Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-08-13
Air Of August Here
Alive With Novelty
Wotergote Kiss Me, Kate HiIdegorde
At OIney and Arena Set for Week
By Joy Cormody

August is not usually caprcous whimsical April
BY August. summer has begun to get tired and
humans pretty much the
different At least the field of entertain
ment single weekthe beginning oday-novety crops
up everywhere The atmosphere teens with bordering
How otherwise is one to appearance
Broadway musical Kiss Me- Kate the Watergate
weeks? Or the coming of Hdegrdes pro-
of the normally conventional Oney? And
Monday and Tuesday nights Wash
ngons first will its doors on Wednes-
day at the rmodd Hppodrome movie house on New YORK
~
before although Washngtons summers can inspire eccenrcy
whatever it is. easily as summer anywhere else
"Kote" Moy Pioneer Whole Series Of Musicals
Kate" the first large, contemporary musical
drama to Washngton rooess the
banks of the Potomac 1t is not something whipped togene IN
the festival productions On the contrary it is
regular National which will come here direct from
which had two in the best road heaS
in the land 49,, >,..,
1t the company that would have played the National
Theater possibly for much longer than fortnight that ao
The Cole Porter-sam and spewack hit faces exciting
prospects at the Watergate 1t is Dig 10 anu nton
money, breakeven point Kiss Me- Kate could gross
considerably than twice that much each week OF It's
ngon booking Or there could be rain winch II ola nn
spoil than three out of the IA scheduled "ouo
be disastrous
New Yorks Eyes on Box Office Results
New York watching the box Office ntenty as New
all pioneering ventures OF the kno WashgCoh Is
putting on an exciting display of interest in Kiss Me Kate
An advance sale than $4,000 already is in the
box office fascinating facet Of this to the management and
possibly also to you is that the early demand Is of he e
priced seats.
promise is necessary make Kiss Me- Kate the pioneer
CT elaborate contemporary
the year after, and on 49,.
matinee performances OF the dig
The Lincoln Memorial area is TOO VITAL
TO traffic with traffic to be used So Tar as
the MANAGEMENT concerned then rain any day during
the long it does not rain during the
four hours patrons the play through the play
and home after the play.
latter return-home interval might be sacrificed
the weather gods need placating
Hdeqorde at Oney Strikes New Note
Hldegarde a theater attraction has aroused
years something dramatic about attrac
tion teate such Oney in the very idea OF such
things Night club entertainers sophisticated of them
turn I'm in the socaeo regularly but not in the
manner of Miwaukees famous chanteuse .
their acts behind try something raolcaIy
She with her brilliant and varied
handkechefs her songs ana her
the Persian Embassy rooms outlying
the like of this except as Hdgarde mas
done it in other theaters last year and this
successful elsewhere and the Oney man
the surface Of its excitement Inc
truth that quite fashionable before an effect
Hldegarde always counts upon creating in advance .
She will bring her small select and highly
co-ordinated unit
Arena Stooe Sold Out for Its Premiere
which intent upon becoming year-afouno
community drama project sponsorship of Edward Man
gum and Zelda Fichander will assured full house Tor
its opening performance Wednesday night Every seat already mas
been night of She Stops to Conquer winch
Mangum has directed
remodeled Hippodrome, picture theater Tor many
years attractive than 200seat arena for the St
theater in the-roun production to be offered here.