Evening star., 1949-06-05
'ToIIuIoh Is Serene,
Sos Summer Drama
Every One Getting Into the Act
With $50 Theaters Running
By Jay Ccrmody

At o'clock last Tuesday night Taulah Bankhead Was as re-
axed as one Of those rayon stockings women wore during the war
Bankhead degree OF relaxation Is
newswohy indeed than the man who goes around
Her costume pair brown sacks pull
over sweater pair matching -Broadwaysh shoes
Bankheads geographical location at the moment
was large adjacent to the Onsy
Theater plain but comfortable Miss Bankheads
IN s On Of t the is @
single fly In the rural atmospheric ointment In which se ux
Hello" said Miss Bankhead "You know there is only
with this MI don't know how the Giants cams
hey split double header Brooklyn visitor said
Good" Bankhead mot perfect but good enough
Like Serenity.
She contenedy ungamorous ~ only
O securely gamorous woman can-even In the country
Tbat in case YOU never have thought the
sons why had Of its most
the Of the Drama In the country the per-
feet contrast to drama on Broadway
much as for the players with otherwise
unheard-of thing in the profession OF acting nusnes
knd of business on Broadway jammed
nightly with million humans and what seems ike an equa
number of taxicabs and private cars
In the country the involved at most few hun
enough make blur the landscape stretching
sway W ~ Every One Enters the Act.
the lucid Of the explanations why every one
wants to get into the act the hear act which reaches
from Ogunquit Me, to La Jolla. Calf.
Miss Bankhead Helen Hayes be the top figures IN
s great s sT ,10% Ts
Peck Maureen Oara Pat OBren ssne Aasse Jose
Ferre Dorothy Mcclure Libby Holman Ann
coro the Hartans Louise Rainer Sir Cedric
Hardwck Elizabeth Brgne Kay Francis and scores OF others
difference between regular and summer the
Nation influence Ia satscaly provabe
and the figures downright startling.
country from Broadway to Captain Theaer IN
eaers operating during the average
legitimate than CO. and don't overlook It, that
inclusive of New York
Between now and September the srawha barn. circuit
will see between operation Actors
had 1t (employment) like this before
Miss selout exhibit at Olny Noel Cow
ards typical Of the basic fare OF these theates
Entertainment escape whose broades meaning
relates to displays behavior set in drawing
gardens which may not be as large out are
Just as tempting a the famous one in Eden.
Royalties Go On Forever.
probably always will be fine thing 1t Is for play
wrgts collecting royalties from comedies after
they have forgotten how the story Of the play
Yet financial security which s derived from these
comedies the eater be more
and more experimental.
than dozen productions will be tried out around
circuit this the most notable Of which Miss Hayes
comedy by McCeery, Good Housekeeping 1t the
Olneys schedule for this just prior to the
plays Broadway debut It not, however. the only
writing with Broadway production mind for the fall Two
more tentatively the schedule
characteristic Of the Of several OF the
leading houses such the Oney the Cape
Theater Dennis Theron Bambger showcase In
County They enough business to justify the gamble
on new plays. Of them lsrgish msuicais.
they do this business before audiences sophist
producers sound prejudgment OF plays
Broadway possibilities.
The latter Just another perhaps the final one In which
theater proves how grownup 1t has become