Theatre Arts December 1953 Opera The Met and 50 similar items

Theatre Arts Most issues publish a complete play (With photographs from the current production), as well as reviews, photos and features about the theater, theatre arts, current productions on Broadway, off Broadway, Opera, plus fabulous vintage ADS, and MORE -- Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! Issue Date: DECEMBER, 1953; Vol. XXXVII, No. 12 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 COVER: SPECIAL METROPOLITAN OPEAR ISSUE: The elaborate seventeenth-century Venetian setting for the Metropolitan Opera's revival of Ponchielli's La Gioconda as presented last season. Principals in this scene are Zinka Milanov (kneeling- center); at left, Mario del Monaco and Jean Madeira; at right, Fedora Barbieri, Cesare Siepi and Leonard Warren. This issue is devoted to observance of the Metropolitan's seventieth anniversary. Color photograph by Sedge Le Blang. FEATURES: THE MET's 70th Anniversary: Mother Met at Seventy by Irving Kolodin. Ten Million Operagoers Can't Be Wrong by Deems Taylor. Little Stages, Little Money. Who's New at the Met. This is Rudolph Bing by Maurice Zolotow. He Recalls the Met's First Faust. He Directed the New Version as told to John Griffin. Linking the Historic Past and a Bright Future by Mary Ellis Peltz. The Case for Opera on Television by John Gutman. "Get Off the Beaten Path," says Joshua Logan. Glamor Gallery. The Opera Ball. THE PLAY: New Meaning Without Demeaning by Howard Dietz. La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini, in new English adaptation by Howard Dietz. GEORGE SPELVIN: Quibbling and Noodling with the Critics. THE NEW PLAYS: Comedy in Music. The Strong are Lonely. Tea and Sympathy. The Little Hut. Late Love. The Teahouse of the August Moon. DEPARTMENTS: EDITORIAL:Wings of Song. Calendar. Books. Opera on the Disc by Sigmund Spaeth. Offstage. Theatre USA by Alice Griffin. This description copyright MOREMAGAZINES. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)