AMUSEMENTS

Amusements The Week On Stage Save Our Souls By Joseph T. Shipley IT the provincetown playhouse, tolstoi has been brought to the theatre, by way of the spirit of "the prisoner",...

...the present plan, it is understood...
...alice brady, however, makes the part vigorous and vivid, with a spirited performance that marks her sterling growth as an actress, and promises rich further development...
...s&* fwill ling the part of elizabeth for which she was famous durstf her entire career, j » J^^^y^Whs^BelS aria of the Evening Shu- is always Mr...
...a newcomer of russia, who has been acclaimed here as one of the greatest creative artists of synagogue music both as composer and interpreter has been selected by the "schriftzetzer" (jewish typographical union local no...
...for this concert.- p: l. spthafal has engaged the eminent concert pianist, carl friedberg, as soloist with this splendid symphonic organization of t10 musicians...
...at the provincetown playhouse, 133 macdougal street, greenwich village...
...In the cast Is also Peggy Wood, and others...
...to one whose philosophy of life is in accord with that of the drama, "the prisoner" seems a soundly studied and powerfully developed struggle of two souls, and two attitudes toward life...
...not unnaturally, there win be no matinees...
...most effective last lines since "aren't we all...
...instead of the loneliness of the prison town, oppressed with a sense of failure in having been assigned to that dismal post, has developed a streak of cruelty, finding in his contempt and his sternness toward the convicts a vicarious revenge upon himself for his own failure...
...rlgoletto" will open the eleventh week of the metropolitan opera season monday evening with mmes...
...bellezza will conduct...
...every sunday night and is doing a notable work in developing latent talents, handling all the contpstg for angelus allied Ants ciab...
...is a slight and amusing piece...
...reginald renny, universal comedy star returns to...
...jut no one can make me believe what I aw when the curtain went up for the •econd act of this french-flavored, beautiful "lovely lady...
...january 28th...
...1 lovely presentation "lovely lady", the latest musical comedy, at the sam h. harris, deserves the first name of its title, for in costuming and, in general atage decoration tts outward aspect is of the most beautiful in years...
...She will have the sssJshasae of...
...this man...
...the real prisoner is nrft tverskoy, bound in a cell though he be, but abrastov, the warden of the prison...
...laurt-volpl...
...new york, for the benefit at scholarships given by the club for vocal, piano and elocution instruction...
...the sunset trial" and "the abduction from the seraglio...
...the plot of the story is drawn from the french farce, "breakfast in the sun", without distinction of lyric, and fair melody...
...the theatre oulld, it now seems certain, will open o'neill's "strange interlude" at the john golden theatre on monday night...
...nor must mention be missing of jack sheehan, whose antics, especially when he smells the perfume that wells from the bridal bed...
...one need not accept the tolstoian deltistlc point of view to understand and to accept his philosophy: one—whether accepting or not—cannot but be moved by its dramatic presentation in "the prisoner...
...in the prison the drama of their souls is played along, until the cruelty of the warden takes the life of the prisoner— and the love of the convict awakens the warden to open all the doors of the gaol...
...johanna gadskl 8s .returniaw bum bun trope, asjssjbsuy for • this occasion...
...Anatole Vtttzak, male dancer, formerly of the Russian imperial Ballet and the Diagheteff Ballet as well as Nicolas Kopeikine, pianist, formerly of the Dtegheleff Ballet...
...Maxes MBMrntf will play alternate weeks with "The Doctor's Dilemma...
...Amusements The Week On Stage Save Our Souls By Joseph T. Shipley IT the provincetown playhouse, tolstoi has been brought to the theatre, by way of the spirit of "the prisoner", alexander berkman's translation of emil be+rnhard's play...
...reference to aimee mac?herscn must be made, i suppose, in any review of the play...
...he will be assisted by emanuel bay at the piano.Guy maier and lee pattison will introduce nveral two-piano novelties at thenonly new york recital on friday evening, january 27th...
...of a vaudeville team, married, as such teams sometimes are...
...there is an intelligent appraisal of the real worth of war...
...An afternoon of Danes aa given in the Reinhardt Salzburg Festival in the Summer of 1937 will be presented at the Cosmopolitan Theatre, Sunday aftmoon, Jan...
...save your souls "bless you, sister", at the forrest, wrings alice brady once again in an evangelist play—this time as the female :alth-healer...
...Production by Winthrep Ames...
...the wife leaps Is a movie contract, while the husband keeps a struggling hope to be booked at the palace...
...Marco Millions" by Eugene OTfaUt at tbs Guild Tbsatoe...
...so the prince carries the woman who has been Ms 'wife", and everything is happy...
...julius rector, chairman, which meets at her studio...
...wfiie has become famous (as "the fhaiftufe mrs...
...the "enemy" few pictures in recent years can com- ' pare in artistry and theme with "the enemy", the metro-goldwyn-mayer production of charming pollock's stage play which created such a sensation a few years ago...
...In Movies the series of popular symphonic concerts given by the roxy symphony orchestra, under the direction of brno rapee at the roxy theatre will be resumed sunday, jan...
...naturally, for this is that kind of play, the course of true love (though that man is the least developed, the most unusable, in the play) brings the saver of souls into the narrower compass of a single love...
...Marks: WMCkhfWska wfil impersonate Venus and Alexander Klpnta is coming from Chtasgo to stag the part af the Lssat? btg chorus and an orchnstra...
...of symphonic proportions, under Ernest rTnoch wfil support this extraordinary east and the entire ensemble promises to give ens of the outstanding performances of the Anna Bshsnne...
...j- J the next of hurok's century afternoons of music tdmortow, sunday afternoon, january 8th, at 3.00, century the[atre, will be devoted to the presentation ;of richard wagner's 'tanahauacr...
...the play, it will be recalled, has nine acts...
...the ring in a film titled "on your toes" which opens at the colony theatre beginning saturday, january...
...leger the conductor in charge of all productions...
...danise, ro> thier, paitrlnieri, d'angelo malatesta and reschillan...
...will make he* reappearance here in a recital at the 48th Street Theatre on Sunday evening...
...stefan sopkln, the violinist, will introduce a new slav sonata by slavenski at bis town hall recital on saturday afternoon...
...Typographical Union Arranges Performance With Cantor Glantz cantor lelb glantz...
...for they have not made mary macdonald the typical evangelist, they have not ~lven~her the usual motives, the normal character of the woman who may placard the country with her salvation signs...
...seldom...
...denny made his first screen success in a series of short fight films which were the forerunner of his rise to stardom...
...139 macdougal st...
...in the concert following the performances there will appear miss eva le galllenne of the civic repertory theatre...
...friedberg heads the new season's list of nationally known concert and operatic stars which mr...
...and carries the play to one of the...
...the various decoys of the saved souls: and the tent scene with its shifting moods and alice brady's big moment...
...other operas of the eleventh week wih be: "gioconda" on wednesday evening with mmes...
...a new character, patima, has bean added to the original story of bretaaer, and other radical changes have been made...
...in response to many requests, alfred blumen, the viennese pianist, has delayed his sailing to europe, in ardor to give another recital at town hall on wednesday evening, february 2nd...
...by all means 5ee "the enemy" at the astor theatre p. m. the flonzaley quartet is one of a series of people's symphony concerts this saturday, night, january 7 at washington irving high school, irving plane and sixteenth street...
...and on the other hand, they haw not sufficiently studied her as an individual, to make her attitude seem quite real, quite justified...
...the p"-*4*rl dancer, who -gave three successful recitals saJtog York two years ago and who for the past two seasons has been appearing in the- European capitals, has just le turned fsosa abroad' and...
...laurl-tyolpi, Decuca, paitrlnieri, plcco, reschillsn and ananian...
...if there '5 propaganda in it, it is indirect and carefully woven in so as not to destroy the unity of the story...
...you can overlook that—and pauline moore's efforts to behave like a vamp when she makes her belated attempt to seduce tverskoy—you are held by a struggle that is unique and powerful...
...Ooorge Arils* is opening a* the Broadhurst Theatre on West 44th street on January Ufa in William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice...
...dusolsna giannlni will have the as* sistance of frank la forge at her only new york recital In carnegie hall on february 1st...
...Since the arrival of Max Reinhardt in New Tosh for his present repertory season, numerous requests have been made for the repetition in New York of this program, which was one of the outstanding successes of the Salxburg Festival...
...galli-gurci, falco and egener and messrs...
...Among the numbers which will be given will be "The Dance of the Masters of Ceremonies" from the Reinhardt production of Goad's "Turandot", a spectacle which it was impossible to Include in the New York Season, bat which censed much comment abroad...
...this mood comes in contact with the metk but persisting love of tverskoy, whose influence has led the russian soldiers and sailors to throw down their arms by the thousands...
...MUSIC the angetus allied arts club will present an austrian-american-german concert on monday, january 9th, at 8.30 p.m...
...there1 will be given a complete performance of "the little czar", with molly picon in the title role and "shabsi zvl" at the jewish art with maurice schwartz in the title role...
...one arises from a viewing of "the enemy" with a sense of having witnessed the...
...and guy robertson has all that a matinee idol (are such things still...
...serafin will conduce...
...Werrenrath's "hit" in his concerts...
...the first four weeks of the american opera company's season will se six operas produced with new stage settings and lighting effects...
...mozart's "seraglio" will be given in af entirely new version by the american opera company, which opens its season at the gallo theatre on jan...
...the drama is wen known abroad, and should prove popular if presented in india, for it builds up the theory of the triumph of passive resistance, which gandhi is making more effective there than ever anywhere before...
...it present the complications we have seen befores of a husband wtyy*e...
...ire worthy their company...
...daluca...
...could desire...
...edna leedom makes excellent use of the saucy freshness (as of field daisies flaunting in the wind) that does her instead of song and dance...
...eugene gossans is a guest conductor of the company and prank st...
...the oulld, of course, will not provide the dinner...
...in english, by robert a. simon, stresses the comic -elements of the book...
...January 32...
...the authors nave impaled themselves on the horns jf a dilemma...
...tormented by a wife who wants the pleasures of the capital...
...She Theatre Guild wffl jjssiiuI the third production of tts tenth" subscription season...
...perhaps, as a matter of fact, one should say monday afternoon, for it is certain that the performance will begin some time before the dinner hour...
...traviata" as a special matinee on friday -with mmes...
...herekftgakn hols seen afc a fighter in a comedy with dramatic moments and a fight sequence...
...whether "it be' the chester hale girls, in their harmonious steps and blending costumes, or the individual and becoming gowns of the ladies that lead the show, or even the general garb of the extra-large chorus, the combinations and variations are synchomated with genuine taste, mainly in the pastel shades, but running the gamut of colors...
...didur, paitrlnieri, picco, reschilii&n and ananian...
...reason totters at the labor entailed in acting this play twice in one day—the matinee, in that event, would begin about 7:30 am...
...pagliacci...
...rethafel plans to present to motion picture audiences...
...serafin will conduct...
...the revival manager, played by charles bickford with an easy manner that fits the part with a swagger...
...rosa ponselle, telva and wakefield and messrs, cham lee...
...more effective still are the hours of the actual tour of the tabernacle group...
...george jessell of the jazz singer, muni wisenfreund now playing in the "four walls", jacob lukln of the moscow art theatre, solma andrea of the schauvi sooroi, samuel goldenburg and aaron lebedeff of the national theatre and many others of prominence as russian octtette, and cantor abraham shapiro...
...LIGHT WEIGHT despite its title, "excess baggage" at the ritz...
...figaro...
...jan...
...is to start performances at 5.30 o'clock, and to continue, with an interval for dinner, until 11 or thereabouts...
...In Brief on Monday evening, January' Pth...
...in conjunction, with interesting musical novelties of traditional symphonic standards...
...moving pictures at their best,—excellent acting, skillful settings and direction, and above all, a story on a usttnctly higher plane...
...8th, at 11.30 a m, when the tenth of the series will take place...
...the play itself is fairly obviously but rouslngly constructed, with a melodramatic younger sister who, grown worldly wise as her generation has, ruins and unruins her reputation to her desire's dictation...
...they include "faust", "madame butterfly", "marriage of...
...there have been several recent presentations-of the life of theatre-folk on th stage, from ".the wild man of borneo", that ma two weeks,' to "broadway", which is running two seasons: "excels baggage" stands somewhere midway along the line, charmingly played by miriam hopkins, amusing enough to be valid entertainment...
...tverskoy, prisoner in siberia, makes his points with too frequent an appeal to god, but if...
...wesley pierce can dance with a tall female twined around his neck, while with carefree indifference he lights a cigarette, or waves to a friend in the audience, with a smile that makes .you join in his smiling, not because there is anything funny, but just because with him you share in the bounteous freshness of the world...
...the short time at hand will not permit the extended review that the picture merits...
...fair" of war-tune glory), this time from the angle of the show business...
...but the incidental comedy lifts the play out of the usual garland of its kind into parisian flowering...
...the impresario is mfidan* minnie huffman, musical manager of the greenwich village social club, mrs...
...the new version...
...8th, at 3:90 o'clock by Tilly Loach said Harold KreutsbSfg, leading Sssaosss of the Max Reinhardt company...
...83) as one of the feature artists to participate in their concerts for the emergency relief fund to be given at the kessler's second avenue theatre and jewish art theatre...
...but her circumstances ;eem to be quite different...
...galli-gurci, alcock, egener and falco and messrs...

Vol. 7 • January 1928 • No. 3


 
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