1 t t , \ I , PART 7-PAGE 2. tars to ill mou dd h ist f Yul tide Shows Be- gins with Mr. Howard's Production ·of 'Hamlet.' Iy Chari •• Colllni. LIE HOWARD In"Ham· let " on Chrlstmas night, Jane Cowl In "First Lady" on the following afternoon [yester· day], James Kirkwood in "Mulat- to" tonight, and Mme. Nazimova In "Hedda Gabler" tomorrow night- such is the program of theatrical pr mleres that the holidays have presented to Chicago's :first night- ers, It has been so arranged that no postscript comment, contalnlng the deeper and more discriminating remarks appropriate toa drama critic's week-end, are possible to- day. One's :final opinion on Mr. Howard'. Hamlet, for example- whether It is better than Forbes· Robertson's or milder than Michael MacLiammoir's [the last one visible in th Chicago areal-is lUll a mat of the future. hi. schedule has certain remark· sets. For one thing, it eon- hree of the major stan of aning dramatic galaxy. For anot ,It runs counter to Yule- ti ell tom in its stroni' emphasil on tr gfr themes. Three of thea play r tragedies of the most soul-wr nehing type; "First Lady" is the only comedy In the assort- ment. Chicago's holiday play going will be largely in the serious vein during the Saturnalia of 1936. Hamlet's lust for revenge against the "bloody, bawdy villain" who happened to be his uncle and fa· ther·ln·law; Hedda Gabler's suicidal obsellloD with her military father's hor•• patoIs; the curse of Cain on a southern plantation where a white father hal leveral mulatto sons wtth inferIority complexes-these are among the subjects that the Chicago ltage deals with in this season of merriment and Christian feelini'4 They may suggest that the AmerIcan dramatic stage, like the prine. of Denmark, has lost all its mIrth; but their appearance in a &olldphalanx is merely an accident of the curious booking arrange- ments by which attempts are made to keep Chicago's theaters filled durin&, a portion of the year. :Chllrlotte Greenwood •s Life-Saver of Stage. If you seek up to date wit and shrewd, satirical character studies of social and political life in the national capital, Jane Cowl w1ll &upply them in "First Lady."The only problem that will tax one's mind In this play is that of the J'elationship of the heroine to a personage in real life-is she meant to be Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose- velt or merely Alice Roosevelt Longworth? If one suspects lese majesty on the part of the authors, and feels an urge of fiery Demo- cratic resentment toward such irn- pertinence, let it be remembered that Mme. President herself saw the play recently and was vastly amused. t: The new plays should not cause r any arranger of a holiday theater party to overlook Charlotte Green- wood, who occupies the Selwyn theater with an ingenious and amusing work called "Leaning on Letty." This unusual actress came to Chicago late in November, scored an immediate hit, and since then has been keeping the stage alive single handed. For a complete month, except for the mysterious and peculiar carry- Jngs on of the WPA theatrical proj- ects I" It Can't Happen Here," at the Blackstone, and "0, Say, Can You Sing?" at the Great Northern], Miss Greenwood has been the Casa- bianca of the Chicago stage. She stood upon the burning deck whence all but her had fled. She has profited exceedingly by her in- trepidity and she has prevented many loyal playgoers from migrat- ing to New York. Theater's Debt to Basil's Ballet Russe. No summary of theatrical oppor- tunities in Chicago between this date and New Year's eve would be complete without reference to the Russian Ballet company now de- lighting dance mad multitudesin the Auditorium. Although usually reviewed by music critics and dis- cussed as an esoteric cult by its AMUSEMENTS. ORCHESTRA HALL CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Frederick Stocl< Conductor TUESDAY THURS. EVE'G AT 2 :15 FRI. AFT'N GREGOR JOHN Piatigorsky Weichcr Soloist Sololet ~~~~a'k",.~~" '?R~a~~'~ ~g:t";[~oS:Fci ~i';'~j1&~:. Variations: Scriabin 1: Suk F'ant asv for 8 Y v m o i'aOj( 3Vgl~d.;'e1r~ X~~~~inan~i'?~l~he~~~~ Con. B Minor. Polovetzian Dance. "POP." CONCERT SAT. EVE. (25c to 60e) ORCHESTRA HALL NEXT SUNDAY AFT. no HENRY E. VOEGl';Ll Announcf'S RecitaJ by MORIZ eason ,I I I I HOWARD I ROLE o HAMLET Leslie Howard, re- cent Romeo of the movies, now make~ his Shakespearean stage debut in "Ham- let," classic test of tragic acting. He has begun a brief en- gagement at the Grand Opera house. [Vandamm Photo. I Brings Four New Pays to hicago "Follies" Singer P ROMINENT In the ••Ziegfeld Follies" cast, coming to the Grand Opera house, is Jane Pickens, soloist of the radio trio called the Pickens Sisters. This is her flrst appearance with- out her sisters. The trio, with Jane as featured songstress, appeared in "Thumbs Up" last year. Jane Pick- ens, who makes all the musical ar- rangements for the radio three, was coached in German, Italian, and French operatic singing by Richard Hageman. She was born on a plantation near Macon, Ga. delirious followers, the ballet In this form is primarily an art of the theater and should appeal to anyonewith ataste for brilliant spectacle. The old school play- goers who think that this sort of thing is not in their vein, that it is •• art" rather than "enter· tainment," are making a serious mistake. The Russian ballet, as interpretedby Col. De Basil's mag- nificent corps of young adepts, is oneof the most stirring shows that the realm of the theater can offer. The programs for the seven per· formances of this week [five nights and twomatinees] contain sixteen ballets, representing allphases of the Russianrepertory, classic, 1'0' mantic and modern. The chief new number of the season, the elabo- rate and fascinating "Symphonie Fantastique," will be repeated to- night and New Year's eve. "L'Apres Midi d'un Faun," a much discussed revival of the year, also appears on the same bills. This companyof dancers, with their fine symphonic orchestra and rich stage settings, is uniquein the world. Their presence in Chicago gives a thrill to the holiday amuse- ment catalog. Theater Guild Veteran. Dudley Digges, whose relation- ship to the Theater Guild dates back to its first production, "Bonds ofInterest," in 1919, will be in Maxwell Anderson's "The Masque of Kings," now on the guild's schedule. INew Connelly Playl M ARC CONNELLY, author of ••The Green Pastures," will enter the producing man- agers' ranks in January with •• Having Wonderful Time," a com- edy by Arthur Kober. He will direct as well as produce the piece. Two years ago, with Frank B. El- ser, Connelly wrote "The Farmer Takes a Wife," which was one of the Broadway successes of its sea· son. Since then he has been in Hollywood in the employ of War- ner Brothers, for whom he made the film version of "The Green Pastures." "Having Wonderful Time" will have a company of fifty players, headed by Katherine Locke. The play will open in New York in '.he week of Jan. 25. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. AUDITORIUM L~1~s6 MATS. TODAYANDWEDNESDAY THE SEASON'S GREATEST SUOCESS The Critics Have Raved as Never Before-The Public Response Is Enormous ~R~~:~.fs COL. W. DE BASIL'S RUS T E DE MONTE CARLO Today. ~:3O-Concurrence. Scuola di Ballo. Aurora'. Wedding. Tonight. 8 :30-Pavi!lons, Symphooie Fan- haaS~~~.~~' 1I~~~.:.epa~IA1~n~·.unT;;~~~ee. G-i~:~ g~~~e~e':tiJl~~s·W~£.o~~~~~':'~~cc~~~e&~~~: Boutique, Fantasque. Aurora's Weddina. Wed. Eve.-Concurrenee. Scbeherazade, Ctmarosiana. '.rhur.-lOO Kisses. SYID- phonie Pantastique. L' Apres Midi d'un Faune. BeauDanube. EVENINGS ..••...••...•.. 55c 'ro Sa.30 MATINEES ..•..••..•.•... 55e 1'0S~.75 GRA D ~~~~~ AST 8 TIM S ENGAGEMENT POSITIVELY ENDS SAT. NIGHT, JAN. 2 NIGHTS (axe. Sun.] 8:15 Sharp-LAST MATS. WED. & SAT., 2:15Sharp PERSONAL VISIT -OF- -IN- "HAMLET" -WITH- ORIGINAL NEW YORK CAST and PRODUCTION OPENING NIGHT, MONDAY, JAN. 4• SEATS NOW' AT BOX OFFICE • Nights $1to$3.50. Matinees Wed. and Sat., $1 to $2.50 (Plus tax) Greater 1937 Stage Edition FANNIE BRICE. BOBBY CLAR RUTH HARRISON and ALEX FISHER • CHERRY and JUNE PREISSER STAN KAVANAGH • CASS DALEY • HUGH CAMERON MARVIN LAWLER • JAMES FARRELL • BEN YOST'S VARSITY EIGHT JANE PICKENS • 123 OTHERS • GYPSY ROSE LEE Huge, smashing revue. direct from Broadwaysellouts. The biggest Winter Garden hitinnine years. It comes witha trainload of stars and becutles. GL~~~J: GLAMOUR GIRLS OF 1937! Terrace Room Becomes Paris Casino Dec. 29 New Regime for Hotel Morrison Floor Shows Offers Gallic Troupe. T he new Casino Parisien wlll open at the Morrison hotel next 'ruesday night, in the former Terrace room, with an entertainment called "Revue In- ternationale," produced in the French Casino manner by Clifford C. Fischer, importer of French theater-restaurant performers. The following playen wlll be on the b1ll: Robin, pantomimic clown, recent- ly of ••Jumbo," in a comedy act called "the walking music store." Rudi Geasl, a European enter- tainer, now making his :first ap- pearance in America. Mary Raye and Naldl, a ballroom dancing team, new in America. Sara Ann McCabe, leading singer in the production numbers, who will introduce the theme song of the show, "Parisians in the Rain." George Campo, a comedian of the French Casino productions. Eileen O'Connor, a ballerina who has just returned from a suc- cess in London with C. B. Coch- ran's" Follow the Sun." She is 17 years of age. Grace and Nico, a dance team which has had a successful tour of Europe. Anderson and Allen, acrobats in a hand balancing act. Carmen Romero, a blonde Span- ish castanet dancer who has been in French Casino productions in the east for the last two years. In addition, there will be twenty show girls, and six group numbers, each with a special stage set. • A New Year's eve entertain- ment in keeping with the tra- dition of the Blackstone hotel will be offered by the Mayfair room, where Al Kavelin's orchestra is having a record-breaking run. Georges and Jalna, the dancers, and Corinna Mura, the Spanish-Ameri- can coloratura soprano, will intro- duce several new numbers from their extensive repertoires for the occasion. There will be five other cabaret acts. • Plans for New Year's eve at the Trianon and Aragon ball- rooms include two famous orches- tras at each ballroom-Ted Weems and Al Morey at the Trianon, and Freddy Martin and Billy Baer at the Aragon. Each ballroom will also present a show, featuring vaudeville acts. On the entertain- ment bills are the Frances Allis dancers; Paul Nolan, in juggling tricks; the Florentine Trio; Charles and Helen Stone, dancers; Nice, Florio, and Lubow,comedy trio, and the Empire Four, harmony group. The celebration begins at both the Trianon and Aragon at 8:30 o'clock on Thursday evening• ~¥l)fr%~ LAST TIMES TODAY MATINEE 2: 30 - TONIGHT 8: 30 ROSENTHAL THE 5tll ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL "Still Unsurpassed Amongst Pianists" ICE CARNIVAL "Piquant. powerful, Ifentle. i<"raceful. forthright. dazzling - these and more. Galaxy of Fereian & American Skating Slun would not by any means cover the ver- 0 ~~tt!&~%f ~~%~.z~1~'fo~h!lli~.65. 52.20 ~~~ie~;1~~~i~~~o$~~;di~~2&~iN~Ii~2:2\~~ ~~~l~~~: Seeley 5300. • Mildred Balley, ••Red" Norvo and his orchestra, Romo Vin- cent, comedian, and the Ambroses, dancers from the current entertain- ment bill at the Blackhawk res- taurant. • Roger Pryor continues as maestro and ringmaster of the College Inn's " circus" cabaret show. The Varsity Eight, col- AMUSEMENTS. WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY EXTRA MATltJEE FRIDAY SAM H. HARRIS PRESENTS J C IN THE MUSIC BOX COMEDY HIT " b,ST LAD " By Kat.har lne Dayton & Geo. S. Kaufman DIRECT FROM 1 YEAR IN NEW YORR i~hts Iex New Year's Eve.) 51 to $2.50. Mats .. Wed.. Sat. & New Year's Day. $1 to $2 New Yenr's Eve 'Dec. au. $2 to $4. (Plus 10% Tax.) ImIS SEATS NOW ON 51 SALE to JAtl. 16 Great Northern Ph~~e ~fb~em~ u• :i_Ll~t~3n!e~?s. dlJ~fl,~f!,~Ve~~~ OD A"aiety :~ ... spirit of a g-ood show shines all over the place ... "-Ashton Btevens. Amer· tcan, ".. . mood of ~usto which a revue re- quires ... "-C/larle8 Collins. Trilnine, I.. • nleaso the most particular •.. "- Gail Borden. Daily T'imes, .. buoyant mualcal comedy ."-Caro!' Frink, IIp.rfllrf. J; Exn ml ner • •. g-enuinely entertaining moments -s-Pime mrmo zine. ACTOR BECOMES BAND LEADER Roger Pry 0 r,well known liS an actor on the stage andscreen, has become a dance band leader, and is now the star of the cabaret program in the College Inn. His father,Arthur Pryor, was famous asa mu- sical director in the brass band era of the last generation. [E. A. Bachrach Photo. I Ieglans, and Coleman, Clark, and Yoshro Fushiml, table tennis play- ers are new on the bill. The other performers are the Calgary broth- ers, comedians; Rufe Davis, croon- er; Paul Nolan, Enrico and Bruno Mangini, Alphonse Berg, and the twelve Hoffman dancers. Others in the show are Lane, Tree, and Edwards, comedians; Gillette and Richards, comedy dance team, and Edna Errico, song stylist, and Nino Rinaldo's orchestra. Three shows nightly. • Royale Frolics-Second edition of revue starring Dolly Kay, blues singer. Others are Sid Tom- ack and the Reis Brothers, come- dians; Wood and Bray, ballroom and adagio dancers; Marilyn Mar- lowe, tap dancer; Barbara Belmore, specialty dancer, and the Gould Sisters, a dance team. Forty ballet girls, Henri Lishon's orchestra, and Charles Engle's dance band. Four shows nightly. • Shelia Barrett, diseuse, and Pat O'Malley, Irish baritone, will be the principal attractions on New Year's eve in the Gold Coast room of the Drake hotel. An enlarged program, with five additional acts, has been arranged. Others in the Gold Coast revue are Gower and Jeanne, dance team, Ethel Dixon, singer, and Dick Jurgens' orches- tra. The four headliners of the Chez Paree show that closed Christmas eve to make way for Morton Downey and the new holi- day revue are now appearing in cinema-vaudeville theaters. Benny Fields went into the Palace theater as a headliner. Eunice Healy and Nick Long Jr., dancers, are on the new bill at the Chicago theater as headliners. Ruth Petty, ••blues" singer, is featured at the Oriental theater. • Colosimo's-Ada Leonard and Tracy, Gale and Leonard, come- dians, are the headliners. Others are Princess Ahl, dancer; Muriel Love in songs; Bankoff and Can- non, comedy ballet dancers; Peggy Moore, dancing soubrette; George Everett Hale, baritone; Eileen George, soprano, and Una Cooper, specialty dancer with the ballet of 16 girls. Bob Tinsley's band. Four shows nightly. • The Stevens hotel's New Year's eve celebration will be the big. gest since 1929. The entertainment in the Continental room will be aug- mented by Continental Singers, a mixed sextet featuring Frederick Schweppe, baritone. In the Con- tinental room there will be danc- ing to Frankie Masters' orchestra, and two floor shows starring Mau- rine and Norva, Florence Kope and Donna Dae, Continental Trio and His Masters' Voices. Formal dress is expected. • Frank Veloz, of the dance team of Veloz and Yolanda, is a composer-pianist in his own right. He has written and had published a song which he and Yolanda have interpreted into an original dance, ••The Veolanda." He also wrote "The Yolanda Waltz" towhich this couple has danced. His latest composition was the music for the waltz they do inthe motion pic- ture, " The Champagne Waltz." Veloz and Yolanda began a two weeks' return engagement in the Empire room of the Palmer house last Wednesday. • Yacht club-New show star- ring Vi Bradley, whose songs are of the Beatrice Lillie type. • New Year's eve at the Edge- water Beach hotel will have two dance orchestras, George 01· sen's and Earl Hoffman's band, pro- viding continuous music from 10 p, m. to dawn. Floor shows from a ••travellng stage" will be an inno- AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS. BttP~~~!! 2 SHOWS NEW YEAR'S EVE FIRST AT 8:30 - SECOND AT II O'ClOCK £K6t4AftttiJuL. NEW nAR'S DA'I-3 P.M. STUDEBAKER ATINEES-WED. and SAT. NOW PLAYING J,•• ...a•.•.•. Never in the History of the Studebaker The ate r Has a Play Been More En t h II siastically Received - the Four Walls Fairly Roc ked frem Applause. Hites SOc_$I.OO_$1.50_$2.00 Matinees 50c-75c-$I.OO PRICES FOR ANY PERFORMANCEI age vaUon. The performers will Include Harris, Claire and Shannon, dane- ing trio; Alfred Lytell and" Tige," a comedy act; and Harriet Smith's ballet. A strolling band wlll sere- nade each table. The party will bc formal, of dress. • With Herb Buteau's orchestra, a crowd of young people will welcome 1937 in Guyon's Paradise ballroom. Buteau and his •• Victo- rians" were formerly at the Palmer House. Bob Kirk, saxophonist and clarinetist, is the featured vocalist. • A Parisian type ofrevue opened last Friday night' at the Chez Paree, with Morton Downey as star. The chief comedian is Jerry Lester. from the Hollywood restaurant, New York. Emily Von Losen and the Chez Paree ballet appear in special dances. Beverly Bemis, dane- ers, and the comic team of Harris and Shore are also new principals, Henry Busse's orchestra continues. • Merry Garden Ballroom-The New Year's eve celebration will feature three orchestras-Stan Nor. ris', Werner Peete's, and Johnny Long's. Continuous dancing from 8.30 until closing. Floor shows in both ballrooms. Regular dance nights are Tuesday, Thursday, sat- urday and Sunday. • Brevoort Hotel-On NewYear's eve, Bert Rammelt and his orches- tra will be featured in the Mural room; Joe Gerken's band in the Gold room. The entertainment will include: Evelyn Driggett and Marga- ret Conrad, accordion and violin; the Jaros Sisters, harmony dUO; Grace Kater, accordionist. • Ivanhoe-Hal Munro and his orchestra. Also the Four Night Hawks, strolling entertainers. • Limehouse-Floor show nightly. Barney Richards' dance band. • The Trocadero Casino, a new night club at Erie and Lake Shore drive, opened last Wedncs- day. It will be in operution for luncheons, cocktail hours, dinners and suppers. The opening show has Francisco and Maria, in Spanish dances; the Four McNallies, a girl dance team; Violet Love, in "blues '. songs and ballads, Pat Chandler, master of ceremonies; and Wanda Winsum, prima donna. The dance music is by Don Fernando's band, and Ramon Arias' rhumba band. Three shows nightly; dinner show at 9. AMUSEMENTS. E RLAN GE R 2 Weeks 127 N. Clark. STA. 2461 ONLY The DramatIc E,·ent of the SeaSOIl "HEDDA GABLER" WlTII HARRY ELLERBE- ~JKAY MOR IS EDWARD TREVOR-VIOLA F Avrr LESLIE BINGHt\M-!::RAC~ MI! LS O·rectc<l by ~I~m. 'AZl.lIOV A Selling by STEW,\RT C/IANEY FN.\L WEEI{ BEG. MON" J,\lI; .• IN IBSEN'S "GHOSTS" POPULAR PRICES FOn THE HOLIDAYS Eves .•. ~G-.83-1.IO-1.G5-2.20 Mat •. Wcd.-Sat., .53-.83-1.10-1.03 TICKETS ON SALE AT EOX OFFICE t!ngnuemcnt eestuv Iy End$ Sat. 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ist f Yul tide Shows Be-gins with Mr. Howard'sProduction ·of 'Hamlet.'
Iy Chari •• Colllni.LIE HOWARD In "Ham·
let " on Chrlstmas night, JaneCowl In "First Lady" on thefollowing afternoon [yester·
day], James Kirkwood in "Mulat-to" tonight, and Mme. Nazimova In"Hedda Gabler" tomorrow night-such is the program of theatricalpr mleres that the holidays havepresented to Chicago's :first night-ers, It has been so arranged thatno postscript comment, contalnlngthe deeper and more discriminatingremarks appropriate to a dramacritic's week-end, are possible to-day. One's :final opinion on Mr.Howard'. Hamlet, for example-whether It is better than Forbes·Robertson's or milder than MichaelMacLiammoir's [the last one visiblein th Chicago areal-is lUll amat of the future.
hi. schedule has certain remark·sets. For one thing, it eon-hree of the major stan ofaning dramatic galaxy. For
anot ,It runs counter to Yule-ti ell tom in its stroni' emphasilon tr gfr themes. Three of theaplay r tragedies of the mostsoul-wr nehing type; "First Lady"is the only comedy In the assort-ment. Chicago's holiday play goingwill be largely in the serious veinduring the Saturnalia of 1936.Hamlet's lust for revenge against
the "bloody, bawdy villain" whohappened to be his uncle and fa·ther·ln·law; Hedda Gabler's suicidalobsellloD with her military father'shor •• patoIs; the curse of Cain on asouthern plantation where a whitefather hal leveral mulatto sonswtth inferIority complexes-theseare among the subjects that theChicago ltage deals with in thisseason of merriment and Christianfeelini'4 They may suggest that theAmerIcan dramatic stage, like theprine. of Denmark, has lost all itsmIrth; but their appearance in a&olldphalanx is merely an accidentof the curious booking arrange-ments by which attempts are madeto keep Chicago's theaters filleddurin&, a portion of the year.
:Chllrlotte Greenwood• s Life-Saver of Stage.If you seek up to date wit and
shrewd, satirical character studiesof social and political life in thenational capital, Jane Cowl w1ll&upply them in "First Lady." Theonly problem that will tax one'smind In this play is that of theJ'elationship of the heroine to apersonage in real life-is she meantto be Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose-velt or merely Alice RooseveltLongworth? If one suspects lesemajesty on the part of the authors,and feels an urge of fiery Demo-cratic resentment toward such irn-pertinence, let it be rememberedthat Mme. President herself sawthe play recently and was vastlyamused.
t: The new plays should not causer any arranger of a holiday theater
party to overlook Charlotte Green-wood, who occupies the Selwyntheater with an ingenious andamusing work called "Leaning onLetty." This unusual actress cameto Chicago late in November, scoredan immediate hit, and since thenhas been keeping the stage alivesingle handed.For a complete month, except for
the mysterious and peculiar carry-Jngs on of the WPA theatrical proj-ects I" It Can't Happen Here," atthe Blackstone, and "0, Say, CanYou Sing?" at the Great Northern],Miss Greenwood has been the Casa-bianca of the Chicago stage. Shestood upon the burning deckwhence all but her had fled. Shehas profited exceedingly by her in-trepidity and she has preventedmany loyal playgoers from migrat-ing to New York.
Theater's Debt toBasil's Ballet Russe.No summary of theatrical oppor-
tunities in Chicago between thisdate and New Year's eve would becomplete without reference to theRussian Ballet company now de-lighting dance mad multitudes inthe Auditorium. Although usuallyreviewed by music critics and dis-cussed as an esoteric cult by its
AMUSEMENTS.ORCHESTRA HALL
CHICAGO SYMPHONYORCHESTRA Frederick Stocl<
Conductor
TUESDAY THURS. EVE'GAT 2 :15 FRI. AFT'NGREGOR JOHN
Piatigorsky WeichcrSoloist Sololet
~~~~a'k",.~~"'?R~a~~'~~g:t";[~oS:Fci~i';'~j1&~:.Variations: Scriabin 1: Suk F'ant asv for8Yvmoi'aOj( 3Vgl~d.;'e1r~ X~~~~inan~i'?~l~he~~~~Con. B Minor. Polovetzian Dance.
"POP." CONCERT SAT. EVE. (25c to 60e)
ORCHESTRA HALL
NEXT SUNDAY AFT. noHENRY E. VOEGl';Ll Announcf'S RecitaJ by
MORIZ
eason,IIII HOWARD
I ROLEo HAMLET
Leslie Howard, re-cent Romeo of themovies, now make~his Shakespeareanstage debut in "Ham-let," classic test oftragic acting. He hasbegun a brief en-gagement at theGrand Opera house .
[Vandamm Photo. I
Brings Four New Pays to hicago
"Follies" Singer
PROMINENT In the ••ZiegfeldFollies" cast, coming to theGrand Opera house, is JanePickens, soloist of the radio
trio called the Pickens Sisters.This is her flrst appearance with-out her sisters. The trio, with Janeas featured songstress, appeared in"Thumbs Up" last year. Jane Pick-ens, who makes all the musical ar-rangements for the radio three, wascoached in German, Italian, andFrench operatic singing by RichardHageman. She was born on aplantation near Macon, Ga.
delirious followers, the ballet Inthis form is primarily an art ofthe theater and should appeal toanyone with a taste for brilliantspectacle. The old school play-goers who think that this sort ofthing is not in their vein, thatit is ••art" rather than "enter·tainment," are making a seriousmistake. The Russian ballet, asinterpreted by Col. De Basil's mag-nificent corps of young adepts, isone of the most stirring shows thatthe realm of the theater can offer.The programs for the seven per·
formances of this week [five nightsand two matinees] contain sixteenballets, representing all phases ofthe Russian repertory, classic, 1'0'
mantic and modern. The chief newnumber of the season, the elabo-rate and fascinating "SymphonieFantastique," will be repeated to-night and New Year's eve. "L'ApresMidi d'un Faun," a much discussedrevival of the year, also appearson the same bills.This company of dancers, with
their fine symphonic orchestra andrich stage settings, is unique in theworld. Their presence in Chicagogives a thrill to the holiday amuse-ment catalog.
Theater Guild Veteran.Dudley Digges, whose relation-
ship to the Theater Guild datesback to its first production, "Bondsof Interest," in 1919, will be inMaxwell Anderson's "The Masqueof Kings," now on the guild'sschedule.
INew Connelly Playl
MARC CONNELLY, author of••The Green Pastures," willenter the producing man-agers' ranks in January with
••Having Wonderful Time," a com-edy by Arthur Kober. He willdirect as well as produce the piece.Two years ago, with Frank B. El-ser, Connelly wrote "The FarmerTakes a Wife," which was one ofthe Broadway successes of its sea·son. Since then he has been inHollywood in the employ of War-ner Brothers, for whom he madethe film version of "The GreenPastures.""Having Wonderful Time" will
have a company of fifty players,headed by Katherine Locke. Theplay will open in New York in '.heweek of Jan. 25.
AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS.
AMUSEMENTS.
AUDITORIUM L~1~s6MATS. TODAY AND WEDNESDAYTHE SEASON'S GREATEST SUOCESS
The Critics Have Raved asNever Before-The PublicResponse Is Enormous
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DE MONTE CARLOToday. ~:3O-Concurrence. Scuola di Ballo.Aurora'. Wedding.Tonight. 8 :30-Pavi!lons, Symphooie Fan-haaS~~~.~~'1I~~~.:.epa~IA1~n~·.unT;;~~~ee.G-i~:~g~~~e~e':tiJl~~s·W~£.o~~~~~':'~~cc~~~e&~~~:Boutique, Fantasque. Aurora's Weddina.Wed. Eve.-Concurrenee. Scbeherazade,Ctmarosiana. '.rhur.-lOO Kisses. SYID-phonie Pantastique. L' Apres Midi d'unFaune. Beau Danube.EVENINGS ..••...••...•.. 55c 'ro Sa.30MATINEES ..•..••..•.•... 55e 1'0 S~.75
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PERSONAL VISIT-OF-
-IN-
"HAMLET"-WITH-
ORIGINAL NEW YORK CAST and PRODUCTION
OPENING NIGHT,MONDAY, JAN. 4 •
SEATS NOW'AT BOX OFFICE •
Nights $1 to $3.50. Matinees Wed. and Sat., $1 to $2.50 (Plus tax)Greater 1937 Stage Edition
FANNIE BRICE. BOBBY CLARRUTH HARRISON and ALEX FISHER • CHERRY and JUNE PREISSER
STAN KAVANAGH • CASS DALEY • HUGH CAMERONMARVIN LAWLER • JAMES FARRELL • BEN YOST'S VARSITY EIGHTJANE PICKENS • 123 OTHERS • GYPSY ROSE LEE
Huge, smashing revue. direct from Broadway sellouts. The biggest WinterGarden hit in nine years. It comes with a trainload of stars and becutles.
GL~~~J: GLAMOUR GIRLS OF 1937!
Terrace RoomBecomes ParisCasino Dec. 29New Regime for HotelMorrison Floor ShowsOffers Gallic Troupe.
The new Casino Parisien wlllopen at the Morrison hotelnext 'ruesday night, in theformer Terrace room, with an
entertainment called "Revue In-ternationale," produced in theFrench Casino manner by CliffordC. Fischer, importer of Frenchtheater-restaurant performers. Thefollowing playen wlll be on theb1ll:Robin, pantomimic clown, recent-
ly of ••Jumbo," in a comedy actcalled "the walking music store."Rudi Geasl, a European enter-
tainer, now making his :first ap-pearance in America.Mary Raye and Naldl, a ballroom
dancing team, new in America.Sara Ann McCabe, leading singer
in the production numbers, whowill introduce the theme song ofthe show, "Parisians in the Rain."George Campo, a comedian of the
French Casino productions.Eileen O'Connor, a ballerina
who has just returned from a suc-cess in London with C. B. Coch-ran's" Follow the Sun." She is 17years of age.Grace and Nico, a dance team
which has had a successful tour ofEurope.Anderson and Allen, acrobats in
a hand balancing act.Carmen Romero, a blonde Span-
ish castanet dancer who has beenin French Casino productions inthe east for the last two years.In addition, there will be twenty
show girls, and six group numbers,each with a special stage set.
• A New Year's eve entertain-ment in keeping with the tra-
dition of the Blackstone hotel willbe offered by the Mayfair room,where Al Kavelin's orchestra ishaving a record-breaking run.Georges and Jalna, the dancers, andCorinna Mura, the Spanish-Ameri-can coloratura soprano, will intro-duce several new numbers fromtheir extensive repertoires for theoccasion. There will be five othercabaret acts.
• Plans for New Year's eve atthe Trianon and Aragon ball-
rooms include two famous orches-tras at each ballroom-Ted Weemsand Al Morey at the Trianon, andFreddy Martin and Billy Baer atthe Aragon. Each ballroom willalso present a show, featuringvaudeville acts. On the entertain-ment bills are the Frances Allisdancers; Paul Nolan, in jugglingtricks; the Florentine Trio; Charlesand Helen Stone, dancers; Nice,Florio, and Lubow, comedy trio,and the Empire Four, harmonygroup. The celebration begins atboth the Trianon and Aragon at8:30 o'clock on Thursday evening •
~¥l)fr%~LAST TIMES TODAYMATINEE 2: 30 - TONIGHT 8: 30ROSENTHAL THE 5tll ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL
"Still Unsurpassed Amongst Pianists" ICE CARNIVAL"Piquant. powerful, Ifentle. i<"raceful.forthright. dazzling - these and more. Galaxy of Fereian & American Skating Slunwould not by any means cover the ver- 0
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• Mildred Balley, ••Red" Norvoand his orchestra, Romo Vin-
cent, comedian, and the Ambroses,dancers from the current entertain-ment bill at the Blackhawk res-taurant.
• Roger Pryor continues asmaestro and ringmaster of the
College Inn's " circus" cabaretshow. The Varsity Eight, col-
AMUSEMENTS.
WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY
EXTRA MATltJEE FRIDAY
SAM H. HARRIS PRESENTS
J CIN THE MUSIC BOX COMEDY HIT
" b, ST LAD "By Kat.har lne Dayton & Geo. S. KaufmanDIRECT FROM 1YEAR IN NEW YORRi~hts Iex New Year's Eve.) 51 to
$2.50. Mats .. Wed .. Sat. & New Year'sDay. $1 to $2 New Yenr's Eve 'Dec.au. $2 to $4. (Plus 10% Tax.)ImIS SEATS NOW ON
51 SALE to JAtl. 16
Great Northern Ph~~e ~fb~em~u • :i_Ll~t~3n!e~?s.dlJ~fl,~f!,~Ve~~~OD A"aiety:~ ... spirit of a g-ood show shines allover the place ... "-Ashton Btevens. Amer·tcan," . . . mood of ~usto which a revue re-quires ... "-C/larle8 Collins. Trilnine,I.. • nleaso the most particular •.. "-Gail Borden. Daily T'imes,.. buoyant mualcal comedy ."-Caro!'
Frink, IIp.rfllrf. J; Exn ml ner ••. g-enuinely entertaining moments-s-Pime mrmo zine.
ACTORBECOMES
BAND LEADERRoger Pry 0 r, wellknown liS an actor onthe stage and screen,has become a danceband leader, and isnow the star of thecabaret program inthe College Inn. Hisfather, Arthur Pryor,was famous as a mu-sical director in thebrass band era of the
last generation.[E. A. Bachrach Photo. I
Ieglans, and Coleman, Clark, andYoshro Fushiml, table tennis play-ers are new on the bill. The otherperformers are the Calgary broth-ers, comedians; Rufe Davis, croon-er; Paul Nolan, Enrico and BrunoMangini, Alphonse Berg, and thetwelve Hoffman dancers.
Others in the show are Lane, Tree,and Edwards, comedians; Gilletteand Richards, comedy dance team,and Edna Errico, song stylist, andNino Rinaldo's orchestra. Threeshows nightly.
• Royale Frolics-Second editionof revue starring Dolly Kay,
blues singer. Others are Sid Tom-ack and the Reis Brothers, come-dians; Wood and Bray, ballroomand adagio dancers; Marilyn Mar-lowe, tap dancer; Barbara Belmore,specialty dancer, and the GouldSisters, a dance team. Forty balletgirls, Henri Lishon's orchestra, andCharles Engle's dance band. Fourshows nightly.
• Shelia Barrett, diseuse, and PatO'Malley, Irish baritone, will be
the principal attractions on NewYear's eve in the Gold Coast roomof the Drake hotel. An enlargedprogram, with five additional acts,has been arranged. Others in theGold Coast revue are Gower andJeanne, dance team, Ethel Dixon,singer, and Dick Jurgens' orches-tra.
The four headliners of theChez Paree show that closed
Christmas eve to make way forMorton Downey and the new holi-day revue are now appearing incinema-vaudeville theaters. BennyFields went into the Palace theateras a headliner. Eunice Healy andNick Long Jr., dancers, are on thenew bill at the Chicago theater asheadliners. Ruth Petty, ••blues"singer, is featured at the Orientaltheater.
• Colosimo's-Ada Leonard andTracy, Gale and Leonard, come-
dians, are the headliners. Othersare Princess Ahl, dancer; MurielLove in songs; Bankoff and Can-non, comedy ballet dancers; PeggyMoore, dancing soubrette; GeorgeEverett Hale, baritone; EileenGeorge, soprano, and Una Cooper,specialty dancer with the ballet of16 girls. Bob Tinsley's band. Fourshows nightly.
• The Stevens hotel's New Year'seve celebration will be the big.
gest since 1929. The entertainmentin the Continental room will be aug-mented by Continental Singers, amixed sextet featuring FrederickSchweppe, baritone. In the Con-tinental room there will be danc-ing to Frankie Masters' orchestra,and two floor shows starring Mau-rine and Norva, Florence Kope andDonna Dae, Continental Trio and HisMasters' Voices. Formal dress isexpected.
• Frank Veloz, of the dance teamof Veloz and Yolanda, is a
composer-pianist in his own right.He has written and had publisheda song which he and Yolanda haveinterpreted into an original dance,••The Veolanda." He also wrote"The Yolanda Waltz" to whichthis couple has danced. His latestcomposition was the music for thewaltz they do in the motion pic-ture, " The Champagne Waltz."Veloz and Yolanda began a twoweeks' return engagement in theEmpire room of the Palmer houselast Wednesday.
• Yacht club-New show star-ring Vi Bradley, whose songs
are of the Beatrice Lillie type.
• New Year's eve at the Edge-water Beach hotel will have
two dance orchestras, George 01·sen's and Earl Hoffman's band, pro-viding continuous music from 10p, m. to dawn. Floor shows from a••travellng stage" will be an inno-
AMUSEMENTS. AMUSEMENTS.
BttP~~~!!2 SHOWS NEW YEAR'S EVE
FIRST AT 8:30 - SECOND AT II O'ClOCK£K6t4AftttiJuL. NEW nAR'S DA'I-3 P.M.
STUDEBAKER ATINEES-WED. and SAT.NOW PLAYING J,•• ...a•.•.•.Never in the History of theStudebaker The ate rHas a Play Been MoreEn t h II siasticallyReceived - the FourWalls Fairly Roc kedfrem Applause.
Hites SOc_$I.OO_$1.50_$2.00Matinees 50c-75c-$I.OO
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agevaUon. The performers will IncludeHarris, Claire and Shannon, dane-ing trio; Alfred Lytell and" Tige,"a comedy act; and Harriet Smith'sballet. A strolling band wlll sere-nade each table. The party will bcformal, of dress.
• With Herb Buteau's orchestra,a crowd of young people will
welcome 1937 in Guyon's Paradiseballroom. Buteau and his ••Victo-rians" were formerly at the PalmerHouse. Bob Kirk, saxophonist andclarinetist, is the featured vocalist.
• A Parisian type of revue openedlast Friday night' at the Chez
Paree, with Morton Downey as star.The chief comedian is Jerry Lester.from the Hollywood restaurant,New York. Emily Von Losen andthe Chez Paree ballet appear inspecial dances. Beverly Bemis, dane-ers, and the comic team of Harrisand Shore are also new principals,Henry Busse's orchestra continues.
• Merry Garden Ballroom-TheNew Year's eve celebration will
feature three orchestras-Stan Nor.ris', Werner Peete's, and JohnnyLong's. Continuous dancing from8.30 until closing. Floor shows inboth ballrooms. Regular dancenights are Tuesday, Thursday, sat-urday and Sunday.
• Brevoort Hotel-On New Year'seve, Bert Rammelt and his orches-tra will be featured in the Muralroom; Joe Gerken's band in theGold room. The entertainment willinclude: Evelyn Driggett and Marga-ret Conrad, accordion and violin;the Jaros Sisters, harmony dUO;Grace Kater, accordionist.
• Ivanhoe-Hal Munro and hisorchestra. Also the Four Night
Hawks, strolling entertainers.
• Limehouse-Floor show nightly.Barney Richards' dance band.
• The Trocadero Casino, a newnight club at Erie and Lake
Shore drive, opened last Wedncs-day. It will be in operution forluncheons, cocktail hours, dinnersand suppers. The opening show hasFrancisco and Maria, in Spanishdances; the Four McNallies, a girldance team; Violet Love, in "blues '.songs and ballads, Pat Chandler,master of ceremonies; and WandaWinsum, prima donna. The dancemusic is by Don Fernando's band,and Ramon Arias' rhumba band.Three shows nightly; dinner showat 9.
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