Life — January 27, 1927 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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Owing to the time it takes to print Lire, readers should verify from the daily newspapers the continuance of the attractions at the theatres mentioned. More or Less Serious An American Tragedy. Longacre—A tire- somely naive chronicle which has some idea of being,bold. ‘American Laboratory Theatre. (East S&th St.) —Small but workable experimenss in dramatic elements. Beyond the Horizon. Bijou—A good revival of that pioneer among dramas of rural frustration. “ Caponsacchi. Hampden's—Walter Hampden in costume. The Captive. Empire—A serious and highly dramatic treatment of an affair between a fe of Havelock Ellis heroines. ivic Repertory. (14th St.)—Eva Le Gallienne and company in worthy repertor The Constant Nymph. Selwyn—The novel re- produced in what manages to be a highly effective —and affecting—manner. Ghosts. Mansfeld—The last week of Mrs. Piske's ail-too-brief local appearance as a new Mrs, Alving. In Abraham's Bosom. Prorincetown—A serious and interesting presentation of what the Negro is up against. The Ladder. Waldorf/—A great deal of trouble and expense to show Reincarnation at its worst. Lulu Belle. Belasco—Lenore Ulric still tread ing the primrose path to Charleston tempo. Ned McCobb's Daughter. John Golden—New England folk all mixed up in an excellent play about bootlegging. Clare Eames and Alfred Lunt. MOTHER, (THINK 1 HAVE CORRECTED THE SITUATION The Noose. Hudson—Much the same as the regular capital-punishment melodrama, with a good performance by Rex Cherryman, © | Sex. Daly's—Pretty dull, considering its subject. fe Squall. Forty- Eighth St—You know what these native girls are. Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—In celebration ‘of the 2000th performance of this we came down with la grippe. The Arabian Nightmare. Cort— Broad) bur- lesque with funay spots. Biltmore—To be reviewed later. Bi Broadhurst—Try to get in and you'll see how good it is. : Chicago. Music Box—A rather slapstick but none the less sanitary satire on American crim- inal court procedure. Should be seen for edu- cational purposes if for nothing else. The Constant Wife. Maxine Elliott's—Ethel Barrymore at her best. The Devil in the Cheese. Charles Hophins— Very nice fantasy. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Times Square— June Walker and Edna Hibbard in a satisfying Teproduction of the book. —— His Own Way. Comedy—Leo Carrillo in something that started out as “The Padre” in this country and as “the French ‘Abie's Irish Rose’ in Paris. NOW, \ HOW CAN (| MAKE A TEST OF THE SUPERINTEA OF EXTENSIONS SUPERINTENDENT OF ExT: oO AND REPAIRS? WHEN | HANG UR WOULD You PLEA WITHOUT WAKING A BIG DEVELOPMENT IN THE TELEPHONE The Little Spitfire. Klow—There is no good reason for your going to this, Mozart. Forty-Sixth St-—Perhaps the Guitrys are doing **L’ IMusionniste” this week. Whatever they are doing, it is delightful. Don’t let your lack of Prench hold you back. New York Exc tised as “a male your cue from that. : The Night Hawk. Frolic—Carroll McComas in an interesting experiment which was tried here last year. ‘The Play’s the Thing. Henry Miller's—A trifle by Molnar which has several hilarious! funny scenes. Holbrook Blinn heads an cxcel- lent cast. Pygmalion. Guiléd—Lynn Fontanne as Shaw's star heroine. pa Si™ Abramoviteh. National—To be reviewed later. pa Stturday's Children, Booth—To be reviewed ter. Tommy. Gaiety—Pleasantly clean. Two Girls Wanted. Little—All right in its wy. tthe Virgin Man. Princess—To be reviewed ter, This Woman Business. Wellack's—Genevieve Tobin converting a lot of grouchy men to women, One of those. _ What Never Dies. in pretty bum comedy. Wher ‘our Husband? Greenwich Village —To be reviewed next week. The Wooden Kimono. Martin Beckh—Melo- drama played for farce. Lyceum—E. H. Sothern Eye and Ear Entertainment Americana. Belmon!—Showing that there is a public for something a little different. Betsy. New Amsterdam—Although this has Jimmy Hussey it is not very good. Bye, Bye, Bonnie. To be reviewed later. Countess Maritza. Shuber!—A high-grade score from Vienna Criss-Cross. _Globe—Pred Stone delighting what’are known in advertisements as “children of all ages.” The Desert Song. Casino—A good musical show, with Vivienne Segal and Eddie Buzzell. Gay Paree. Winter Garden—Por those who like Winter Garden shows and also for those who like Chic Sale, which ought to include quite a lot . of people. Honeymoon Lane. Knickerbocker—Some nice dancing by Plorence ("Denishawa, surrounded by Eddie Dowling’s show. Tolanthe. Plymouth—Thursday nights only, making Thursday night one of the most important in the week. Lace Pettic Forrest—Another of those which are carried along by the music, The Nightingale. — Jolson—Elcanor Painter with plenty to sing. Oh, Kay! Victor Moore and Oscar Gershwin music. Oh, Please! Fulton—Beatrice Lillie better than ever, assisted by Charles Winninger in making a great deal of nothing. Peggy-Aan. Vanderbili—Helen Pord in a hit, Piggy. Royale—Reviewed in this issue. The Pirates of Penzance. — Plymouth—A worthy successor to “lolanthe,”’ which is about as high praise as we can give. Queen High. A mbassador—Still gliding along on a tuneful score and comedy y Luella Gear, Prank McIntyre and Charles Ruggles. The Ramblers. Lyric—Bobby Clark with an open field, resulting in hilarious clowning. Scandals of 1926. A pollo—There was a time when George White had competitors in the revue field. Twinkle, Twinkle. Liberty—Good comedy by Joe Brown. Vanities of 1927. Earl Carroll—A new edition augmented by Charlot stars from London and retaining Julius Tannen and Moran and Mack. Lawrence, aw cutting up to V enol page even vine that weeh have A certs befor to ln abou just Tl looke The the | play Fort doze: kidn conv prose itself goes T! comicbooks.com