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...obvious notion that a show is not worth producing unless it promises to enrich its backers as a long-run hit. Last week, however, Broadway blossomed with a smash hit that broke rules, and may break records. The American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA) opened its revival of Thornton Wilder's timeless piece of vaudevillian anthropology. The Skin of Our Teeth, first produced in 1942 (and greeted by a mixed chorus of cheers and catcalls-plus a Pulitzer Prize). The ANTA production's glittering stars: the U.S. theater's Grande Dame Helen Hayes and Producer-Director-Playwright...
Generic George. Though Skin could probably play to full houses for the rest of this year, it is scheduled to close in September after only 23 performances. With hardly a line deleted or dinosaur added, Wilder's drama is in a sense better than it was 13 years ago. His tearfully laughable story of mankind, allegorically and often outlandishly larded into the daily life of Mr. and Mrs. George Antrobus of Excelsior, N.J.. is just the same. What has changed, in hot war and cold, is the audience. Today's playgoers, themselves survivors of some close shaves...
...Seven Year Itch. Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell help Director Billy Wilder make George Axelrod's comedy an engaging romp (TIME, June...
...Seven Year Itch. Though the ads promise more fun than the picture delivers, Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell help Director Billy Wilder make George Axelrod's comedy an engaging romp (TIME, June...
...Seven Year Itch. Though the ads promise more fun than the picture delivers, Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell help Director Billy Wilder make George Axelrod's comedy a fairly engaging romp (TIME, June...