Word: broadway
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hall, was always greeted effusively by the hatcheck girl ($2 tip), the headwaiter ($3 tip) and the lucky man who served his table. Almost every afternoon he wandered off by himself to see a "pictcha," a lonely figure who sought out movies he hadn't seen before, on Broadway or in the suburbs, without caring whether it was a cowboy film, a thriller, a musical, or good or bad. At dusk, he went to the dimly lighted cocktail lounge of the Madison Hotel, had a maximum of three Scotch & sodas, and made himself "available" again to anybody wanting...
...wouldn't expect Boston's Latin Quarter to be the scene of a revolutionary experiment in show business. Yet that night club is currently initiating a complete musical revue, much like the Broadway product--and this in the same room where you can eat a wiener schnitzel and drink an African Zombie. At 8:30 and 11:30 p.m. the nitery's green-vested waiters clear the dessert dishes and fill the water glasses; the lights dim, and the stage at one end of the room becomes the center of interest for the next hour, as a group of young...
...Cross Country" is producer Max Liebman's baby. He was the director and producer of last season's popular television show, "Broadway Revue," as well as a contributor to Broadway's "Call Me Mister" and "Make Mine Manhattan." His customary emphasis on dancing is evident in his latest effort. Nelle Fisher's energetic and skillful choreography is what makes the show tick. Her dancing, and that of Jerry Ross, former lead in "Call Me Mister," is fast, slick, and entertaining...
...Theater" is ideal for Hartford, where it will probably be used as a community playhouse, but Broadway will not feel its influence for many years. A few elements may cause trouble even in Hartford. For example, the revolving stage may be called upon to perform more than it is functionally able to, in the matter of scene shifts. Mr. Wright's claim that the playhouse will bring "a new life for the theater" is premature at this point...
Died. William James ("Billy") Baskette, 65, composer-pianist, who wrote such topical tunes as the World War I hit Goodbye Broadway, Hello France and Prohibition's Everybody Wants the Key to My Cellar; of cirrhosis of the liver; in Los Angeles...