The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-22
BY GILBERT SWAN NEA Service Writer


 New York--On timid feet, q new show season fast approaches Broadway. Ag
 Within q few weeks the first brave outriderB will be sighted. Behind them there are any num- Der of producers whose field mar shals arc far from certain con- corning the years possibilities.
 The army of plays is as great as ever. There arc enough to i'll all the dismal and deserted the- aters. But, ask the querulous. how long will this occupation last? VIII lights come on only to be dimmed again? Will the playhouses awak- en, rubbing their dusty bright lights, only to go back to sleep for another long period?
 There is more hope than con- fldence in what is likely to happen. All admit that the chance, must be taken; that's hows must 20 on and the old gamble undertaken. Producers, to be sure, rarely have much of their own money in q show these days. fgg8&T ' there Is m unusual amount 
 Wall street, having slumped into the doldrums, there are those whd want more action for their money. The banks have grown tighter listed than ever. Broadway Is likely to see q great many longshot players in action this winter; men with gold that has been growing sluggish from lack of exercise.
  At any rate, here arc few of the hlghlights---of the coming sea- son that can be promised with fair assurance:
 George Bernard Shaw will have new play, "Too Good to Be True" F
 Eddie Cantor will come back to the theater after | two-year ab- sence. and will be with Ziegfeld.
 The Gershwingawill have q now music show or2.Aarons and Freed ley. And this firm will start It's season with Singing the Blues"
 Emil Ludwig, the biographer. will have Il peace-treaty play for the Guild titled "VersailleB."
 The two most discussed -ih -ad- vance plays are He" and ONeilIs triology, Mourning Becomes FL ectra." The former has already, been tried out in Philadelphia and way points and has our 'severcst critic" George Nathan, doing handsprings about 1t. The latter tx actually three plays, any one of which can be considered complete. but all three must be attended to follow certain characters through to their eventual destinations.
 Rudy Vnllee will be Il music show fenture with George White. So will Ethel Barrymore's daugh- ter and the Howard brotbes.
 Earl Carroll will open his many. gadgeted new theatcr, with s3 top price.
 william Brady has dug up sev- cral plays for his little girl. Alice. chief among which are Lone Val Icy" and "Manhhttan Nocturnc.'
 Alfred Lunt and Lynn Tontannc will be among the seasons pio- neery in Robert Sherwood's 4ncw play, Reunion In Vienna" also on the Guild list. "A.
 Floyd Dell will reappear as n playwright Ills Cloudy With Showers" K now betng tried on the summer colony theaterh
 George M. Conan again will ap-. pear in person ih "Frienus,ip." and will have his daughter Helen in tho cast. I
 The shubcrts will have. among many, many other Items n new play from the widely publicizcd Mae West. Their big music fea- ture will be an opcrettn version of "cyrano." Also they. have q musical version of Up Pops tho Devil" cminently successful as farce and n film. Ed Wynne, the clown, will be on their payroll. So will Maurice Schwartz, the fa- nous Ylddish Ftheater producer. who will have personal charge of q repertory thenter. Tn addition will be n new Franz Lehnr music show. and about n dozen importa- tons. 1SaH q
 sophie Treadwcii who started well with "Machinai." will have c new play. lIb ul
 Irving Berlin. who hasn't dono much music writing for the stage. will have q score for Sam Harris. owen Davis. the most prolific of