Life — March 10, 1927 — page 22: 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—Somethi that would have been done in the oprey house twenty-five years ago, now masquerading as “significant drama.” American Laboratory Theatre (Fast 8th St.)— An arty but good repertory, done much better than most. ‘yhe Barker, Biltmore—A continuously inter- extig account of the lives and loves of circus folk on tour. Caponsacchi. Hampder.'s—Browning’s “The Ring and the Book” made into a p! Walter Hampden can dress up again. Civic Repertory Theatre (14th St.)—Through the success of the beautiful “Cradle Song.” Miss Le Gallienne’s whole season of repertory has been elevated into a popular success. The Constant Nymph. Cor!—A highly satis- factory dramatization for those who liked the novel, and a moving play for those who never read it. Crime. Eltinge—With James Rennie and Kay Johnson. To be reviewed next week. Fog. National—My on shipboard is, if you are easily mystified. Honor Be Damned! Morosco—Wittard Mack in a play of his own about crc to be interesting in spite of y In Abraham's Bosom. Garrick—A fine and moving account of a Negro’s struggle against overwhelming odds. Very well done. The Ladder. Waldorf—Considerable outlay to promote the theory of reincarnation. So far as we are concerned, a waste of money. Loud Speaker. Fifty-Second St.—To be re- viewed later. Lulu Belle. Belasco—The bitter and the sx of a carece of sex-promotion, with Lenore Ulric as the, shall we say, protagonist. Ned McCobb's Daughter. John Golds really good play, dealing with Maine bootle puld be by a aded by tare Eames. Hudson—Pair me! good performance by Rex Cherryman, Pinwheel, Neighborhood—Another of the im- pressionist of modern life in terms Jazz, etc, N fh that is new, but Puppets of Passion. Masque—With Morgan and Gilda Leary, To be wee week. The Scarlet Lily. Comedy—The s little French girl why married an American ier, You know. Set a Thief. Empire—To be r week. ex. Daly's—We prtance than a d oF not. The Squall. Forty-Eighth St—What one little rypsy girl did to.a Spanish family of men, thanks to a very loud thunderstorm Window Panes. Mansfeld—To be reviewed next week, ed next nothing of less hether this should Comedy and Things Like That Abie’s Irish Rose. Republic—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, mmnecticut. All the rest have thirty- one, excepting Pebruary alone. Broadway. Broodhurst—No dissenting voice has yet been heard about the merits of this melodrama as entertainment Chicago. Music Bor—The way of a maid with the Law, shown in terms of bitterly slapstick satire with excellent effect. The Constant Wife. Maxine Elliott's—Some- thing very nice for Ethel Barrymore—and the rest of us. The Devil in the Cheese. Charles Hophkins— Pleasant fantasy Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Times Square— By now in the category of national folk stories. A Lady in Love. Lyceum—Peggy Wood in imitation Restoration comedy, when. Heaven knows, real Restoration comedy ‘was bad enough. Lally. Greenwich Village—The home life of a musician, such as it is. Money from Home. Fxlion—To be reviewed later. New York Exchange. Forty- th St—A mildly diverting speculation on why boys wrong. Night Haw! in a strange streetwalker. The Play's the Thing. Henry Miller's—A Moinar trifle which has several highly amusing Frolic — Carrot! McComas about the rejuvenation of a Lehn BEATRICE LILLIE ID “On, PLEASE!” scenes and not a few double-entendres. Holbrook Blinn heads the cast. . Pygmalion. — Guild—An excellent revival of Shaw, with Lynn Fontanne. The Roadto Rome. Playhouse—History made amusing if not authentic in Jane Cowl’s charming plot to keep /annibal out of war. Saturday's Childre: Booth—A delightfully mild statement of a very serious problem, with Ruth Gordon as the young wife who faces it Sinner. Klaw—A comedy about a wife who is unfaithful out of spite. showing spot whcre body was found. Claiborne Foster and Allan Dinehart. Tommy. Gaicty—A nice little play with no perversion. Trelawny of the ‘*Wells”. New Amsterdam— John Drew and an all-star supporting company in the old favorite. Two Girls Wanted. Little—Just one of those, We All Do. Bijou—To be reviewed later. What Ann Brought Home. | Wellack's—A clean play about a small town. That's all we know about it just now. The Wooden Kimono, Martin Bech—Slap. stick melodrama, Eye and Ear Entertainment Bye, Bye, Bonnie. Rit2—A cut above the regulation musical show. Countess Maritza. Forty-Fourth St—A real score, from Vienna, well sung. Criss-Cross. Globe—Something to do with Fred Stone. The Desert Song. Casino—Good all-around musical comedy, with Vivienne Segal and Eddie Buzzell. Gay Paree. Winter Garden—Chic Sale making a good Winter Garden show better. Honeymoon Lane. Dowling’s hit. I Told You So. Forty-Sixth Sii—Sam Bernard S Bernard in “The Rich Mr. Hoggen- Knickerbocker—Eddie Royale—Aside from Queenie Smith, not much. The Nightingale. Jolson—Mildly musical, with Eleanor Painter. Ob, Kay! Imperial: ing to what is known In other words, class. Peggy-Ann. = Vanderbilt—Helen Pord and others singing our favorite music of the current season, The Pirates of Penzance. Plymouth—Por Gilbert and Sullivan fans, present and pros pective. On Thursday nights, “Iolanthe,” which ts even bett Queen High. 1 mbassedor—People have been humming songs from this since September. The Ramblers. Lyric—A big show full of Clark and McCullough’s burlesque. ertrude Lawrence pla’ the “carriage trade. Ziegfeld—Bearstiful to look at. with omedy supplied by Ada May, Robert olsey and Bert Wheeler. Scandals. 1 pollo ge White still stand- ing people up back at his de luxe show. Twinkle, Twinkle. Liberty—A new version due soon.’ Perhaps Joe Brown will have more to do. Vanities. Earl Carroll—Moran and Mack, Julius Tannen, and Johnnie Dooley. There's Comedy, anyway. Yours Truly. Shubert—Leon Errol and an elaborate show, making a generally pleasant evening, especially when Marion Harris is singing. silence about wrong Pla We w minute Wem Wh with | the lit ductio Lend- think seavet out to Th to do many we Ww which autho tentio been whicl throw to be the fi down like * Th “Wh: has 1 suspii I Fy se of tl enten comicbooks.com