New Musical in Manhattan

Scandals (conceived and produced by George White), first edition in four years of an old Broadway annual, is a testament to Producer George White's faith that hopped-up burlesque at revue prices will attract many a New York World's Fair visitor. Mr. White's show was tried out in Atlantic City last month, fumigated in Boston, and presented last week on Broadway at a $7.70 opening night top. Its reception indicated that Producer White's faith would not be too severely punished.

Although modern beach apparel has taken some wind out of Mr. White's mainsail, his cuties are still beyond cavil. For the rest, the 1939 Scandals, like its predecessors, is a swiftly paced professional amateur hour occasionally bright, often dirty, sometimes painfully in need of a gong. There is one good song, Are You Having Any Fun?, energetically shouted by 52nd Street's Scotcha Ella Logan; one big, loud ensemble, hymning Tin Pan Alley; Tapper Ann Miller, who has some things Tapper Eleanor Powell has not; and a shimmy-shake called the Mexiconga, which will not be a successor to Producer White's Black Bottom. Sorriest Scandal: John L. Lewis picketing a bedded couple who refuse to join a union.

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