New Britain herald., 1923-10-09
THE GINGHAM G|RL' REFRESHING SHOW
Parsons Presents a New Kind Of
 Musical Comedy Production
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The Gingham Girl" the current
 weeks offering at Parsons theatar Hartford, is clean, wholesome and refreshing musical comedy buill around a simple love story sWeetly told Because of the many plays
 seen the past season with the sex problem as their plots or musical comedies with nothing hut suggestive ness 10 offer it was indeed a pleasure ta see this production which is of, Tered Hartford and New Britain theaiergoers by schwah and Kusell. The play. in brief. is the story of country girl and country boy who go 10 New York in search Of sue- i'fess, The boy makes the first break from the hometown in New Hamp- shire but is soon lost in the whirl and Jrlfe of the large city despite his
 boastful rawlings at home that he would
 make them all sit up and take notice
 when he arrived. He secures work as
 m artists model and is thus engaged
 when he first meets his country
 sweetheart In New York. She too
 has come to make her fortune and
 brings with her the Blue Bird"
 cookie which she has made famous
 at home. Meeting New York
 friend whom sho had become acc
 auainted with in her home town, she
 unfoids her story and through him
 is able to start in business until it
 becomes one Of the biggest cookie
 businesses in New York. The coun-
 try beau comes to the factory and
 applies for the job but when seen by
 his former sweetheart he is given
 half interest In the plant as she re-
 called that on the day of his depar-
 lure from Crossville Corners he pre-
 scented her with si00 as birthday
 present which she said would be used
 10 help her start in business.
 Lorin Raker ns John Cousins. the small town idol with the big city ideas, provided much of the comedy and with his line of witty wise cracks" kept the audience in a good i nature throughout the performance. | lrma Warwick as Mary Thompson, the country girl, played well opposite him. Miss Warwick possesses most | pleasing soprano voice and favoraby impressed her audience of last night with her solo as well as duet num- bers with MT. Hacker and Wynne Gibson.
 Miss Gibson as Libby ODay and William Frawley as Jack Hayden, a couple with pep as their motto, breezed in and out of the play many times but each time gained favor with the first nighters because of their song and dance numbers and snappy lines. Harry Myers as Harrison Bartless, Gertrude Nudge as Sophia Trask, Peggy Maloney as Magic LeLewer and Julia Kelety as Sonya Maison helped 10 keep up the comedy end of the production. :
 The musical and dance numbers ( were we'll done. Miss Warwick and Mir. Rak~ were pleasing in their duet number of "As Long As I Have z You" the musical refrain which is played frequently throughout the show. A speciality dance number by ; he Caprice sisters in the first act was [ we'll executed. Miss -Kelety and Mir. f,aker presented comedy singing I called ''The Wonderful Thing We Call Lode" which was feature of iecond act. Perhaps the best singing F md dance number of the piece was The Newlyweds" as effected by Miss ' Warwick and MT. Frawley in the hird act. The stage settings were 5 ,ood while the finale of the third cat T with the stage in darkness excepting . or huge electric light sign flashing V n bright lights "Blue-Bird Cookies" ' ras most effective.