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with Shea Many Of these
have to do with the future of the
road" in the legitimate thea
ter AS he reads this partic-
ular wedge of time to come, he
thinks it will have to do more
and more with truck transporta-
ton of touring drama attractions
:. His production and "Okla-
homa!". two of the big touring
hits for the last several years,
are moving exclusively by high
way transport Since last
September. 'Mr., Roberts has
covered 1880 miles, many of
them in overnight moves between
towns that have not seen live
theater in 20 years.
Three factors dictate the.
switch from railroad to highway
transport. he says One of
these is that there are fewer
trains Another, streamliners
no longer carry old-faShioned
baggage cars such as once were
used to carry scenery And,
most of all. many bookings are
off direct railroad routes.
Union rules affect all kinds Of
transportation Actors who
travel more than six hours by
bus must be. paid extra COM
pensation . Rail trips of more
than eight hours call for Pull
man accommodations Two
big trucks will bring the sets of
"Mr. Roberts" to the Shubert for
its three-week'S run starting Jan
uary 26 1t may, probably
will. close its highly profitable,
five-SeaSon run here In
which case, university theater
equipped to store scenery for
which it might find a use, could
very well inherit the famous AK
COL 1t is one of the most
famous of modern stage settings.
PEOPLE: Dawn AddamS who
got such a big build-up in "Ply-
mouth Adventure" and such a
quick studio brush-off immedi-
ately thereafter, is off on a new
career Otto Preminger has
chosen her as the second girl in
''The Moon Is Blue" She
will form quartet of blithe
spirits with such other op-flight-
erS as William Holden, David
Niven, and Maggie Mcnamara
:. Maggie is the girl who took
New York by storm when she
succeeded Barbara Bel Geddes
in the F. Hugh Herbert comedy
Patrice MunSel, hit of the
Nets recent English LA Bo-
heme," sings the same role as
the title performer in the movie
"Melba," to be released later this
year On film, the Puccini
opera is sung in the original |
Italian OF Ursula Thesis
role in Monsoon" press agents
say it is reminiscent of Hedy
Lamarr's in 'Ecstacy.'" That |
is the one Miss Lamar has been |
trying to forget for more than a
decade.
THE DANCE: Highlight of |
Martha Graham's modern dance
concert with the Baltimore SYM
phony Orchestra here February 5
will be Judith" This is the |
work Miss Graham created on
commission, the first of its kind,
for the Louisville Symphony Or
cheStra . . It is taken from the
Old Testament story of Judith,
the heroine who aSsassinated Hol-
ofernes, Nebuchednezzar's gen.
eral, and inspired the Jewish
people to route the invader
It is danced to the music of
William Schumann.
Principal item in the program
of the Mia Slayenska-Frederick
Franklin ballet company, coming
here February 8. will be the first |
performance here of "A Street |
Car Named Desire" It is
based upon the Tennessee Will
liams' prize play, with chore-
ography by Valerie Belts and
music by Alex North This
is the concert originally booked |
here for January 13 which was
postponed with the company's |
triumph at the New Century
Theater in New York inspired a
hold-over Both concerts.
under the sponsorship of the
American University series, will |
be presented at Constitution Hall |
Miss Slavenska will dance
the role of Blanche Dubois, the
tortured heroine of Williams
drama . Franklin will portray
Stanley Kowalski, the character
created so memorably by Marion
Brando in the stage play i
And which he also played on the
screen ;. The original Blanche
Dubois, incidentally, is currently |
in Washington :. She is Jessica !
Tandy now at the National in |
1.-THE Fourposter.
Another new dance. "Emer,"
based upon a play by William
Butler Yeats, will be seen in the
concert to be presented by Ethel
Butler, January 24-25 at Cafritz
Auditorium. The work tells |
the story of a woman's effort to
hold her husbands love against