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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
October 7, 1956
October 7, 1956
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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The
Broadway
Scene
THE
RAGE
TO
RUSH
Enthusiastic Playgoers Await the New
Season's
Performances
Of IBM Cards, Rumors, and Strength-Giving
Goodi
s4
NOW that fall has arrived,
theatre-goers all over the coun-
try are looking forward with con-
siderable anticipation to the forth-
coming plays and musicals of the
new Broadway season. Even
though the little theatre move-
ment in this country has grown
by leaps and bounds in recent
years and there are many new
winter stock companies in exis-
tence, New York still maintains
its position in the minds of most
people as the center of the Ameri-
can stage scene.
Last year produced a bumper
crop of outstanding successes,
many of which are still running.
Leading examples are the musicals
My -air Lady" and "The Most
Happy Fella," and the dramatic
offerings "Inherit the Wind" and
"Middle of the Night." These pro-
ductions have helped to generate pany with Claire Bloom and Paul
such interest in the theatre, that Rogers in tow, will appear in four
epectations run unusually high Shakespearean works -- "Richard
for the shows set to open this fall. II," "Romeo and Juliet," "Mac-
The 1956-57 season got under- beth" and "Troilus and Cressida."
way last Wednesday when the hi- Walter Pidgeon has been lured
larious new comedy "The Loud from Hollywood to star in a com-
Red Patrick" set up shop at the edy of society life in Philadelphia,
Ambassador Theatre, recently res- "The Happiest Millionaire." Ber-
cued from the domain of films and nard Shaw will be represented on
TV. David Wayne and Arthur several occasions, most notably
Kennedy share stellar billing in with a gala revival of "Major Bar-
the play. bara" with Charles Laughton,
Here are some of the other most Glynis Johns, Burgess Meredith,
promising premieres and revivals Eli Wallach and Cornelia Otis
that will be on the boards before Skinner in major roles. "Auntie
Christmas. Alan Paton's novel Mame," heroine of the best-seller
"Too Late the Phalarope" has lists, will be incarnated by Rosa-
been adapted by Robert.Yale Lib-. lind Russell, and Terrence Ratti-
ott and will have a cast headed 'gan's "The Sleeping Prince"' will
by Barry Sullivan and Finlay Cur- { team Barbara Bel Geddes and
rie. A group of visitors from Eng- Michael Redgrave.
land, the celebrated Old Vic Corn- The powerful Eugene, O'Neill
autobiographical drama, "Long
Day's Journey into Night," wlil
be presented with Frederic March
and Florence Eldridge and young
Broadford Dillman who appeared
in last spring's University Drama
Season. Katy Jurado, the Mexican
actress, will cavort in "The Best
House in Naples," the latest com-
edy by F. Hugh Herbert who auth-
ored "The Moon Is Blue." "A Very
Special Baby," adapted from the
famed television play, will star
Sylvia Sydney, Luther Adler and
Jack Warden.
In the musical field, there is
especially bright -prospect. Judy
Holliday will play a telephone
operator in "Bells Are Ringing,"
which has been fashioned by Jule
Styne, Betty Comden and Adolph
Green.
By TAMMY MORRISON
Daily Staff Writer
T HIS afternoon, between three
and four hundred female Uni-
versity students will descend upon
the League with hope in their
hearts. After picking up their
precious invitations, they will
spread to all parts of the campus.
They will dash up the walks of
huge houses, eager to fling them-
selves into the arms of the girls
who are dashing down the walks.
This scene will be the first step
in a process known as pledging a
sorority. It is the culmination of
After receipt of her three dol-
lars, Panhel sends the rushee a
small grey book called "The Pan-
hellenic Rushing Guide" and a
slip of paper telling her the num-
ber of her group. The Guide is a
helpful little tome, containing
messages of welcome from the
Dean of Women end Panhel pres-
ident, a rundown of average ex-
penses, a calendar of parties, notes
on what to wear (usually school
clothes) and how to act (natural),
contact rules and a list of Michi-
gan sororities with house pictures,
pins, histories and members'
names.
JUDY HOLLIDAY
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a
1
low
j CLOSEOUTS!
MI1CHIGAN
S1VEAT SH1IRTS
two weeks of a curious phenome- After a hectic orientation period,
non known as rushing. I the freshman finds herself sum-
One of the more aptly named moned to the Rackham Building
Michigan traditions, rushing is on the first day of classes. Stray.
one of those things that every- unbelieving, slack-jawed grad stu-
body agrees is bad, but nobody dents were pushed out of the way
quite knows how to change. this 'year, when more than 1,300
girls flooded those hallowed halls
IFOR THE prospective Freshman of study and lecture to meet with
coed, rushing begins in the( their counselors.
middle of the summer when she is
notified by the Panhellenic As- "OUNSELORS are a helpful,
sociation that if she wishes to " harried bunch of affiliates who
have a chance to belong to a sor- choose which invitations to ac-
ority, she must pay three dollars
to go through rushing. See WILL, Page 4
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