The Best Plays

These are the plays which, in the light of Metropolitan criticism, seem most important:

Drama

CASANOVA--The ultimate in costume plays. The great philanderer is played by Lowell Sherman; the philanderee, by Katharine Cornell.

CHILDREN OF THE MOON--Severely emotional discussion of inherited insanity and the fury of abnormal mother love. Magnificently played by Florence Johns and Beatrice Terry.

RAIN--When a missionary suicides over a South Sea harlot there is bound to be drama. So much of it is there that Bain has displayed a " Standing Room Only" sign for over 5, year.

SEVENTH HEAVEN -- Melodrama with snatches of comedy demonstrating the charm of Helen Menken against a background of the gutters and garrets of Paris in Wartime.

SUN UP--A blend of the primitive. Carolina Mountain folk, their feuds, their love, the War.

TARNISH--Reviewed in this issue.

Comedy

AREN'T WE ALL?--A peculiarly brilliant discussion of nothing in particular with Cyril Maude as a hugely attractive old roue who is particular in nothing.

THE CHANGELINGS--Henry Miller, Blanche Bates, Ruth Chatterton, Laura Hope Crews, Geoffrey Kerr.

IN LOVE WITH LOVE--Lynn Fontanne (Dulcy) one rung higher on the ladder of achievement in high comedy.

A LESSON IN LOVE--Emily Stevens at her high level best with William Faversham, almost as good, in a comedy of character.

MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY--Mrs. Fiske proving conclusively that when a great actress meets a good play the impact is supremely entertaining.

MERTON OF THE MOVIES--Glenn Hunter grinding the movies under the mordant heel of satire.

TWEEDLES--Booth Tarkington has resurrected his mood of Seventeen, brushed it off, and offered it in new surroundings. His followers find it as fresh as ever.

Musical Shows

To all jovial people the following musical concoctions will particularly appeal: Poppy, Music Box Revue, Greenwich Village Follies, Wildflower, Scandals.