Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-06


in anything. Its wit is cracking
enough in places, strained in others,
with most of its merriment occurring
when the boys are being just boys,
playing everything broadly and with
that Incompatible undergraduate
eXuberance.
Preceding Fair Enough" into town
was the report that lurking in its
pleasant score is at least one hit
parade certainty. 1t is easy enough
to believe. There are four outstand-
ing numbers, three ballady, one a
sWingy blues affair. Lyrically and
unsteady. each has something
From Me To You" Homemade
Heaven Il Dream of You" and Il
just Gotta Make Love" are the four
in case you would like to keep an eve
on the hit parade to see which gets
in the line.
AS usual, it is the spirit and not
the content of such a show that
makes it pleasing. There always has
been and always will be something
extraordinarily mirthful in the
spectacle of bulgy-muscled lads don
ming dainty Hattie Carnegie crea-
tons for an outrageous romp. A
show needs nothing more comic
than that.
Full advantage of this quality has
been taken by the designers of Fair
Enough They have made it a
dancing thing; hearty, husky, vio-
lent dancing thing at intervals and
at others subtle, graceful and very
effective. The fierce tempo of the
ensemble number, which is the finale
of the first act, is something you can
be sad you missed. There was a
dance-with gusto.
The hbretto, nice. loose one
with ample room for the injection
OF many speciality, deals with the
vlclssitudes of staging Worlds
Fair. 1t jabs sharply at lot of
people whose names are Mayor
La Guardia, Dewey Thomas, and
others that are called right out O,
only thinly disguished. The satire
Is not particularly searching, but
who cares about that? No one
present last night gave a hang.
Very considerable skill marked
the dancing. singing, playing and
comedy of certain of the performers
In the large cast. David Sheppard
and Bayard Dillingham;. the ro-
mantle team with the latter the
girl, turned in some highly cred
lble vocalizations on the sweet side.
Marvin Scaife did the same thing
with the more robust, swingy num-
bers. All three of them have a way
with a song.
In the dance department, the
grotesquerle hit its peak in the eff
forts OF Charles D. Dyer. Sd, huge
lad whose other moments are taken
up with being a track star. john
Johansen was another dancer of
more than average merit and So,
in fact, was the ensemble espe-
cially in the first act finale and a
Shag routine that would make a
Jltterburg suicidally jealous. And,
before one can get away from the
dancing side of the show, the best
satirical moment of the evening is
that created by burlesque by
eight blends of the art that goes
on in an Oriental dance academy
X X
The romantic and satirical moods
Of Gilbert and Sullivan were put on
pretty display at the National
Theater yesterday with the presen-
tation of the tuneful "Iolanthe" and
the less melodious but pungent
Patience" The former was sung at
the matinee, the latter at the night
performance by the DOyly Carte
company. A newcomer. at least she
looked very new. contributed very
Importantly to the enjoyment of the
matinee attraction. She is Viola
Wilson, very pretty of face and voice,
In the role of Phyllis. Martyr Green,
as the chancellor, was in such excel
lent fettle that the audience tried