The Madwoman of Chaillot (adapted from the French of Jean Giraudoux by Maurice Valency; produced by Alfred de Liagre) is the first vintage champagne the French stage has sent to Broadway since Dunkirk. Possibly it is caviar as wellan often brilliant, always civilized fantasy, as fresh and witty in detail as it is traditionally satiric in design. In spite of dramatic defectsit opens badly, and is a little too loose and longit has an air of really genuine distinction that sets it apart from every other show on Broadway.
An ironic extravaganza and a satiric fairy tale, The Madwoman paints a Paris...
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