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Surviving a rather indifferent opening performance, the recently-formed Players' Theatre group is presenting a second weekend run of its musical take-off on the features and foibles of life in Beantown. Bolstered by the advantage of first--night experience and a week of hard work in which to apply the numerous lessons of that experience, "Baa Baa Back Bay" has a good chance to graduate from the mediocre to the mighty fine in its appearances tonight and tomorrow night...
...Greenfield jump with its eight terraces for spectators is well known. From the edge of the cement take-off to the beginning of the level outrun, there is a drop of 120 feet. On February 22, Greenfield will hold an open invitation jump. Greenfield, too, has a marvelous toboggan chute, on which 60 to 70 miles an hour have been clocked...
...aircraft carrier at work is an ugly, color-splashed, noisy inferno. Launching her planes from the crowded flight deck, she throbs with the rumble of warming airplane engines. Hooded men in brilliant yellow, red, blue and green uniforms (to denote their functions) swiftly work the planes forward to take-off position. Every few seconds the roar of an engine in full throttle thunders through the echoing ship as another plane takes off. Only when the last bomber is in the air and the formations shrink into the sky does she settle back to the quiet peace of a ship...
...benefit of all magnolia-hating Yankees, is not dreamy-eyed hogwash about the Mississippi befo' de wa'. The "River" is the Hudson; the "Rhythm" is snappy; and there is very little about the show that is dreamy-eyed. The story concerns a song writing tycoon (variously surmised as a take-off on--(1) George Gershwin, (2) Cole Porter, (3) Palestrina) who has lost his touch; ergo, he hires two very substantial looking ghosts, baby-face Bing Crosby and anything-but-baby-face Mary Martin. The Crosby-Martin arrangement gets hot, finally takes the tune away from tycoon Basil Rathbone. Moral...
...Came to Dinner. Kaufman & Hart's very unflattering, very funny take-off on Alexander Woollcott (TIME...