AMUSEMENTS
Amusments -:- -:- DRAMA -:- -:How Ballads Indicate The Current Trend ^JHn_BX ban*** ot a nation, bettor ¦j ladieeto it* condition and Mflb* tendency than . ita - tow*." anartr*"' X^wronoa in...
...Miss Fauchald is now ta Norway and cannot return in time for appearance at the Stadium...
...others...
...Tbo Vttaphene prologs* wSS bp * prostate to to* present*tie* for tbo xkwt time of John Barvymore to hie new cinema' play...
...Anna Q Nitosen hi "Mb...
...ta "Character Interpretations...
...The Circus Princess...
...tetejtk) fervor burned strong In the 'aSffe...
...y*Mch the chorus of Peers antadeed high «*nk will never MS*1 jBtosrage, 1. not destitute of virtue...
...The "Miser," a* well a* th* "Chinatown in 'Frisco"—both hits In th* tost show—ere here again) Sure-fire combinations Ilk* the Parisian cafe acene, "The Slave" and 'Th* Friends" are here again—and should continue to entertain- • Watson Barrett has outdone himself in some new settings, especially so with "Cleopatra's Barge," a sensuous, elaborate scene of the Egyptian siren with her lover and her beautiful slaves on the River Nile...
...States, but without success, largely because, be says, th* enormous sums offered indicate that if th* managers were to get their money back he would have to speak te immense audiences In large balls, and that would be no fun...
...Oyrs, Barnett Parker, and, of coarse, the beautiful girls in spins new artistic posts...
...Although the fire of his Celtic genius still biases with all the vividness ot youth, as' proved by the general acceptance of hi* most recent play, "Saint Joan," as his best there Is a great change in the personal appearance of the man who sat at the festive board...
...Btranas* "Till Eulenapiegel," and the Brahms SymPh6ny No...
...German and Dutch Journals have issued special Shaw numbers, while a bulky, handsomely bound volume delivered at the Shaw flat in Adelphi Terrace contained greetings of one hundred eminent German statesmen, authors, musicians, actors and critic*, including Dr...
...Mis* Godilott is the alternate for Nor* Fauchald, th* soprano who' west drag choice in the auditions...
...IU own, I think' if we had another Gilbert and Sutlrran la Amegtc...
...Saturday...
...Americana" Is ons of those Intimate shows which puts the audience en rapport with the stage at tbs rise of tbo curtain hy having a master of ceremonies (Boy At we ll) address the audience most informally and introduce the very special girls who oeme to do their "turn...
...Telephone laboratories, to whom credH to given tor f ¦> VKapbone, claim that they nave se~ and sound to a degree of pot fotttan...
...Program fer the Balawee of Week Sunday' —' Mr...
...Bernard Shaw seems aa youthful as ever...
...T|b me...
...Besides a speech by Mr...
...Cheap bur_fcX egy occupied the Gaiety /staph* ggdbecome trivial and hack' BsyeVoa...
...Nobody?^ 5 Thursday to Sunday...
...Prolad* and Love Death from Tristan and Isolde," Wotaa'a Farewell and Magic Fir* Scene from "Walkurs" and tb* Prelude to "Die Melsterslnger...
...Krafts AV Lament: "By tb* Sea...
...The Coney Island Stadium will seat J5.000 persons," said Mr...
...says Mr...
...Ray Raymond, Harry Short...
...g**wy returned heme after the ¦eTS^* m* 0B' »*d teM m* *beut ^B*ttu* Production...
...The British government played squarely into Mr...
...wires totd n osmpltoaUd MUtlt|tlsmd snd then made "fast" ta tb* taborgtories- ** ,* ' Expert*' claim theft • ttht - 4 itaphon*.wUI be hailed a* on* of WO most ratereating tooialliaw of to* lags ft* 0mTfetopfUwtflt nTaVfi *JBAaaB% ^pQoansBaMav *\\m\s%b— trical engineer* who have rnado- into* aive ptodbto te t'lspfrawja...
...Almost unbelievable financial offers have been made by American lecture managers to induce him to tour the United...
...Hadley begins his week's regime with a Beethoven-Wagner program, the "Egmont" Overture, th* Seventh Symphony...
...acknowledged as cheap and . tjSpding to Hubert Druce...
...Giovanni MsrtinoUi...
...j The emsslng thing about the Gilbert and Sullivan operas, regardless of the fact that> they were ot and about their times, is Jthat they still hold good...
...Jack Pearl also ha* new material...
...Paul Kiricland st Co...
...Ttod that was the Robertsonian ^IShilei on caste, school and soproduced by the Bancrofts, m general was smugly self•"Met in the manner eo adequately at by the Victorians...
...S in B minor, Hadley...
...The book and lyrics are by Paul Porter and Matt Kexhedy and tb* music ia tb* work of Gits Rice and...
...anartr*"' X^wronoa in hia hoc* on -TjgJpurBulUvaru That this stetejp^A...
...Fall...
...The three winners in the National Music League Auditions will be heard on Friday night...
...Shuberts announced last weak that they had acquired the American rights to "The Circus Princess...
...ls*liwili" when he pushes it forward .^^ekstsad, *$ry do they scream twice as loud 11 as before...
...Altogether the new production Is en-, tertainlng and artistic An evening at the 44th Street Theatre will not be wasted, and one is apt to get more than hi* money's worth...
...Sepalrami*," by Felix Berowakl...
...Giuseppe MsTtino-Rosst baritone, will stag the aria "Largo al Factotum," from Rossini's "Barber of Seville," and Alio* Godilott, soprano, will be heard to the aria "Plus grand dene son obeenrtty...
...Shaw took advantage of the fete organised in his honor by exPremier MacDonald snd other Laborits* to make a violent attack on the existing government and to a apses a the earnest hope that' the Labor Party would soon again steer toe British •hip of state...
...There is much more worth-while material to the now show...
...Surf avenue and West Sixth street...
...S — Procession of Women, from "Lohengrin...
...Jack Ostsrrasn...
...Sokoloff will conduct an all-Tchaikovsky program...
...Next Friday ia Audition Winners' Night...
...win be presented by Schwab eV Mendel at the Ambassador .Theatre Tuesday night...
...MacDonald, who introduced the guest of the evening, there was one by T. P. O'Connor recalling the early day* of Shaw In London Vaudeville Theatres moss' broadway The vaudeville program at B. s. Moss* Broadway theatre next week, will have the musical comedy stars, Joe Weston and Grace Eune...
...Thursday—The ton* poem...
...Werner Janaacn...
...Ther* gas one spark of naturalism la to* Efiglish theatre...
...Such ' usgs as "Champagne Charlie" were anuj &y the popular favorites, George * Cuaii...
...VHbsphone Debut at Warners Theatre Thursday Night MARION TALLEY, Mtaeba Elman...
...i The human figure is "divine," so why not show it...
...Bixot's "L'Arieetesae" Suit* No...
...The fSEBSrt wsrs unusually dull from V uablrie*1 Viewpoint...
...j**reot alone is virtue found...
...Wednesday—Mr...
...Next one wonders where the producer ever got so rasnr attractive new faces snd agile legs to carry the show to success from the start...
...4 in E minor.' Monday—Overture to "Mlgnon," Debussy's "L'Apres Midi dun Faun...
...i Why do they, why do they, why do t't fksy yell...
...The production has been designed by John Held, Jr., in a most characteristic and artistic way...
...f Afar Edition of 4>ermm Revs* ' -** - *-'~ - - Pa jY jg| *? . - * ^ ; BROUGHT into «m heart of Breamway from its original borne atop the Century Boot, where J* orlglnsJly opened in January, tha Parisian revue...
...Dow Jjaan," . whteh to baaed on Lord Byron's poem...
...reopened with n Second Edition .on Monday night at tbo 44th Street Theatre revamped, rsdreooed or...
...he burst upon an, astonished London out of his native Ireland half a century ago...
...THE NEW PLAYS MONDAY "NIC-NAX OF 19S...
...Branms First Symphony...
...a-drama of tbo steel mills, with Doris Kenyon...
...Bymphony Np...
...from Gounod'* ."Quean of Bheba...
...Americana" is formally described as a revue in two acts, written by J. P. McEvoy, music by Con Conrad and Henry Souvalne with special numbers by George Gershwin, Philip Charlg, Ira Gershwin and Morrte Ryskind...
...Americana" is worth the price of admission alone for two sketches, one of which depicts the man unexpectedly called upon for an after-dinner speech and in the other's father of the mauve decade attempts to tell Little Rollo about the mystery of origin...
...Well, why not...
...HU poem, *1totaa* in a Music Hall...
...The principals, however, are the sent*, and include Kathryn Ray...
...Ma* Allison and Victor MacLsglen, coliseum Monday to Wednesday: Robisen ah Fierce...
...He strides along the Strand on early morning constitutionals with . an the sprlghtllness of forty years ago...
...It is scheduled to reopen on Labor Day at Chanln's 46th Street...
...reviewer at least the shear art and humor of "Americana," the new musical revue presented by Rich ard Hern do n Monday night at the Belmont makes a much stronger appeal on th* side of art and humor...
...It is particularly gratifying the way these great artalsts have come forward tor this Important benefit...
...not Inajapvtbe public to the fact that, life sssjgsV us is Interesting...
...A- asszOB en* -I Wagner spHH.eiH »« strsx si «k • Prinsregent Theatre, lai teiliag . TDto ' s*Cas4att*M anlSfVl", X^fACfaTaa 1 *^eCers*fAesA^^Ml +pngg "* TlagsV JannBBB*nVw dBB^asnWanlia...
...J5j*fk *aat the educated public were ¦^v* laugh at themselves...
...He Is as erect and.as trim as a college athlete and la still adhering to his creed of being plunged to the neck in the life of hia time...
...The dinner in bis.honor was one of brilliance...
...Herbert.Clifton and Eta* Sisters...
...the SBm actor and producer, who has gfhman-V of the first nights of GilLS&and Sullivan at the Old Savoy - Sbs in "London, and who has pro¦-ML%* number of the operas throughSHgW British Isles, the theatre of |j|(jpy did not deal with actuality at SSavaro had not begun to write phnjlllli- Of life...
...Using the government'* action as a basis,- he mad* a tirade this evening against censorship in general which again and again sent gusts of laughter sweeping over his audience...
...Shaw's hands when it conveyed to him Just before the banquet that the speech he intended to make on this occasion must be guaranteed to be entirely uncontroversial or It could not bfe broadcast...
...Wagner...
...a film visit of hi* to the noted film star* in th* moving pictur* capital...
...Jack Caterman keeps the house roaring with "Impressions of Hollywood...
...Tuesday—Mr...
...be classed as a new show...
...For this reason winthrop Ames, in his...
...Broadway Briefs "The Shaigbal Gesture" will end its engagement at the Shubert Theatre on Saturday night...
...Tb* ecene la a scream from beginning to end...
...The Christy Min.^asjtJiBsckface entertainers, held BRB^*** St...
...This last, of course, might haye exceeded" the limit of rlsqueness on the New Tork stage, but somehow it did not snd wu Juat screamingly funny...
...other acts...
...James Theatre, but ' jlsjr nnvesties and parodies were sen'.jygf...
...Ibsen had...
...and th* Metropolitan Opera chorus wtB introduce tbo Vita phono at Warn**** Theatre next Thursday night to ***noetic* with Hm preantar* of John B*rryn*or*ta "Don Juan-- , ^ g-j make th* Vita phone known to th* world, uatag an.their studio th* Manhattan Opera Hemes, which they las sad in ita entirety tor to*t-pnrpo«* U waa necessary to turn tbo Upper Be Ota tot* laboratories, fer who* tb* arttota store) and instrumentation i were carried bp ««*•* ^9*^^11...
...regent' Monday to Wednswday t Hawthorne A Cocke...
...Hadley has scheduled BerUes' "Roman Carnival" Overture, Victor Herbert's "Serenade for Strings" and IppolitoffIvanofFs "Caucasian Sketches...
...a new musical revuq, "will be presented by John . Cort and GHz Rice at the Cert Theatre Monday'night...
...He does his work very well Indeed...
...i "The Merry World Revue"- will move from the Imperial Theatre to the Shubert next Monday^night...
...Drnce'8 remembrances are that •s)ft*uilc hall ballad* was the only sSTed af the day, and that confined its etsrh to the humors of low life...
...Oruo...
...Efrem Bmbaiiet, Harold Bauer, the Now Tork Philharmonic Orchestra of 107 player* under th* leadership of Henry Hadley...
...Sibelius' "Value Triste...
...Americana" Bright With Wit and Fun Nctp Seasons Smartest Musical Revue Is Ushered in at the Belmont Theatre ONE may rave about the glorification of the American girl and the lavish expenditure on exposing nudity, but In the humble opinion of one...
...One of G. B. S.'s accomplishments is that he is as remarkable as an after-dinner speaker as he is a* a dramatist or a satirist...
...This was a splendid opportunity for the impish old Irlehrhan, and he availed himself of it up to the hilt...
...vulgar virago is sinking her Eta- must she offer herself as • Wj».|h-e applause about ton minutes Bhen a baby of seven imperils its Hie...
...Drop tn and see the show...
...Bobby Grieg and * Gits Rice and a special orchestra...
...fff...
...The *m Suad of GUbert, who saw things ^ una, were, realised subconsciously...
...ao in "Iolanthe" the laugh is ***d en the' Hettfo of Lords when ****d»M»rov "Phyllis, tho Ward- in 3^»> •»•** mo not, to wealth Til not bound...
...Jhja-he uses a handkerchief out of -i topgir...
...HMak "Lord ToUoUer" adak: 5^1* "ot th* nobly born, with Idv* ^^^^^•*^4lB)aJ Sj^sak involves no shame, we '•nh/^**4 wlth *qual claim V/ ,|y<uUi bumble moans, to be ro>Jg^ renaember when my father SM»>sr went to the opening night gg> aoreerer,'» says Mr...
...West and South, to say nothing of the female tourists who crowd the city this time of the year...
...Suzanne Bennett Ralph Blags, Katharine Wltchie...
...Th* photoplay feature will be Milton Sills in "Men of Steel...
...The cast will Include Nancy Gibhs...
...Esmond ft Grant: other act...
...Then, too, the many people who combined in the writing of the revue did not prove too many cooks, as both the lyrics and music are much above the ordinary averages' Of the principals Roy AtweS, Charles Butterworth, Lew Briee, Harrietts Burke, Georgia Ingram and a quartette of negro singers, the Pan-American Quartette, may be singled out for especial praise, but the girls, which are primarily the basis for any musical revue, come In for more than their usual share o? glory...
...Ludwlg Landy, with offices at 799 Broadway, who will act as treasurer Of the committee and manager of the benefit performance, said, in issuing the announcement, that the Coney Island Stadjum bad already been engaged and that the identity of the arttots and musicians who have volunteered to appear will be made public when details of the program are completed...
...yZp bat fifty years aco that tho <mm**waun* duo began thair brilliant apKOns et light opera with the f'3j25i of "Trial by Jury...
...This ecene gives full opportunity to bring on the girl* in full regalia—a Mother Eve costume, which is artistic snd natural...
...First of all...
...sketches, th* production can...
...There Wg* a ^R^et my father quoted: SBnaefi tOT ™" •*•* *nd nMB' ifSf ** the strawberry jem/ ft^******, of course, a laugh at th* .sBgorsskfsst...
...Bmmett Glifoyle and Elsie Lang*, who will offer "A Vaudeville Comedy ClaandeM...
...distinguished government officials and famous literary light* ranged along the table...
...Regfneid Denny With Marion" Nixoh ta "Belling Home...
...Others Jn th* cast are John Marstoa, Cbari** Ritchie, Mildred Brew*, James La Cur to and O. J. Van...
...rather, undressed with, new-scenes and a few new...
...MUSIC Fw Henry Hadley and Audition Winners at Stadium AT THE Stadium Concert* next week Nikolai Sokbtoff wffl conclude bis visit and Henry Hadley, American composer snd aansetoto conductor of the Ph linermonlo Orchestra, will begin hie week at the Lewtoohn Stadium...
...Bernard Shaw's "Getting Married" will be presented next Wednesday Bight by the Washington Square Player* a* the fourth in their series of Shaw and Barrle revivals at the University Playhouse, 100 Washington Square, East...
...much tenth ia homo out . *2j| «p*re* of Oilbart and Bulllvan, * - i JL m tho history of song and HSgm tho existing conditions of r-SLmt been rnsro chmrly epitomisod L^the brilliant satirical ballads (SjfcnV Gilbert and tho sprightly -asnnT^af aulllvan...
...Eddie and Morton Beck...
...The Circus Princess" to Be Produced hy Shuberts The Messrs...
...Grainger's "Shepherd's Hey...
...Prof...
...Oh the same program Mr...
...the laxity, laxity, ' -ff , wkst can he hope to convey to me hy nhunng -Bum ttddlty...
...a special banquet in his honor by tb.e Labor Party group at the Hotel Metropole and presided over by ex-Premier Ramsay MacDonald, with Socialists, intelectuals...
...Stravinsky's Firebird Suits, and Beethoven's "Fifth Bymphony...
...Water as elderly gentleman rumples .jj his hair, :hm$ do they all go delirious as well...
...Charles Biekford, Mildred, Moloed and Nana Bryant are tb* principal player...
...It 1* low comedy, but tho audience enJoyed it immensely and appreciates his clowning very much...
...st does a stager intend to imply ay 'Whack to...
...oh, Edltor^why do they » rfc&ar...
...It was the old G. B. 8. on a rampage again—his sharp tongue and demoniac wit unimpaired by the seventy years which have turned to snow-white the famous red beard with which...
...Enrique Roe, pianist, win play th* Grieg Piano Concerto...
...Ansa Case...
...the fact that the English jB»i**P»eeia.ted the burner ef «tlB**^ **¦ their own foibles, and f*-16" bavoyard* show* that Efgff*: P*lnt in thd theatre was ¦f**« were cbg^ultag...
...ft may- be that American* are no* yet reedy to laagh at tbemdtVasv but I think Winthrop Ames* former prodketien of Hsafmttfi *B*ggar on Horeeback" showed that in America wo can and do appreciate satire even when written around "Americans...
...an operetta with an Emmerich Kalman score, and will present It here after the opening of "The Nightingale...
...which has a book by Julius Bramner and Alfred GrunwaM, wae recently produced in Vienna and will be shown In Berlin In the...
...Including tbs Fifth Symphohy, th*, "Borneo and Juliet" Fentany-Overture, the Walts from the ballet "The Bleeping Beauty" and the "March* Slav...
...SokolotTs program consists of Overture to "William Tell...
...aod realism was beginning ta com* into...
...Thursday to^tox4ay^ -doB/ng J"e*sapVa*V 4P^0$lft9^m\ _ e^Q90p90sm...
...Wagner and Noiart Fc*msl Planned td Miwuch AWAGNHB and btessWt FeoOvSJ tember a. Bans Kinppsrfsatiarb to , general ntoatc HtzaeOar...
...production of "Iolanthe," fellows as Closely as possible the original production, believing, as be does, that an intimate opera should he produced as simply as possible to bring out the humor and "patter" songs which mads both writers famous and which presented so accurately the times and the day...
...Cyrano 0* Bergerac...
...Coney Island, by a group of prominent Xew York musicians and artists...
...Symphony Poem, 'Thus** Macabre," Saint-Saeas...
...was one siMsesany slaps at the cheapness ot JBpUrtatament of 4the day, and a man sticks his bat at the &*tock of hie head...
...iddlty!' eh...
...And comic 'ejge'was imported from the Contianl 'mi "~""t the Offenbach operas...
...The Blend* winner" will move from the COrt Theatre to the Selwyn next Monday night...
...Massive Ballet and Concert - For Passaic Children's Fund To raise funds to buy milk during the remainder ot the summer for the children of Passaic, a massive ballet gad symphony concert is to be staged August 28 In the Coney Island Stadium...
...Jack Pearl...
...w* might disoover nsany things about this country, Of eouree...
...A well known star," whose name is not revealed, will head the cast...
...Landy, "and the committee has no doubt but that through the widening Interest In conditions in Passaic, particularly the effect of conditions on the children, not to mention the nature ot the concert that is planned, every seat will be sold...
...Bernard Shaw Is Honored On His Seventieth Birthday ~W ONDON was all agog Monday I i evening, and for a ivery good reason, too—for George Bernard Shaw waa 70 years old, and all the world knew it and gloried In It The newspapers were filed with columns at adulation and critical analysis of George Bernard Shaw's personality and genius with many tributes from abroad, especialy English and Conti* nental...
...film...
...Einstein of relativity fame, and Richard Strauss, the musician...
...Vance and MacDermott...
...breast and the "Jingo Songs" ""are vtdtly «ung by the Tory audiGUbert could not abide music hall JwnuJfc Thrpush the medium of his iinlillwljw . 'Tn 11 " be- began the laaefi fSghni.ttiii fashionable burJtpggjjrjayiy-were •veptually to be nosd-hy*** Savoy operas...
...Jo * new comedy act...
...Norma Terris, Emily .Wooley, Harfy O'Neal...
...r*Ot* and sound-wave recording at iililem* Tb* experts of .the Wcntsrn JtoHllil Company and the Bel...
...oriou* dram* received g XnVstientlon...
...Stresemann, the foreign minister...
...To sum up, "Americana'" Is a bright, clever and sophisticated evening's entertainment and one that should undoubtedly be over patronized by the T. 1 B. M. with friend wife fn the country and by gentlemen of the selling proclivity from points North...
...A Night to Part...
...v v...
...X and the Lipzt Polonaise to E complete the evening'* etferbags...
...TUESDAY "NO MORE WOMEN," by Samuel Shipman and Neil Twomey...
...Fred Stanley, I>orothy Mackaye...
...Death and Transfiguration," Strauss...
Vol. 3 • July 1926 • No. 29
