingredients. The "college" is Oxford; the sin is carnal, boyish and fumbled...
...Shubert: The universally acclaimed musical of musicals, "As Thousands Cheer". You have heard all about this one and probably will not miss it this time unless you fail to get your seats in advance...
...Shubert: The university acclaimed musical of musicals. "As Thousands Cheer". You have heard all about this one and probably will not miss if this time unless you fail to get your seats in advance...
Life Begins at 8:40 (words & music by Ira Gershwin, E. Y. Harburg & Harold Arlen; Shuberts, producers). Until recently a look at the program was unnecessary to identify Shubert revues. Their hallmark was stage furnishings which suggested nothing so much as Eighth Avenue second-hand shops. The height of scenic imagination was usually a gauze drop behind which tottered in semidarkness a troupe of half-naked show girls. The decor of Life Begins at 8:40, turned out by the youngest and best man in the business, is no more like that of typical Shubert offerings than chicken salad...