After having starred in the Front Page (written by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur), with Robert Ryan, Helen Hayes, Bert Convy and an all star cast for over a year on Broadway, Conrad Janis was asked to make a special appearance for the opening night of the Shady Grove Music Fair, in March of 1970.

"The Front Page has settled at The Shady Grove after a lengthy engagement on Broadway…(and) is still as bright and snappy as it was in New York. (It) is one of those well-crafted comedies of the 20s that blithely used casts of 20 and 30…(and) one of its appealing aspects is its host of colorful creatures...[including] Bert Convy, who has a bundle of energy and a keen sense of purpose), Robert Alda fares well as his boss. Of the newsmen, Conrad Janis (guest starring on opening night), was my favorite as a low-keyed reporter who’d rather plunk away at his banjo.
In these days of computerized journalism and unruffled television scribes, it’s refreshing to meet up again with old friends--- those shrewd, sarcastic, card-playing, double-dealing toughies, who used to chase after fire engines and escaped cons for that Front Page Headline.”

David Richards, Critic-at-Large of WGMS-FM