The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-17
THE REVIEW or THE RIALTO

New York. Nov. 16.--To crafty the
inordinate desire of play-goers for
entertainment. fourteen of the lead
ing Broadway thcaters have inau-
gurated Sunday concerts" A Sum
day .concert" Is a designation rather
than a fact. Except that the enter
|tainment Is given on Sunday instead
OF a week day, the dividing line is
DIFFICULT to locate. 1t is vaudeville
bill and last Sunday the five new
theaters in which this was establish
ed won big financial returns. This
il an indication of the great demand
for entertainment. The producing
managers are striving with might
and main to find place to put their
new attractions, and today as many
companies are Waying off" awaiting
a vacant theater as there are compa-
MES playing in New York.
Not only the dramatic stage. but
the musical field as well is occupied.
The Park theater has the regular
American company, singing in tho
English language the lighter operas.
This week 'tFaut'' Is being sung. and
last week Maid Mistress" Tho
Geisha" and "Pinafore" were started
on their current careers. The COM
pany Ia one OF the most satisfactory
that has undertaken this form, and
they have been rewarded by fiatter-
ing attendance. so popular is music
at present that strangers entering
the hospitable shores of New York
include In their itinerary at least ona
visit to this theater. The repertoire
is the most attractive that has been
offered in New York.
The Theater Partisan company ar
rived from Paris this week and will
enjoy season at the new theater
named after them. 1t will begin next
week the repertoire including short
play. short opera and incidental
novelties which are distinctly. Pari-
sien in flavor and which are looked
forward to with more than passing
interest A short tour ha. been ar
ranged. and thereafter the company
will become permanent institution
AMONGST the theaters of the Rialto.
Buddies.' "Jast Minute,
"Palmy Days" and "Fifty-Fiftv
Limited are the new plays this
week, all being of the dramatic ar
comedy order except the latter.
which has music and pretty girls
cess II is developed from the Gil
l"tte comedy "All the Comforts Of
Home Herbert CortheIl and Ger
trude Vanderbilt are the best known
players, and the Scibilia Producing
company has given il an intelligent
and effective setting. The play has
been staged by Walter Brooks a ret-
auvely now name in this field. hut hc
mas done so crcditably that ne has
been selected for special mention
1m"ng the discriminating reviewers
.hr Brooks has done other produc-
uohs IN New York, and NAV be re-
ilcd upon to do others In the f,[-
lure, but for the purpose of pointing
moral II may he observed that
fHty-Flfty. Limited" is in that
Flass or popular plays produced with
degree OF intelligence that en-
courages the hope that it is not in
compatible with popular plays. Nat
nraily the play has won a pronounc-
ed success.
A company sails this week for a
Tour OF the world, presenting notable
dram matte plays Wanda Howard IL
Tue leadinG woman. having deserted
her Eastern engagements fer the lu,4.
or the wunderlust India. China ana
Japan are the first countries to he
visited. and the tour will extend
more than two years.
With three concert halls in fun
operation. six theaters given over "a
concerts. and innumerahle private
musicales, New York may be CON
sidered as being in the threes of a
musical season as well as a dramatic.
Next week Miss Helene Handlers is
10 have her first appearance or tho
season In recital at Carnegie hail
1t was she who brought an exulta-
ton OF delight from one of the staid
New York critics. 'She brings back
the giories of the days of Nordica by
her beauty and perfect art" he cx-
claimed.
Pietro a. Yon, the noted organ
list. has returned to New York from
Iexas. After reception by the
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