These are the plays which, in the light of metropolitan criticism, seem most important.
SERIOUS
SATURDAY’S CHILDREN—The poor, with us again in a true love story. Ruth Gordon playing brilliantly.
THE LETTER—A minor murder melodrama made interesting by the poignant personality of Katherine Cornell.
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE—Walter Hampden gone Ibsen. One of the best.
PORGY—Reviewed in this issue.
LESS SERIOUS
THE SHANNONS OF BROADWAY— A vaudeville couple stranded happily in a small town.
THE TRIAL OF MARY DUGAN— Just a murder trial, best of its kind.
BURLESQUE—Heart breaks, failure and fiery fun behind the scenes in burlesque theatres.
THE ROAD TO ROME—How love came to General Hannibal.
THE SPIDER—Mystery, creeps, a magician.
THE COMMAND TO LOVE—”A dirty mind is a perpetual solace.”
BROADWAY—Bad liquor bad men, bad women in a night club. Currently U. S. champion melodrama.
DRACULA—A man dead 500 years hopes to exist forever sucking blood.
MUSICAL
Patrons with, tired eyes, and ears will find these good prescriptions: Manhattan Mary, Peggy-Ann, The Mikado, Good News, Hit the Deck, Chauve-Souris.
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