Theatre: Two-a-Night

One evening last week a show was staged in the White House. In the East Room, from 7 to 8 p. m., President & Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt of the U. S., President & Mrs. David Dubinsky of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union and a few other guests watched a "command performance" of Pins & Needles, the I. L. G. W. U. show that has become a Broadway hit (TIME, Dec. 20).

For its performance, the White House furnished a makeshift stage, all props except a seltzer bottle (the White House uses club soda)....

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