The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway

The Male Animal. Gay comedy, gaily revived, of a Milquetoastish professor menaced in class by a Vanzetti letter, at home by a varsity letter man (TIME, May 12).

Pal Joey. Revival of a topnotch Rodgers & Hart musical with a brilliantly tough John O'Hara book about a sexy rich lady who turns on her heel (TIME, Jan. 14).

The King and I. Charming Rodgers & Hammerstein period musical, with Gertrude Lawrence; how the King of Siam learned to govern from a governess (TIME, April 9, 1951).

The Moon Is Blue. Boy-Meets-Girl, Girl-Meets-Wolf, Wolf-Meets-Waterloo (TIME,...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!