New Plays in Manhattan, May 17, 1943

THE THEATER

Three's a Family (by Phoebe & Henry Ephron; produced by John Golden) assumes that the current increase in the birth rate, when translated into farce, means the more the merrier. To a middle-aged couple's small apartment comes their daughter (whose husband is in the Army) and her baby. No sooner has the household been converted into a nursery than the couple's son and imminently expectant daughter-in-law arrive to turn it into a delivery room. Another set of prospective parents also pay a call, but obligingly scram before the place becomes an out-&-out maternity ward. Between whiles there are some highly...

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