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........ ... ON THE BROADWAY SCENE ByBurtBoyarl NEW YORK, May 1.— OFF THE RECORD: Hope Hamptons un thrilled with Sherman Billingsley cause he edited her guest list for the party he threw in her name the other eve at the Stork . . . And just to show you were impartial. John Perona, the El Morocco chief, will make the front pages soon with Tony Fords slander suit . . . The Four Seasons is a new restaurant which will open in the Seagram Building late this spring. Cost: ,500,000! Owned by the same people who opened the Forum of the 12 Caesars. This new one will attempt being the worlds finest restaurant . . . The Robert Kintner-exiting-NBC rumors are getting loud again. The current tale is that he tangled with General Sarnoff . . . Batista is expected in Texas within a week . . . The Westhampton Bath and Tennis Club offered to open early for the private convalescence of J. F. Dulles. A A A PARAGRAPHIC: Perry Como is a pretty good golfer . . . Plays at Sands Point, L. I., near his home . . . Recently the members of his club talked him into entering a tournament, something he had never before done because he doesnt feel hes that good. . . . However, he agreed and worked his way up to the finals, astounding even himself by beating really tough players. The I night before the final he had knots in his | stomach and was sorry he had gotten into ■ it at all. It was not the peaceful, casual sort of living he enjoys. The pressure took all the fun of the game away from him. But, he couldnt back out so he played and won the club championship. At a dinner in his honor they hauled out the silverware and presented him with a beautiful, huge, silver cup with his name engraved on it. After dinner he happily started to take it home. "Oh, no," he was told, "that stays here in the club." After all hed been through to win it he couldnt even take it home. Como was heartbroken. A few days later he bought a beautiful, huge silver cup for 00, had his name engraved on it and took it home. A * A SHUBERT ALLEY: The current Saturday Evening Post has a story by Richard Maney, the "My Fair Lady" press agent. In it he gives the Lerner and Loewedown on the problems the hit suffered before coming to Broadway. Among them is the news that Mary Martin was asked to play the roles which Julie Andrews finally filled. The show was auditioned for Miss Martin and she turned it down. She hated the songs! . . . Polly Bergen missed a few "First Impressions" performances. Heavy virus. Her understudy, Ellen Hanley, pinch-hit and received a standing ovation from the audience last Saturday night . . . The Bolshoi Ballet is doing dandy at the Met, but its kinda lonely over at the Cameo Thtr. whert theyre playing the filmed version . . . Goodman Ace, the most suc cessful of the TV comedy writers, has a I Broadway play in mind. Its about TV and the advertising business. But, he is reluctant to write it. "I have very little confidence in myself in a medium which requires such a careful and precise skill." He admits to a fear of "those nine men," the critics. He says he may write it, but "well never play New York. Well play all around em, New Jersey, Connecticut — and never come in. Well just tease em." AAA SHOW BIZ: His name is Marty Mills . . . You saw it often in the columns when he was Nanette Fabrays best beau before she married Ran MacDougall. At the same time, Marty was working as an agent at MCA. Socially he was "hot." The phone never stopped ringing with dinner and cocktail offers and lots of "Lets have a little lunchee, baby?" When he broke, up with Nan and shortly afterwards left MCA to open his own office, the winning combination was broken. He became marked "Loser" and the "Smart Money" stopped calling him. Except for a few real friends, he was amazed to find himself being "brushed" as often as a blue suit. He was still the same sweet guy they had back-slapped just a few months before. It was a painful experience in peoplology, but thats the kind you remember. Recently, the trade papers ran a story that his family had sold their family business, Mills Music, for a sum in excess of Five Million Dollars. Martys phone is ringing again, but these days he asks whos calling!
