Life — February 3, 1927 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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More or Less Serious An American Tragedy. Longacre—Something done in alphabet blocks. Beyond the Horizon. Bijow—Eugene O'Neill's trail-blazer revived in fitting fashion. The Brothers Karamazov. Guild—Incredibly hard times in Russia, suffered by an excellent cast including Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne and Clare Eames. Caponsacchi. Hampden's—Something digni- and stately for Walter Hampden. The Captive. Empire—A good play, regardless of what it is about. Civic Theatre. (14th St.)—Eva Le Gallienne in brave repertory. The Constant Nymph. Corf.—A tender and affecting handling of the novel. Honor Be Damned. Morosco—By and with Willard Mack. To be reviewed later, In Abraham's Bosom. — Provinc-town—The ever-present Negro problem presented with con- siderable power. Laboratory. Theatre. | (Fast 8th St )}—Tiny repertory which has its good points. The Ladder. Waldorf—Well, it seems that we all come back to earth again after death in a re- incarnation, believe it or not. Lulu Belle. Belasco—Just a year old this week, and for several good reasons. one of which is Miss Ulric. The Noose. Hudson—Good staple melodrama. Praying Curve. Eltinge—To be reviewed later. Puppets and Passions. Masque—With Pr: Morgan and Christine Norman. To be reviewed later. Sex. Daly's—Not even deserving of the name. The Silver Cord. John Golden—A highly inter- esting presentation of the menace of Mother-love, with Laura Hope Crews. Margalo Gillmore and Elizabeth Risdon in an excellent cast. The Squall. For: ighth St.—Sex raising its attractive head in Spain, of all places. Comedy and Things Like That _ Abie's Irish Rose. Republic—Reviewed in this issue. The Barker. Biltmore—To be reviewed next week. Broadway. Broadhurst—Showing what excel- lent entertainment melodrama can be when it is expertly handled. Chicago. Music Box—The way of the lady murderer in these sentimental States shown in a bitterly farcical satire. The Constant Wife. Maxine Filiott's—An ideal comedy for Ethel Barrymore, which is say- ing a lot. , Damn the Tears. Garrick—To be reviewed jater. The Devil in the Cheese. Charles Hopkins— A fantasy which comes through better than most, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Times Square— G. P. Huntley is back in the cast again, addinj another delightful characterization to those June Walker and Edna Hibbard. His Own Way. Comedy—Leo Carrillo in translation of the “French ‘Abie's Irish Rose. Lady Alone. Forrest—With Alice Brady. To be reviewed next weck. The Little Spitfire. Klaw—Sap. Mozart. Forty-Sixth St—Mr. and Mrs. Guitry making you forget how little French you know. 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, New York Exchange. Forty- Ninth St—De+ liberately shocking, but ‘not a bad piece of work at that. The Night Hawk. Frolic—Carroll McComas in a dramatization of glands. . The Play’s the Thing. Henry Miller's—Several very funny scenes, well acted by Holbrook Blinn and his confréres. The Road to Rome. Playhouse—With Jane Cowl. To be reviewed lates. Sam Abramovitch. National—To be reviewed next week. Fi Saturday's Children. Booth—To be reviewed ter. Tommy. Gaiety—Good and, by an odd coinci- dence, . Two Girls Wanted. Little—Also clean. The Virgin Man. Princess—To be reviewed next week. What Never Dies. Lyceum—E. H. Sothern in a comedy with a slightly cuphemistic title. Where's Your Husband. Greenwich Village— Naive farce. The Wooden Kimono. Martin Beck—Slapstick thriller, Eye and Ear Entertainment Americana, Belmont—Intime revue with smart spots. Betsy. New Amsterdam—Mr. Ziegfeld’s second-best. Bye, Bye, Bonnie. Rits—Good of its kind. Criss-Cross. Globe—Pred Stone in a Fred Stone show. The Desert Song. Casino—Good all-around musical comedy, with Vivienne Segal and Eddie Buzzell. YVONNE PRINTEMPS IN “MOZART.” Gay Paree. Winter Garden—The Winter Gar- den seems to be getting better and better—or maybe it’s just Chic Sale. George White's Scandals. A pollo— Revue which is alone in its class. Honeymoon = Lane. Knickerbocker—Eddic Dowling in good old reliable stuff. Tolanthe. Plymouth—On Thursda: ights only, so save Thursday nights. y me The Nightingale. Jolson—All about Jennie Lind, with Eleanor Painter as the Swedish Nightingale. Ob, Kay! Imperiat—With Gertrude Lawrence, Victor Moore and Oscar Shaw it ought to be ssible to get some pleasure out of an evening ere. Oh, Please! Fulion—Beatrice Lillie at the top of her form, which is enough to make any show worth seeing. Charles Winninger as an added attraction. i—A new musical show, bids fair to be one of the Pe with Helen Ford. whic old ones by fall. Piggy. Royale—Sam Bernard in a modern approximation of “The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer.”* The Pirates of Penzance. Plymouth—Another Gilbert and Sullivan revival which warms those things of your heart—cockles. Thursday nights —"‘Tolanthe.” Queen High. Ambassador—The more musical shows that come to town. the better this seems. Luella Gear, Prank McIntyre and Charles Ruggles. , The Ramblers. Lyric—Bobby Clark at large in a great big show. Hilarious clowning. Rio Rita. Ziegfeld—To be reviewed later. __ Rose-Marie. Century—Back again after clean- ing up England. Twinkle, Twinkle. Libderty—Joe Brown is funny. but that’s about all. Vanities of 1927. Earl Carroll—Reviewed in this issue. Yours Truly. Shubert—To be reviewed later. In the Discard HE passes! Fashion's saddest dupe! A hopeless, friendless, joyless mortal ; The Fates have knocked him for a loop, The wolf is parked beside his * portal! His are the cares the jobless know; His shoes are worn, his hat is bat- tered; The icy winds about him blow And pierce his garments, thin and tattered. Alas! No butter for his bread, No brandy for his cocktail shaker, No blanket for his wretched bed. God help this night the Petticoat Maker! 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