On the Town

In New York: Long run New York plays tonight include "Antie Mame" with Rosalind Russell at the Broadhurst Theatre, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Morosco, and "Inherit the Wind" with Paul Muni at the Morosco. Gwen Verdon gyrates through "Damn Yankees" on the stage of the 46th Street Theatre, and Frederic March and Florence Eldridge star in Eugene O'Neill's posthumous "Long Day's Journey into Night" at the Helen Hayes. Two Shavian comedies, "My Fair Lady" with Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer and "The Apple Cart" continue at the Mark Hellinger and the Plymouth.

In Philadelphia: Shelley Winters stars in Richard Nash's comedy "The Girls of Summer" at the Walnut Theatre, and Ethel Merman and Fernando Lamas appear in "Happy Hunting" at the Schubert. Anastasia, the story of Russian aristocracy in search of a crown, closes tonight at the Abbey Playhouse. Eugene Ormandy conducts the Philadelphia Symphony in Kabalesky, Gliere, and Brahams.