The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-13
.REVIEWOF
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By DIXIE HINES

By DIXIE HINES
 New York, Nov. 12-Play produc- CTS find themselves in the position of the well known song character who was "all dressed up and no place to go." They have good plays, bad plays, music plays, plays said to be musical, but on which the jury has not pass ed. Plays of melodramas, comedies and tragedies. Plays of historical in- terest and no interest at all. Plays produced because they are good plays and plays produced because the leading woman isn't good, and plays that are just plays. But there is no place to exhibit them. New York Is supposed to have almost as many theatres as there are people, but the demand is greater than the supply.
 Three new houses are to be opened this season, but until then there will continue the frantic appeals for pro- ducers who believe they have ''the great American play" Except the Lit tie Theatre, which is undergoing re- construction, every house in the city i; is open every night, on Sunday they are devoted to Sunday concerts" which should be pronounced satiri- caTly. But withal, four new plays came into town last week and are to remain.
 "FIfty-fifty, Limited" ts new musical comedy, adapted from the comedy of William Gillette, called then All the Comforts of Home.'' Herbert Cortheu and Gertrude Van derbilt are the featured members of the cast, but they contributed less to the success which the play achieved
 
 ducer, both of whom contributed to what proved to be one of the best staged, drilled, costumed and direct ed plays of the season. The Scibilia Producing Company is a new firm, but this play has won for them a favorable judgment from the public. Walter Brooks, the director, has stag l ed the play with rare skill and intel ligence, and has drilled a chorus into l such perfection that the ensemble rather than the individuals scored the success.
 "Just a Minute" the newest musi- cal play produced by John Cort is l a sort of convention of familiar and favorite jokes, jests and melodies. They come to us newly and hand some1y gowned, but are old friends none the less. MT. Cort is a creator of a distinctive style of musical com edy, and Just a Minute is only an average such effort. The girls come on in gorgeous costumes, the men tell l their stories and the comedy rages riot throughout When 1t is over the spectator knows he has had a good time but does not know why.
 '"The Little Blue Devil" is on her | ble walls of the rural theatres where it has been beating time for some weeks. It is adapted rom '"The Blue Mouse" one of the naughty French farces of another day. The music is tuneful and the prospects are, to judge from the reviews sent in by the Broadway scouts, that it will be add I ed to the group of popular plays now 1 on Broadway or shortly due there. | The Theatre Parisien, the new | French company which is to hold a l conspicuous place in New York af- fairs this season, arrived last week 1 from Paris and opened it's American
 season at Boston, after which a short 1 tour is to be made to Philadelphia
 Baltimore and Washington, but New 1 York is to be it's permanent home, a l theatre having been built, for them
 and dedicated in their name. This ] Theatre Parisien will open early next 1 week, and thereafter it is expected | that the company will take the prin- cipal interest of those who cherish | the French language and customs. It l will be the most representative Par 1 ls1en company that has ever been
 brought to this country.
 My Once in a While" Is in course
 of preparation for New York It is
 a musical play with Vera MtcheIena
 and Walter Brooks is staging it. MT. i Brooks is one of the most inteIn-
 gent and effective producers Broad l way has seen.
 'The Phantom Legion" began last
 week at Buffalo. It is also due in
 New York shortly. Paul Gordon, for
 merly popular Broadway leading
 man and more recently an officer in
 the A. D. F. plays skilfully and syrn-
 pajthetically, according to the tele-
 graph reports received in New York
 l The new revue at the Palais Royal
 was opened at that playhouse last
 week with Desiree Luboyska. the ca1.
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