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THE CHANGELINGS—The accident of birth is made the axis of a capable comedy. The roster of the cast reads like a benefit: Henry Miller, Blanche Bates, Ruth Chatterton, Laura Hope Crews, etc.
IN LOVE WITH LOVE—Essentially small beer made pleasantly stimulating by the performance of Lynn Fontanne.
MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY— Mrs. Fiske is Mary; her contrariness is devised by St. John Ervine; and the whole is blended into being by David Belasco. The result is an exceptionally gracious comedy.
THE NERVOUS WRECK—Never a bedpost to tie the action to and yet the funniest farce since Fair and Warmer.
TWEEDLES—The protagonists of Seventeen in another of the same by Booth Tarkington.
WINDOWS—John Galsworthy, a little below his best, dissecting the emotions of a wayward girl in highly respectable surroundings.
Musical Shows
For those who seek their laughter set to music the following productions are particularly recommended: Poppy, Ziegfeld Follies, Music Box Revue, Wildflower, Greenwich Village Follies, Battling Buttler, Scandals.
* As in Abie's Irish Rose.
† "Nifty" is a recently concocted slang term, synonymous to "wise crack," and meaning "joke."