1954/07 - Cover: Playhouse-in-the-Park in Philadelphia by Gardner Leaver

THE PLAY:

  • Suited to the Season and Tailor-Made for a Star by Sylvia Regan
  • The Fifth Season by Sylvia Regan
  • SPECIAL SECTION:

  • Command Performance a condensation of a an article from the May 1954 issue of News From Behind the Iron Curtain
  • FEATURES:

  • Four of a Kind
  • The Musicals Take Over by George Abbott
  • Old Favorites by a New Company
  • First Lady's Festival featuring Helen Hayes
  • The Impossibility of Drama Criticism by Maurice Zolotow
  • The Implausibility of Mr. Zolotow by John Chapman
  • A Playgoer's Garden of Verses by Harry Harris
  • The Season in Dance by John Griffin
  • Salomes Who Should Be Seen ... As Well as Heard
  • United States Festivals of Theatre Arts
  • Landmarks Along the Straw Hat Trail
  • Outdoor Pageant-Drama: Symphony of Sight and Sound by John Gassner
  • BROADWAY (reviews):

  • The Pajama Game
  • DEPARTMENTS:

  • Letters
  • Calendar
  • Theatre on the Disc by Sigmund Spaeth
  • Books
  • Offstage
  • Theatre U.S.A. by Alice Griffin