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EVENING STAR, Washington, C. 'Essie pirouetting B-26 THE D. between her meatier roles of Shakespeare ' -—air conditioned WEDNESDAY. JULY 11. 1956 husband's xylophone and print- and Fry, fare less well. Philip ing press; the word game between Bosco, who was a remarkable OLNEY now the Sycamores who have Hamlet this winter, disappoint- ART™™™e»o« » iosoo I| playing THE PASSING SHOW fun nila theatre and the Kirbys, who have only ingly attacks the Mad Russian First Time Ever money. with such ferocity he demolishes 1 Shown NYDIA WESTMAN $ Jreli Edf*: Two veterans, Nydia Westman him. Thom Hitchell, as the over-1 Satchmo Brings Music mgr as Mrs. Sycamore, and Edward bearing stockbroker father of the 'TDFMrU Finnegan, carry the perform- Sycamore girl’s suitor, manages, * k *^ll ance. Mr. Finnegan seems es- through no fault of his own, to Our Amphitheater mk A J®\ pecially at home in the role of suggest more a petulant scout- 11IPc-7?P I Ummub y Kaufman A Hart To xSti the tax-dodging sage. Miss West- leader than an outraged tycoon. J Hilarious Summer Entertainment By HARRY MCARTHUR man. who had trouble from time As Penny’s husband, Gil Rath- rrmini eei#„ Niehtly except Mon., 8:40. Mat. BUKLBSK sun., 2.40. Ticket into., call White- identifying play- bun. is pleasant but utterly fails .. , I hall 6-8100 or Jordan’s. and O. to time fellow ¦• = 13th Louis Armstrong, who has been spreading particular gaa!i=^'¦l ——• —> DI. 7-5774. Hecht's. Silver Spring. his own ers, comported to convince that he is her con- 1 ¦ capitals Europe herself with the brand of the American culture about the of and indestructible amiability and temporary. Africa, came his capital spread night. back to own to some last monumental witlessness called “You Can’t happy evening any near-capacity Carter But Take It With It was as an as Barron You,” aged, easy Amphitheater audience has had. for. with its laughs,! your doesn’t give pfeiiw, AiR-cmmoitiD for It Constance Schneider’s Essie is the players the should be equally happy tonight, tomorrow .and Friday chance to P nights, merely for amphi- r suitably frenzied; and George do their usual bril- not liant stuff. They do 45 T( patrons ("Gypsy,” Johnson, the hard 11 1I i i ?0 starts DAY theater but for its im- ¦! "Bucket’s Got a Hole as the maid’s loafing things much better. mediate neighbors as well iff in It,” etc.i is sung by Louts in beau, gives a relaxed perform- the latter are sensible enough to 5 that velvet gravel baritone. It ance. be Louis Armstrong fans. When 1 probably is the most distinctive Louis gets wrapped up in spread- - voice and singing style in the The other members, used to! j Bros wc-.cm l|iA - ing the culture, he does not con- world and no “new sound” will —" Air Conditioned fine it to any restricted area. ever take its place. Gkegojiv I - There are some other people -*** * NATIONAL 4 WKS. BEG. MON. of consequence in the jazz world “AMERICA'S FIRST THEATRE" Some of it is ad libbed, too, as ! P£CJC taking part this four-night | Ere*. R:,10: in when everyone gets Matinees Sat*. t:.10 “American Festival," , enthused Music but with giving W. C. Handy’s “Old "Richard Satchmo one they , 4 SPECIAL SHOWS is the come ' Miss” an especially exciting ? ? BaSehart Genn to see. He fairly exudes that Matinee 2:30 Wed., July 18 going over. “A-a-a-a-h,” sighs -ip v quality which marks Danny 1 Brbvi: same high-riding 7 P.M. Sunday Showt July 22, John Huston [ Louis at the climax, A, Kaye an affection for the PMDUCIiONor H|»UIN Mllyme 1 I ¦ ' "here we go.” And go they do, July 29 and August 5 people who come to see him en- I ‘ taking up where they left off. tertain that is instantaneously returned by anyone close enough , While all of this is going on, LARRY BETTY BUSTER to see him grin. young Mr. Armstrong is having J DOUGLAS O'NEIL WEST Louis comes strutting onstage, as much fun as anyone on Clad in a black silk suit that i hand. He plays with his songs would have the entire popula- ” and his audience. He takes that . .«n ..Technicolor . tion of old New Orleans pop- . trumpet up to the very peak, be- MIGHTY MITE GOES TO WAR , yond which go, Wirnfr eyed if it could see him now. He it can’t then Mickey Rooney plays one of the leading roles in “The Bold Sfir.lwg \ / beams and the rapport with his j sends it a few notes higher. He and the Brave,” new screen attraction at RKO-Keith’s audience—a true 9-to-90 group— . stands back and beams, the Theater. Advance reports have it that Rooney, who has , happiest listener in amphi- Is immediate and complete. He the done some good ones and some bad ones in his time, turns AIR-CONDITIONED « / . theater, when one or another of <Z. taps his right foot slowly, puts in a top-notch performance in the drama of war in Italy. I IB", A Col H • CO 5 5595 • Oof"~l c ml trumpet to lips and this Is . his sidemen takes a scintillating passage. music. solo .hi, BARBARA ROSTOCK \eeedhe ** * * fill He is great, that’s all, and his From the first sleepy strains ; music is to be listened to, not 'You Can't Take It With You' SEAT SALE NOW of "Sleepytime Down South” to i written or read about. Bex Office Open *1 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. the end, whicn comes too soon *** * l for the devoted, this is music of It can hardly Just Can't Hide Its Age wonderful be called warm- a rich, vital and sort. ing up the hall in the By passed ,t It's alive, it has melody, it has Rock MARY McC.RORY ’stinks” into the lan- week 1 Creek Park bowl, but at least Players, Inc., a guage a NOW in41 message is clear. youthful com- ¦ for time. ESU a beat and its the premises are prepared pany, grips Films of NEIGHBORHOOff^^’ii for Since then, Some of fast, has come to with an i the professionally More Than Routine Merit it is like the Armstrong and his All-Stars elderly the Olney K B THEATERS rousing in In- comedy at this ; scatterbrained, resolutely unem- “THE BIRDS AND THE BEF.S ’-George Gobel for Laughs "Back Home This chore is not entirely happy ployed family a" Some of lazy undertaken with week. It is an has become a and Mltzi Gavnor for decoration and there you are. 4613 Mo»». Av*. wo 6-4400 diana." it is and zest by some meeting. stage. SPPT undulating. of it is the men whose names commonplace of the Since “THE GLASS SLIPPER"—LesIie Caron makes a fetching fr tr,™rkln9 Some are to all troupe then, Veil-known jazz Many members of the ¦ practically anybody who Cinderella In a charming romantic fable. david blues, real, fine blues. Some of They just niven ••t/i™ mns'’a'nti aficionados. present quite a were learning to recite “The hadn't acted in the play has “THE MAN IN THE GRAY SUlT”—Gregory l 30 It is comic. Some of it is purely variety of FLANNEL Peck ““’V:4o“nd'»:4S’PM ’ styles, too. to provide Village Blacksmith" when “You seen it. And since then, the as the Madison denizen of Sloan Instrumental and some of it contrast avenue Wilson's best- | Mirirv n. h. Av*a Um« Lon* with each other and Can’t Take It With You” first problems of Russian refugees,, 2 Perfs. Today 2:00 A 8:30 seller. IaRHULLI 4. with Ht J700 Satchmo’s pure New 'fractured Broadway some 20 ’ income tax evasion and the re- 9MONI •ISHVATIONt “PATTERNS-’-Yan Heflin vs. Sloane in a dramatic Orleans. years Everett ago. Its gently subversive changed, ACCIPTID Ml. 6-44 M j' " ,al Co ',, lief rolls have either in battle behind the big business scenes. vF*" «.'S 1 e5 ?, j r .PT.I nSn a l6 6 111 ln<* The opening warm up pro- message that money isn’t every- degree or in kind. ItSlavlO Sf ATS NOW ON SAlt "THE SEARCHERS”—John Wayne In yarn p.m. ' ' ' ' ‘ WHERE is NAILOIDftS HUID MOMkTLY an outdoor artion 9°io vided thing brought warm comfort • by f *' **• & by a seven-piece group to It still has its moments of a PSX o»ict O»|N 10 Au <0 A >1 u marked John Ford's sure directorial touch. PI fIWPR low Pin*y Br id depression headed by Eddie Condon. audiences. And the musty, familiar charm. Mrs. — Mr. 1 CMAROI IT—Wt Haw#. All Mai» I ROBERT MITCHUM In "FOREION AND WHEN Condon has done us all a service Sycamores, with snakes in the Sycamore, referring to minions fAto'iM# 4*d Air T.a.al CkA'g* CA.Ot by acting as a sort of one-man 1 parlor and love in their hearts, of the FBI as “J-men”; grand- W ( Alt A tiltCHAISE Ntmbti Stanley Warner Theaters DRIYC-IN THEATERS Hi Current Theater Attractions AU S..n, W»n»»r Ar. lobby for jazz through the years were the first of their kind, a father, the commencement-col- Air Conditioned ;;r ThjAter. I S P - 3 ''l 2»th & Ala. Av. S.E. and Time of Showing Dlh A Pfl‘"•‘ClLIlMFR H.,,, IRI.