The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-13
In New York
BY PAUL HARRISON

New York-"What shows shall see during few days in New ,York?" asks a man from Missouri. ''Is 1t necessary to reserve tickets in advance?.. Are the original casts much changed?"
 Well, just now a visitor has fairly wide choice. in his theater- going, and for the very reason that hundreds of out-of-towners are bolstering attendance at last sea- sons hits. There are three musi- calls, topped by "As Thousands Cheer" which will be kept running no matter how many of its stars have to take vacation. Dorothy Stone has ably succeeded Marilyn Miller, and three men soon are to take over the many roles of Clinton Webb. Miss Miller and Mir Webb will return in a few weeks.
 Curtain, r' se"Roberta". which has played 300 performances by grace of its Jer- ome Kern score, may close with in a few weeks and reopen August 20: or 1t may carry through until autumn. Lyle Roberti will be leav- ing the cast soon. New Faces the pleasant revue O. and by a lot of bright youngsters, still fingers but is showing signs of weakening.
 For straight comedy, and the funniest play of the year, there's "She Loves Me Not" It tells what happens in a Princeton dormitory when a fugitive night club dancer finds sancturay there, taxing the ingenuity and gallantry Of the stu dents. Sailor Beware!" takes second honors, and concerns the efforts of a sea-going Casanova 10 win the favor of a Canal zone dance hall girl called "Stonewalr' Jackson. Robust and rollicking, but perhaps a bit too racy for Aunt Hattie.
 Not for Aunt Hattie
 "Tobacco Road", an adaptation of Erskine Caldwell's novel, IS still playing to large numbers of people who like realism even if it's sordid, sinister and exception ally smutty. It certainly is not a play for Aunt Hattie. Henry Hull, for whom the critics turned hand springs all season, has been re- placed by James Barton, who is doing a good job.
 The Pulitzer Prize play, "Men in White," about life, love and ambition in big hospital, is scheduled to close August 4 with a record of 367 performances Chances are, though, that it will continue for few additional weeks.
 Walter Huston ad his wife, Nan Sunderland, are in Central City, Colorado, to play "Othello" for a short time. So "Dodsworth, in which they were appearing here, has closed until their return on August 20. It is satisfying almost tiawless adaptation of the Sinclair Lewis story.
 The Theater Union continues to present "Stevedore," which is ex- citing melodrama tinged with radi- calism. Acted by negroes and whites, it tells about some New Orleans dock hands caught in q race riot. And that's about all except for a trashy little charade called Are You Decent?"
 Ticket Data
 Tickets are to be had for every show on Broadway. and 1t isn't necessary to pay an agency com mission either. The scaiping racket is pretty well under control, but there are some interruptions ticket brokers still in bisiness. If visi- tor finds 1t lnconvenient to buy al the theater box office he can safe- ly order from the agency branch In his hotel.
 In addition to legitimate theaters there are such novel divertise- ments as "The Drunkard. or The Fallen Saved," revival at the American Music hall Ga remodled church which used to house the Band of Hope) of melodrama first produced in 1843 by F. T. Bar nun. Customers sit at tables, con- sume free beer and sandwiches and hiss the villain. .. Another beer-and- boo revival is The Tick et-of-Leave Man, or Hawkshaw the Detective"
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