>After playing lying, lecherous, dirty Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road for 1,674 shows, James Barton announced he would quit the show this week. Rumored reason: squabbles with other members of the cast. Successor: Vaudeville Impersonator Eddie Garr.
>The orchestra glided dreamily into the Barcarolle from Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann. A little man stood up, gave the Nazi salute, shouted: "Verboten!" The orchestra switched to My Hero, from Oscar Straus's The Chocolate Soldier. Up sprang the little man again. The orchestra burst into Mendelssohn's Wedding March. The little man jumped up for the third...
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