Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 August 1952 — Page 22

Stage and Music— No Laughing Matter

By Henry Butler |

Times Staff Writer DENNIS. Mass., Aug. 9—Serious plays mean poor business for summer theater. That's the melancholy conclusion of Broadway producer Richard Aldrich, who operates three summer play-

houses here on Cape Cod It's very discouraging" MI pare he met Gertrude Lawrence. Aldrich said fn his Cape. Play: thay were married the following house office here in Dennis the ger and now have a summer other day. “It's really quite de- p,me in Fast Dennis. pressing,” he added, with what 1, pig years with the Playhouse, seemed inappropriately ‘cheerful ar. Aldrich has seen the change Vigor from stock company, playing al-

Second rate comedies do much tarnate weeks, to visiting-star better business than artistic gyetem to visiting-package sysplays,” he sald, citing the case 4... “The stock company was unof "The Glass Menagerie” which soonomical. Agents asked us, opened the Cape Playhouse sea- ‘why don't you play every week son thie vear, with Dana Andrews ,nq4 take in twice as much

in the role of the son-narrator money’ ”" It had a wonderful press. Crit Visiting stars, arriving Sundays ice even came up from New York. gang rehearsing rapidly, didn't

But it didn’t sell. Summer audi- ¢glye the problem. Too much ences want light, frothy comedy. «train, too many fluffed lines, The Give them a glamorous female package system, in which a show star with a handsome wardrobe, iq put together with star and sup-

or a male star with sex-appeal. norting cast and then toured durIt's a form of escapism.” ing the summer, is more efficient In the midst of this jeremiad, 3nd satisfactory, though also Mr Aldrich beamed an alert, more costly than stock. But sumfriendly smile mer audiences demand stars nowsn » adavs HE LOOKED a bit graver while " " discussing rising costs, “Our ex MRE. ALDRICH, like some other penses here at the Cape Play: producers, finde summer theater -house have doubled since 1946, 5 valuable proving ground for

but our ticket prices haven't gone Broadway, His current test run up. We're still charging $3.60 top, js “The Gypsies Wore High Hats,” same as in 1938, hy Pulitzer Prize-winner Joseph And we're not selling 80 many (“The Shrike”) Kramm, starring $2.60 seats as we used to. In the Sylvia Sidney. It opened last old days, the best seats went first. \ Monday at Mr. Aldrich's FalNow people are counting thelr mouth Playhouse in Coonamespennies. Kconomists tell me it's sett, and will move over here to the «ame in all lines of business, {he Cape Playhouse tomorrow. “With costs where they are «This way we can see it, see nowadays, you either have to how it looks and maybe re-write have a sell-out or you lose your part of it. It'll cost us roughly shirt. Time was when a show hetween $5000 and $10,000. 4 could remain on Broadway just, “If we tried it out in the old doing fair business, but no longer. way via New Haven or PhiladelThis whole cost problem is kill- phia, it would cost us around ing Broadway and may even kill|$60.000.” summer theater eventually.” That seemed about the only de-

Subsidy? Mr. Aldrich said a partment in which Mr. Aldrich

permanent repertory company could mildly gloat over economy. doing serious plays would have . - to be subsidized. He cited symphony, opera and ballet, all part- Pat Rooney Sr. Honored ly supported by subsidy. “The NEW YORK, ‘Aug. 9 — Pat theater is the only one of the Rooney Sr. 4 , arts that is expected to pay for or show : itself : tured in “Guys and Dolls,” was Some serious plays that do well awarded an honorary plaque in enough on Broadway fail on the recognition of his outstanding road. He spoke of Lillian Hell-| contributions to the dance proman’s “Another Part of the For-|fession as the originator of the est.” which toured 20 weeks and waltz clog by the Dance Masters lost $25,000. of America at their 68th convenBig stars like Hepburn can tion at the Hotel Roosevelt. sell something otherwise unproms-

venerable gentleman business currently fea-

ising, like ‘The Millionairess.’ Or four big personalities can make a great success of a stunt like ‘Don Juan in Hell’ But there's no market for artistic drama without the lure of hig names.” » ”n ” . HE FORESAW a future In 3 which the audience for good plays What would you do if would become small and “very, You suddenly discovvery specialized.” Community the- ered that you were

The laquiring Reporter by Victor Moore (Jusics (7) of the Peace) THE QUESTION:

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Wagner Is Topic

At Music Festival

BAYREUTH, Germany, Aug. 9 The third International Convention of Music Students, now in progress here, is offering five courses about Richard Wagner's world of ideas. Classes Include discussions with the great masters grandson, Wieland Wagner,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

{popular appeal.” { The orchestra's expenses for

history and a revenue $981,527, of the large deficit of $111,260, but endowment| ard Todd at 11,

SUNDAY, AUG. 10, 1952

Times Amusement

Philadelphia Orchestra -™ ce s Out of Trouble

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 (UP)—The will ask for a limited amount of| #nd 8:40. Philadelphia Orchestra, in its an- financial support by way of a nual report on the 1951-52 season, who will explain his new stagings notes the largest attendance In ¢pa canson were $1.092,788 and

of Wagner's operas, and the the orchestra's French Wagner scholar, Prof. whittling down

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“The Story of Will Rogers,” Will Rogers Jr. and Jane Wyman, at 11:30, 3:10, 6:50 and 10:05. “Storm Over Tibet,”

an operating

Marcel Beaufille, author of “Wag- deficits “incurred in recent years. fund income and contributions re-! 8:05 and 10:25

ner and Wagnerism.”

tival management, the purposes

of the convention are to establish the association, said in the re-

personal contact among young port: “Removal of the federal admis-

many nations, and to promote the sions tax and the added orchestra Abraham Teitelbaum, key figure provided, in a congressional investigation of apostles of the Wagnerian tra- eliminated—for the first time in of fncome tax scandals last Defour years, the necessity for a cember, has paid the government, campaign | 325 397 in back taxes. E. J. Sau-| The deficit of per, bureau office director here, | 3 said the payment repre- “Call Me Mister.” the full amount due. -

music enthusiasts who hail ‘rom

development of a new generation income

dition.

In addition to becoming ac- general

quainted with the world of Wag- during 1951-52. approximately $20,000 plus next! ioqay

be asked to demonstrate and pre- Year's anticipated deficit suggests gq 409

ner, each nationality group will

change

fund-raising

sent for discussion the musical that next season the association

trends and accomplishments of its own country.

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Joan Crawford Learns

Fans Still Love Her

By MARY FRAZER 1

Seripps-Howard New York Writer

NEW YORK, Aug. 9—The

gave their own Glamor Queen

a glorious hour of triumph this week. Leaving their washing - machines and their baby-tending. checking the breakfast-getting

day their multitude of household

she 1s still, and always will be, the shiningest star of them all. Joan was literally in tears, when the powers-that-are at RKO told her they'd scheduled a personal appearance at—get this—— 9:15 a.m. The big-wigs thought that Joan selling tickets and sign- A

ing photos in the lobby of Loew’s |State Theater on Broadway would bring hundreds of fans into see UNFORGOTTEN—Joan the first local filming of her new picture, “Sudden Fear.” Crawford. ‘ Joan thought otherwise. lthe “nobody's coming to my par“No one, absolutely no one, gets ty" type to the kind that go "up to go to a movie at 9:15 a. m.” with unbelievable happiness. she sobbed. “Or if anyone does, mq., poxes of orchids were sent it's the kids. And the youngsters in by special messengers, within don't even know me. The bobby- jx 1ites The presidents of { soxers of my day have families. Joan Crawford fan clubs—plump, | They wouldn't dream of coming 30-ish girls who'd played hookey from Brooklyn or the Bronx or from housekeeping or office jobs, even Manhattan just to see me.” were whisked in. 2 side door.

EJ ” NONETHELESS, at 8:30 a. m.,, At 9:15 a. m., the by then franthere was Joan at Loew's State, tic management escorted Joan to looking beautiful in a bouffant the hox office. The ensuing 10 pink dress with starched petticoat minutes of ticket-selling nearly peeking from beneath her skirt, stopped Broadway traffic. After

of red hair, carrying a pink purse stacked with photos in the lobby, land wearing a brace of white or- smiled, shook hands, and did evchids. evrything but kiss the adoring The real “sudden fear” which fans who've kept her first in their had given her only fitful sleep the hearts these many years. night before was eased a bit | nN ua when she saw a considerable “I .DIDN'T believe it could crowd outside the theater. happen,” Joan said, when the last | But she wasn't convinced, yet,/fan had been urged into the ‘that they'd gathered to see Joan theater. Crawford. : | “Honey, there isn’t another star | Then, at 9 a. m., the glorious who can come close to you,” a /hour began. gray-haired woman in rumpled

| | Fans by the hundreds suddenly cotton said, as she reluctantly lappeared. Some fell quietly into jeft the lobby. |the queue that swiftly reached A balding ‘man who clutched {triple and quadruple deep, two pig newest Crawford photo, plus block proportions. Others crowd- another apparently saved from jed the guarded glass doors of years ago, beamed at the woman. Loew’s, fighting for a chance to “They just don’t make them

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