The Theater: New Show in Manhattan

Sons o' Fun (produced by the Shuberts). Having given Hellzapoppin almost the national standing of the Statue of Liberty and the Washington Monument, Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson last week raised the curtain (and the roof) on a new epic of insanity. Sons o' Fun decidedly takes after its Hellzapoppa, even going him one better at times. But, just as clearly, its mother is an oldfashioned, hard-plugging show girl: a lot of the show is straight routine revue.

Dizziest part of the evening comes during the half hour before the regular performance starts, when...

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