Evening star., 1950-06-18
Arena Staging Due
Here This Summer
Art Movie House Being Converted
Into 25O-Seot Round Theoter
By Jay Cormody


theater the only 25O0yar-od novelty
days. will Washington this summer
converted Hppodrome motion
picture teater Ninth and streets and the date Of its arrival
should be August Its precise moment Of birth h like most such
things the the gods In fact there is the additional
pcation that lies particularly in the hands Of the
architect carpenters and others having to do with remodens
Edward Mangum producer just August" Thirone
days hath August
theater with $50 seats arranged recanglary
around the four sides Of the centrally located playing platform
This roughly half the size Of New Yoks first
anoter IT'D which has been the talk Of Gotham
MONTH in the Edison Hotel Mansum
would like larger capacity house but not until they have seen
the idea imbedded in the communities consciousness
They confidently expect this will later along with the
seating The initial project financed at
raising which tees to the interest in this long
awaited novelty in dramatic production.
Arena staging central staging or literally
older indeed than the conventional staging
created early Greeks and enough came to
the American East by way Dallas which
supposed copy our styles not
with brilliant in these cultural outposs
respectively Glenn Hughes of the University Of Washington and
Margot Jones, adventurous Texas girl
Washngtons legitimate theater is vagrant
summertime project to be around venture founded
resident of established and talented amateurs but
not to using guest stars and name when and
they available.
So far there thought play
There are so many other aspects project consuming
full capacity for deep thinking Everything in its proper
place and time
The Older Entertainments Fight Back
young be terrified At that has
ever discovered what fearful world this is
Nevertheless televsion old enough to know fear,
might misgyng two about week like this one In
which entertainments might almost to be fighting
back and the legitimate drama have rallied with
some sturdy exhibits the kind that the slogan Movies
better than ever" is not an empty phrase.
Uneazed dodrm tradition local burst
forth best and most costly productions quite
they the box offices would take Of themselves
be in the summer are such productions
"The Asphalt Jungle" Saints and Sinners and he Wnslow
Boy"
And where Olney will find Caesar and
travelling players headed by Pau
Goddard?
almost If every suddenly felt secure again.
Hollywood in Our Midst Again
lot Of location shooting around last week
Born Yesterday Columbia Pictures promising 1850 produc
tion In the nonworkng hours Of Judy Holiday Bill Holden.
Producer Sylvan Simon and Director George Cukor there
brief ogeters here and there at which could exchange
few words with the Hollywood visitors.
One Of the best of Producer Son anecdotes about Born
Yesterday had do with production trick that becoming
the udios-and quite promising for the results Of
the studios work.
shooting close getting Under way he sad
into rehearsal the stage had done What
six performances before invited audiences wh
could figure it, the composition the audi
you wouldn't members learned about
the And how much the Of learned about laughs
meanings and few meanings that had changed greatly since the
play became Broadway hit five years ago."
Incidentally for changes having to do with these altered
meanings Of lines and situations Comba version back
pretty much to Carson Kanins original script The nbetween
writing. the producer has been largely discarded