Show Business

P: When three more new shows folded last week, Broadway rounded out one of the most anemic months in its long history. Not since Decision (TIME, Feb. 14) had a single new show stayed out of 4-F; most were as "14-F" as the man in the gag who was told "Even if there's an invasion, don't bother to report."

P: Broadway's biggest comedy smash, The Voice of the Turtle, has provided Broadway's smallest cast with Broadway's plushiest dressing rooms. Each of the three performers at the Morosco has a whole floor backstage. The three suites, which cost around $30,000, contain a dressing room, sitting room, kitchenette with refrigerator, bathroom without bath. Margaret Sullavan's first floor (see cut) is all feminine satin; Elliott Nugent's second floor, all masculine mahogany; Audrey Christie's third floor, all pink& blue.

P: Manhattan's Theatre Guild recently had a cable from George Bernard Shaw reading: "The answer is no, absolutely no." The Guild is still wondering why. Last time it addressed an inquiry to Shaw was in 1940.

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