Milton Aborn's Appetizing Operetta Season
Milton Aborn's Appetizing Operetta Season SPRINGTIDE SERIES "TRIAL Bit JURY," "HM.S. PINAFORE." Bf Gilbert and Sullivan. Milton Abom Pi inductions at the St. James. I have never seen...
...We are «v • ¦ <>f the upside-do wn-ness of life Like Dick Deadeye (like Cas...
...It covers the entire land of the Hindus, from the jungles to the cities of Benares, Delhi and Stringer, to the Tibet and finally to the Himalaya mountains...
...Yeomen of the Guard," last week's offering, is one of the best of the se-ies, in merry wit and rounded music but without the i pointed satire that makes for full popularity In this week's double bill, throdgh * breach of promise suit, bur'e-ques the dealing of justice...
...of late years these have varied ne r the superlative...
...Among the thrills that come once in a li'etime should be listed one's first Gilbert and Sullivan...
...They know when applause brings a mere encore, and when there's an extra teasing stanza for clapping to call forth...
...Then follows the delightful discovery thnt (unlike one's first long trousers) art has learned the scoret of renewing that first fine careless rapture...
...There are, of course, degrees of pleasure...
...For them nothing is left save th< charming music, the clever clowning, the swift satire with its many punching points, the frequent quip and quiddity, and the fresh colorful background of scene and fluid chorus...
...I have never seen anyone leave • Gilbert and Sullivan perfornianee discontent...
...Below these are the amateurs...
...They are the cognoscenti...
...But I have not seen it pointed out that there are three main groups in the audience at the Savoy operettas...
...Aborn's Gilbert and Sullivan presentations...
...They savor the brandywine cherry on the tip •f the topmost whorl of the cream ef the jest...
...They know the persons behind the allusions, and the Bab Ballads where the operettas are empearled...
...Pinafore" swings a merry battle-axe over a wide field...
...The picture brings to the screen much interesting material on Indian life, religion and customs...
...Another feature of this prea-sea- en trip will be a 40-piece ban...
...On this (.cession they will be host to the United Singers of New York, an oiganization comprising 100 voice.i...
...They await the coming joke with such expectant glee as curdles the face of the bounding buffoon William Dan-forth (Dick Deadeye) while the Captain is being borwbeaten to confess that he swears at his crew "hardly ever...
...When they see "H...
...J. T. S. An answer to the age old Jewish problem, brought into prominence again by recent incidents in the Hitler Germany, can be found in 'Hc.ion'' (The Wandering Jew...
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...Milton Aborn's Appetizing Operetta Season SPRINGTIDE SERIES "TRIAL Bit JURY," "HM.S...
...And a new Gilbert and Sullivan fan is born...
...Take the present offering First are the esoteric few who pride themselves on their seizure of recondite significances...
...And like every one who c>.n get to hear them, we enjoy Mi'ior...
...When Little Butter-cup sings "Come buy" they think of Shakespeare's Autolycus...
...Pinafore" the name is as amusing as that other Gilbertian reference, to Csptain Reeze, commanding the good ship "Chemise...
...Last, but far from least, are the novitiates, the tyros...
...We all have met the office-bo,' wbc "polished Up the handle r- carefullee, That now he is the ruler of the yucca's navy...
...When the Captain is reduced in rank to a jolly tar, they ret-ognize that he is marrying his own foster-mother...
...They taste every tid-bit twice, until the buttercup of their joy bubbles over...
...They are familiar with the play...
...India Speaks" et Cameo "India Speaks," tha first travel film produced with Richard Halliburton, moves to the Cameo Theatre today after its Radio City premiere...
...cidia) we find truth crushed to earth...
...they are alive to the secondary subtleties...
...who will accompany the singers in a concert given on the lawn at Indian Point during the afternoon...
...When Ralph (rhymes with waif) Rackstraw sings "I love a lass above my station" they know when to hear "alas...
...The steamer will also make calls at Bear Mountain, Newburgh and Poughkeepsie before turning about ano returning...
...Hudson River Day Line Opens Season May 21 The Hudson River Day Line announces that on Sunday, May 21, at 10 a. m the steamer "Peter Stuyvesant' will inaugurate their 1933 <eaaon with s pre-season cruise to Indian Point, the playground on the Hudson, built exclusively for the guests of the Day Line...
...The regular Day Line season will commence on Friday, May 26, and will operate daily thereafter until late in the fall...
Vol. 15 • May 1933 • No. 19
