• THE 17, 1942 1151ie of ogee Talent By JULIUS CHAJES ChaiesSoloLstat theater Center Tuesday Molly Picon In European artists were always wel- Will be Featured With WPA Symphony in Final Spring me in this country; in fact, re was a time when American Concert Series rusts had to change their names order to secure an audition for rt, stage, screen and radio k. Although this was true tin a few years ago, today the rican artists are regarded as lily as the European ones. In the recent war crisis, the situ- tion of the many European artists, ho live in this country, is not cry favorable. Score of the artist fugees: are scattered all over the nited States, and have received e positions. The greatest num- r reside in New York, and find t very difficult to get along. How- ver, talent makes its way. . I refer especially to Hugo Kauder, ustrian composer. When he ar- ved in this country only two ars ago, his name did not mean uch to the American musician, in to of the fact that his composi- have been published by the ous Universal Edition, played his possessions and most of his Haled works in Vienna. Yet, was not desperate and did not ve up the hope of an early change f his social position, as long as he had his creative ability and a 1 to write down his musical . Today, Kauder's name is al- y known to the musical world this country. His Symphony performed in Chicago last year, his Horn Concerto was played Boston by members of the Bos- Symphony Orchestra. A few months ago, when Yehudi enuhin played at the Masonic emple with the Detroit Symphony hestra, he told me that he had t received Kauder's Violin Con- rto, which he is going to perform at season as a first presentation this country. On April 14, uder's Oboe C o nc e r t o was yed by Lare Wardrope, of the troit Symphcny Orchestra, at the swish Community Center. True talent must make its way matter how bad conditions are, he is fortunate enough to be in country. with its appreciative pie. and its many possibilities. William B. Ziffs new book, h"The •ing Battle of Germany."1 will a best seller . . Ziff is the au- or of "The Rape of Palestine," blished a few seasons ago. *arney Yanett Abe Flanbenberg B & A DELICATESSEN • LUNCH Specializinz In CHICKEN ALA HOBO We Deliver 7714 W. McNichols ITN. 24357 - JEWISH NEWS Performing Beethoven's "Em- porer Concerto;" Julius Chajes, bril- liant:Pianist and composer, will be the 'featured soloist with the Mich- igan WPA Symphony Orchestra, on Tuesday, April 2L at 8:30 p. at the Jewish Community Center, Woodward at Holbrook. The all- Beethoven program to be presented on this occi-sion. will mark the fifth and final performance of the Cen- ter's spring concert series. The orchestra, under the baton of Valter Poole, will play the "Eg- mont Overture" and the "Seventh Symphony" • in the all-Beethoven program Tuesday evening. Although no admission is charged war stamps ,and bonds are on sale In the Center lobby preceding the concerts. It is expected that $5,- 000 worth of stamps and bonds will have been sold when the baton is raised for the concluding per- formance April 21. 2 Performances Here This Sunday . Molly Picon and a cast cC 35 ap- pear in "Such a Life" Sunday mat- inee and evening at the Wilson Theater. The matinee performance was contracted for by the Russian Relief Fund. The biography of Molly Picon reads like a synopsis of a spectacu- lar play. Molly Picon was born in New ENTERTAINMENT 4 You are a stranger here but once! From a Corn Beef Sandwich to a Complete Meal. Direction of JOE FREEDMAN WILLIAM BOESKY LOUIS FREEDMAN Hosts to Detroiters for • Quarter of a Century Detroit Workmen's circle Chinos Sunday Evening, April - 19 In Main Auditorium of Detroit Art Institute Kirby and Woodward Soloist: MASHA BENYA Polish-Jewish Opera Star 15 Numbers by the Chorus Under Direction of Dan. Frohman, With Evelyn Gurevitch at Piano Feature Number: Ballad "Once Upon a Time" Admission: 55c, 83c, $1.10 * TWENTY WEST ADAMS MICHIGAN at GRISWOLD Second, Cor. Canfield All Night ... Comiled Workmen's Circle Concert Sunday Chorus to Give 15 Numbers; Masha Benya, Soloist theater. The man- ager of the the- a t e r. passenger With Masha Be'nya as soloist, the on the same trol- Detroit Workmen's Circle choir will present its ninth annual con- cert next Sunday evening in the main auditorium of the Detroit Art Institute. Miss Benya came here from Po- land a year ago and has attracted wide attention with her singing in New York and elsewhere. Prior to the war, she appeared in Warsaw with the Polish Opera company. The choir will present 15 musical numbers and will feature the bal- ' lad. "One Upon a Time", music of which was written by Michel Gel- ! hart. Dan Frohman directs the choir out as Topsy in an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company playing the back- Iand Miss Evelyn Gurevitch is the piano accompanist. woods. ley, engaged her to play children's parts and reluc- tantly remunerat- ed the child at the rate of 50 cents a perform- ance. This rate rose subse- quently and all through her child- hood, Molly did songs, imitations. and dances from time to time at the Arch Street theatre. At the age of 15, believing the time had codie to conquer other worlds. she struck In Boston she heard Jacob Kalich was running his own Yiddish Stock I company and asked for a job. He hired her to substitute for a sou- brette ill with influenza. A few months later Kalich proposed ("in six different languages," Molly re- members■ and they were married. Since then they've been a constant team. he being, her manager and often her director and librettist. I Most of her successful shows were written, directed and produced by I Kalich sent back streams of news stories to New York's Yid- dish press about their tour. Con- sequently Molly was a famous per- sonage on Second Avenue before she had ever appeared there. When she finally made her Second Ave- nue debut. in "Yonkele" written by Kalich and well-tested preciously on the European trip, she scored an enormous hit. Molly became the toast of Yid- dish-speaking New York, and also a part of English-speaking New York, for uptowners went down- town to see the phenomenon on the Yiddish Musical stage. The World Telegram wrote an editorial about her being a New York institution. She began making annual trips to Europe to play the music halls of London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Budapest, Warsaw, Bucharest, etc. In Paris and London especially she soon became a favorite, as in Buenos Aires. Rio de Janeiro and even South African cities like Cape- town and Johannesburgh. In "Such a Life" many of these episodes are coming to life. In this compilation written by her gifted husband, Jacob Kalich,' the epi- sodes and characters are not en- tirely fictitioas. Joseph Runshinsky wrote the scores to most of the musical shows for Molly and composed the music to "Such a. Life." Zionists Sponsor Jewish Music Evening May 5 The Zionist Organization of De- troit will sponsor a festival of Jew- ish music on Lag b'Omer, Tuesday. May 5, at 8:30 p. m.. at the Shaar- ey Zedek. Traditional liturgical selections will be presented on that occasion, which will be. set aside as "An Evening of Jewish Music." Exam- ples of great classical music by Jewish composers and songs of and North American Newspaper Alliance who has spent most of the past 20 years in Russia; Leland modern Palestine will be featured. Stowe. ace roving war correspon- The program will include an in- dent for the Chicago Daily News, strumental trio, cantors and other and Pierre van Paassen, crusading Detroit singers. journalist and best-seller author. Father Hubbard, Alaska's famous "Glacier Priest." will bring vital Student Group of 'Music documentary films of America's Study Club Meets Friday in a sudden burst of exhibitionism. she burst out , singing "I'm Afraid to Go Home in the Dark" in a street- car on the way home from the I Ninth Annual Concert Walter Duranty, noted foreign cor- respondent for the New York Times Arctic stronghold. Also booked are Hallet Abend, 15 years chief Far Eastern correspondent for the New York Times; Krishnalal Shridha- rani, distinguished Indian, author of "My India, My America"; and Archduke Okbo, son of Emperior learning to read. Karl and Empress Zita and heir to the crown of Austria-Hungary. At the age of five. him. Before launching her on the Yid- dish Broadway (New York's Se-z- ond Avenue). Kalich decided Molly needed grounding in Yiddish stage Molly Picon and her cast of 35 took her for a three- •ear will stage a special matinee per- art and tour of its sources—the towns and formance of "Such a Life" this Sun- villages of eastern Euro -ie. just pay food finest liquors Detroit Town Hall will open its 1942-43 season in the Fisher Thea- ter Oct. 14 with Carmen Amaya, volcanic Flamenco .dancer and her company of Gypsy dancers and singers'. Eve Curie, direct from North Africa and the Near East, will be and of the noted authorities cover- ing world events. Others include mistress in a Yiddish repertory company. While still an infant, her family moved to Philadelphia and continued their callings there. Taken by her mother to t h e - l Arch Street The- atre, (where Yid- dish repertory was given), Molly ': leanerd about acting before The San Carlo Company, prob- ably the best known, and certainly the oldest extant touring opera, is now in its last weeks of a trans- continental tour which included the Pacific Coast and the far north- west, into British Columbia. Fortune Gallo brings this popular organiza- tion to Detroit for a seven-day en- I gagement at the Wilson Theater, beginning Monday, April 20. and 'closing Sunday evening, April 26. Coe Glade. most famous and most convincing of the present-day Carmens. will again be heard in Bizet's opera. Dates of the eight events are: "Aida" (Monday, April 20). "La Traviata" (Tuesday), "Carmen" in French (Wednesday). "Rigoletto" (Thursday), "La Boheme" (Friday), "Martha" in English, followed by I Ballet Divertissement by the Ballet (Saturday matinee) and "11 Trova- tore" (Saturday night). "Faust" , closes the engagement (sung in French) Sunday Night, April 26. Carlo Peroni, one of the best con- ductors of opera. will direct the 1 eight performances. The st:-..ge will 1 be under the direction oy Raybaut, as in past seasons. day at the Wilson Theater, the pro- ceeds of which will go for Russian war relief. The performance is sponsored by the Folks Committee of the Russian War Relief Fund. Appreciation is expressed by the Folks Committee to Miss Picon and her cast for their generous and patriotic gesture. Fisher Town Nall Will Open Oct. 14 York. Her father was a needle- worker, her mother a wardrobe 8 Operatic Events Here April 20-26 At Wilson Theater Picon Matinee For Russ Relief Page Sever' The Student Group of the Music Study Club will meet this Friday evening at the home of Henry B. Hermann, 14908 Washburn. Begin- ning a series of two meetings de- voted to a study of the life of Beethoven. Mr. Hermann will be guest speaker. Gershen Konikow, pianist. and Max Weiner, violinist, will play a sonata by Beethoven for those two instruments. Bee- thoven piano sonatas will be played by Zalmon Konikow and Muriel Moskowitz. An original sextett by William Milner will also be per- formed. "Watch On The Rhine" At Cass Theater An estate near Washington. D. C. was chosen by Lillian Hellman as SPECIAL MATINEE Performance Sunday, April 19 MOLLY PICON Milton Berlesque: "When the Yanks get through with Japan in "SUCH A LIFE 99 at Wilson Theatre there'll be Gaps where there were Japs." AL MILLER Madison and Brush Proceeds for Folks Committee Fund for Russian War Relief. 7:20 MeNICHOLS ROAD, Near Santa Barbara The Folks Committee Gratefully Acknowledges the Cooperation of Molly Picon and her cast in arrang- ing This Special Performance. Delicatessen. Appetizers and Dairy Products We Deliver UNiversity 2-9781 locale of her newest play. the "Watch On The Rhine" which Herman... Shumlin will present at the Cass Theater for one week be- ginning Monday. April 20. direct from its eleven month engagement in New York, with the famous original cast including Lucile Wat- son, Paul Lukas and Mady Chris- tians. WILSON THEATRE MADISON and BRUSH Phone: CHerry 2110 Two Performances Only —•Sunday Mat. and Eve., April 19 EDWIN A. DELKIN PRESENTS No.1 LADY OF THE AMERICAN-YIDDISH STAGE! MO LLY 11 C Jacob Kalich's New Musical Spectacle "01 IS DUS A LEBEN VI Music by Jos. Rumshinsky—Book & Lyrics by J. Kalich ('AST OF 3.1--CHORUS OF 2* Tickets now on sale at Theatre Box Office. Grinnels Music Store and Chesluks Book Store Prices: 75e - ;1 - $1.51 and El (Plus Tax Matinee Performance Benefit for Folks Comm. Russian War Relief %%%%%%%•WWWWWYNNEWWeee" ONE WEEK ONLY 350 MADISON Tim ILA:ram CHERRY 21111. Beginning Mow., April 21) FORTUNE GALLO PRESENTS San Carlo Opera Company REPERTOIRE Sat. Eve.. Apr. 25 ...IL TROVATORE AIDA Monday Evening, April 20 Mmes. Lushanya. Glade. Bruno, Warren. M. Lindi, Thomas, Kra- vitt. BALLET. Tues. Eve.. Apr. 21...LA TRAVLATA Mmes. Mousel. Bruno, Warren M. Conley, Petroff, Kravitt. Ballet. CARMEN Wed. Eve.. Apr. 22 Mmes. Glade, Turner. Warren, Belle. M. Rayner. Kravitt. Ballet.' Thurs. Eve :, Apr. 23 ...RIGOLLI 1'0 Mmes. Pavini. Bruno, Belle. at Conley, Petroff, Kravitt. LA BOHEME Fri. Eve.. Apr. 24 Mmes.. Lushanya. Turner. Warren. M. Kravitt. Rayner, Valle. MUSICAL Prices — Mmes. Lushanya, Glade, Belle, Warren. M. Llndl, Thomas, Kra- vitt. BALLET. MARTHA Sat. Mat., Apr. 25., (In English) Mmes. Meuse'. Bru- no. Warren. M. Conley, Kozake- vich—followed by DIVERTISEMENTS by SAN CARLO OPERA COMPANY CORPS de BALLET FAUST Sun. Eve.. Apr. 26 Mmes. Turner. Bruno. Belle. M. Rayner, Kravitt, Petroff. PERONI Eves. 8ac $1.10 11.65 $1.20 , SaL Matinee 55c - 83c - $110 - $ 1 -6 5 - - - — - (Tax Incl.) Seats Now on Sale. Wilson Theatre and Grinnell's—RA. UV 41'