Music, Drama Critics To Discuss Influence Of Musical Comedy

Tonight is theatre night for the Law School Forum. Your experts on the theatre will debate the touchy subject. "Is the Musical Comedy Replacing the Serious Drama?" at 8 p.m. in the New Lecture Hall.

Best known of the speakers is Richard Rodgers, who wrote the music for two current Broadway hits, "South Pacific" and "The King and I." The recent movie, "Words and Music," dealt with Rodgers' association with lyrics writer Lorenx Hart, and a book published this month tells the story, complete with words and music, of the composer's top melodies.

Marc Connelly, author of "The Green Pastures," which was recently reviewed in New York, will also appear at the forum, along with Lillian Hellman, author of "The Little Foxes," and John Chapman, drama critic of the New York Daily News. Elliott Norton, drama critic of the Boston Post, will moderate the discussion.

Tickets can be bought at the Forum offices in Hastings Hall today, or at the door tonight.