New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-12
Marie Tempest at Her Best
in Lyceum's Double
Bill.
"BOOMERANG" SETS
PACE AT BELASCO
Kinkead's Common Clay" Es.
tablished as Success at the
Republic Theatre.

Robert Marshall which gives Mar.
Tempest a splendid opportunity "a
show her remarkable skill. ~Ro,,.
lind" a one-act play By Barrie, which
follows the longer piece. is whimsical
in the extreme, but again Miss Ten.
pest scores with clever performare.
"The Boomerang" at the Belasco. /,
light comedy by Victor Mapes and
WinchelI Smith. Excellently conceived
and acted with rare skill, this pleasan,
piece should prove universal in its ap-
peal. The cast includes Martha he'd.
man, Wallace Eddinger and Arthur
Byron.
Common Clay" which has estsb-
| lished itself as success at the Re-
public Theatre, is a sex play OF Ger.
tain power, in spite Of some crudities.
! The piece is frank in the extreme. A
notable cast includes Jane Cowl, John
Mason, Russ Whytal and Dudley Haw-
/ ley.
"The Blue Paradise" at the Casino
| Theatre, is an exceedingly tuneful nj.
/ steal comedy. Cecil Lean and Cleo Nay.
! field contribute 10 the gayety by 4.
! cellent comedy work, and there ana
number of good singing voices in tie
! company.
young America" at the Gaiety
, Theatre, is a light comedy by Fred
Ballard. Decidedly one OF the most
wholesome plays in town, the piece is
dramatically well worth while, and
acted with much skill. number o.
delightful stage children and remark.
able trained dog add much 10 the per-
Torrance. II is a play for boys and
men, girls and women.
"The Road to Happiness" at the Sha.
bert Theatre, is a more or less con
ventional rural drama, which gives full
scope to the pleasant art of William
Hodge. 1t is not altogether a play
for the sophisticated.
Rolling Stones" at the Harris, is
somewhat tangled but lively farce
comedy by Edgar Selwyn. Charles
Ruggles is amusing as the hero, and
the safe blowing scene should give
everybody but the most jaded theatre.
goer a thrill.
"Some Baby" at the Fulton. is
| farce. Frank Lalor is humorous ms
good comedy role and Emma Janvit
| plays with much skill and success az
of those angular parts which she 3
ways does so well.
! "Chin- Chin" at the Globe. is a M.
steal comedy. It is only necessary e
/ say that the piece is in its seeons
year on Broadway and that Montgon.
/ cry and Stone head the cast.
"Under Fire" at the Hudson. is q
exciting war melodrama by Roi Coopef
| Megrue. Among the thrills of the play
/ is the blowing up of a British trench
by the Germans. The author has taken
! good care. however, to bring victor
to the Allies in the end. william
! Courtenay is the hero and ViOls!
Heming and Frank Craven are othU
popular members of good cast. The
play will not amuse oroGermans
much.
cousin Lucy" at the Cohan Thea
ire, is a musical farce tailored fO'
Julian Eltinge. whose speciality is fs..
male impersonation. The musiea
numbers are tuneful. Anybody wh'
likes the art of Julian Eltinge will en-.
! Joy cousin Lucy"
"No 33 Washington Square" at the
Park Theatre. is a farce built around
No, NaaI1,ec 70
broad lines. The play is a dramatic.
ton by Leroy Scott of his novel;
affords many amusing situations fd
Miss Irwin. and Leonard Hollister. IS
crook. also scores heavily
"The Girl Who Smiles" at d,
Longacre. is a musical comedy VII,
music The piece is also provides
with persons 10 sing this music. Ma
talie Alt has one of the best voices
the musical comedy stage and Georr
Baldwin is pleasing in her suppon
William Danforth contributes an f
ccllent comedy bit.
"The House of Glass" at the Csndle'
is a melodrama in which emotions ar
! turned on full. Decidedly crude
construction, the play affords oppei'
tunities for some excellent acting "
Frank NJ. Thomas and by Mary Rysf
Max MARGIN is the author.
"The Passing Show of 1915 begn
its fifteenth week at the Winter osr
den tomorrow. The show is OF y.
type of other successes which ns
Winter Garden has had and INCLUDES
big cast Of well known performer
Among those in the company s
George Munroe, Eugene and VIE.
Howard, Harry Fisher and Dap'"
Pollard.
"Ziegfeld Follies" begins its ~
eight performances at the New =.
sterdam Theatre tomorrow. Ina Olsl1
Mae Murray, Ed Wynn. viii West o.
Bert Williams are among those ~,
contribute 20 an exceedingly Sm''
performance.
The new Ziegfeld Midnight frSr
Just Girls" on the New Aris'e'.s
Roof, is designed for after me ~
atre entertainment and furnishes -,
that. Will Rogers, the cowboy W.
his lasso tricks, is one Of the osss
the performers, and, Of course =
chorus is large and beautiful.
sour Children" at the Maxine IN \,
Theatre, is a comedy drans ~
Louis Anspaeher. The cast lne'X sr
Emmett Corrigan, Miss Christine -
man and Ralph Morgan.
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