Life — February 9, 1928 — 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 American Laboratory Theatre. East Sith S Under the direction of Richard Boleslavsky and likely to be more satisfactory than most experi- mental theatres. Behold the Bridegroom—. Cori—Judith Ai derson as a woman who od of love after interesting decline, Caponsacchi. Hampden's—Walter Hampden back in romantic costume-drama again for a brief spell. Carry On, Masque—Owen Davis’ latest play. written in the manner of his first. Not so hot. Civic Repertory. Fourteenth St.—Eva Le Gal- lienne and her little band in an apparently success- ful fight to give good plays at low prices. Coquette. Maxine Flliott's—A sad little play asa. background for Helen Hayes’ splendid performance. Mrs. Dane's Defense. Cos mopolitan—Being the first of a series of revivals of old favorites. Helen Menken plays the old Margaret Anglin réle in this. A Distant Drum. next week. Diversion. Forty- Ninth St.—Intense probing into a young man’s emotional mechanism. Rather harrowing but effecti Dracula. Fulion—Something cheery in death- walking and throat-biting. Escape. Booth—Galsworthy’s interesting spec- ulation on what would happen to an escaped convict if he were as personable as Leslie Howard. AFree Soul. Klaxe—Reviewed in this issue. La Gringa. Little—To be reviewed later. Interference. Lyceum—Good acting making a melodrama of the old love-and-poison school worth an evening. The Ladder. Belmont—Pretty soon this thing will stop being funny and will take its place under Serious Economic Waste. _The Merchant of Venice. viewed in this issue. Hudson—To be reviewed Broadhurst—Re- Mongolia. Mansfeld—Melodrama of the Russian military which seems to have staying qualities. The Mystery Man. next week. The Patriot. Majestic—Reviewed in this issue. Porgy. Republic—One of the solid successes of the season—a cross-section of Negro life, played by Negro actors. The Racket. Ambassador—Inside a Chicago police-station and some of the dirty work that goes on. An exciting and intelligent melodrama. Salvation. Empire—With Pauline Lord. To be reviewed later. The Silver Box. Morosco—A revival of one of Galsworthy’s early works which might just as well have been left in the trunk. Strange Interlude. John Golden—The new O'Neill play, To be reviewed next week. The trial of Mary Dugan." Netional—Much more absorbing than you would believe possible considering that it all takes place in a court-room, We Never Learn. Eltinge—To be reviewed next week. Comedy and Things Like That The Baby Cyclone. Henry Miller’s—Grant Mitchell in a farce which, oddly enough, is very funny. Broadway. Century—Well, it's about this fellow—or ybe you've seen it? Burlesque. /’lymouth—Love among the hoofers, with several moments which are worth waiting for. Cock Robin. Forty-Eighth St—A murder- mystery which has some swell comedy in it, especially from Beatrice Herford. ‘The Command to Love. Longacre—Mary Nash and Basil Rathbone showing how you can have your fun and still serve your country. Ternbly exciting to inhibited maiden-ladies. Excess Baggage. Rits—The story of “Bur- lesque” told about vaudevill ith a wow the finish. 87 Bowery. Bayes—To be reviewed Waltack’s—To be reviewed next “Yes, I always take Snookums to the better Exhibitions, I want him to become art-conscious.” The Ivory Door. Charles Hopkins—Something nice in whimsical fairy-tales, with Henry Hull as the whimsical King. Marco Millions, Guild—A spectacular satire by Eugene O'Neill, which comes a little late but still is something to be seen. Alfred Lunt as the Venetian Babbitt. The Medicine Show. Princess—To be reviewed next week. Mirrors. Forrest—To be reviewed next week Paris Bound. Music Bor—Madge Kenned a Grade-A social comedy with excellent s1 k and some social comment. The Queen's Husband. Playhouse—Reviewed in this issue. The Royal Family. Selwyn—Delightful view of the interior of a theatrical household. The Shannons. Martin Beck—Small-town comedy with a vaudeville background making an all-around good show. SoAmI. Comedy—To be reviewed next week. ghe, Taming of the Shrew. Gorrick—Basi Sydney and Mary Ellis giving Shakespeare in modern dress, and making a comical show of it. Eye and Ear Entertainment Artists and Models. Winter Garden—Good diversion, what with Florence Moore, Jack Pearl, Jack Osterman and Ted Lewi A Connecticut Yankee, Vanderbilt — Some- thing out of the ordinary in musical shows, with something out of the ordinary in music. The Five O'Clock Forty-Fourth St— Mary Eaton and Oscar Shaw in a dressy show _ Funny Face. Alrin—Some extraordinary danc- ing by the Astaires and comedy by Victor Moore and William Kent. Golden Dawn. operetta Good News. Forty-Sixth St—Something very satisfactory in perpetual motion. Harry Delmar’s Revels. Shubert—Nothing out of the ordinary. but good, regulation entertain- ment. Prank Pay heads the cast. Harry Lauder. Knickerbocker—The famous Italian comedian in a limited engagement. Hit the Deck. Belusco—So good that it is to be done in Paris under the name of “Frappes le Pont.” , Lovely Lady. Sam H. Harris—Edna Leedom in a show built expressly for her. The Madcap. Royale—With Mitzi. reviewed later. Manhattan Mary. 4 follo—You oasht to k by this time that Ed Wynn has something to do with this, and that ought to be enough. The Merry Malones. Erlanger’s—We have never been able to figure out whether this is kidding the conventional musical comedy or is the conventional musical comedy. The fact that George M. Cohan is in it would indicate the former. My Maryland. Shobert ustoraa. Oh, Johnny! /mperial—To be reviewed later. The Optimists. Century Roof—With Luclla Gear and George Hassell. To be reviewed later. Rain or Shine. Cohan—With Joe Cook and Tom Howard. To be reviewed later. Rio Rita. Lyceum—The dean of Mr. Ziegfeld’s beautiful spectacles now playing with Walter Catlett, Ada May and Bert Wheeler. Rosalie. Vew Amsterdam—The youngest of Mr. Ziegfeld’s beautiful spectacles, with Marilyn Miller and Jack Donahue, the latter very funny, as usual. She's My Baby. Globe—Beatrice Lillie, and if you want to know anything more about you're crazy. Show Boat, Ziezfeld—The most important of Mr. Ziegfeld’s beautiful spectacles, with some frand singing by Jeles Bledsoe and a company eaded by Charles Winninger, Helen Morgan and Norma Terris. Take the Air. Waldorf—Recommended because of Will Mahoney's comedy. ; White Eagle. Casino—Satisfactory without being startling. Hammerstein's—High-class To be Jolson’s—The Civil War in A press past. lock | less s hand brous into Jew. 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