Broadway usually runs out of gas around May i, but with the New York World's Fair coming, the present theatre season is fueled for a non-stop flight straight through the summer. Best evidence that Broadway has its eye on Flushing, Long Island, is the sudden boom in musical shows. Last season there were eight musicals and revues in all. When Stars in Your Eyes (book by J. P. McEvoy, music by Arthur Schwartz) and Blackbirds of 1939 (by Lew Leslie, music by Rube Bloom) opened last week, for the first time since 1930, Broadway...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In