List

Theatre-goers will find the following selection worthy of first consideration:

DRAMA

An American Tragedy--Dreiser's novel cut to the bone and strung up for the stage.

Beyond The Horizon--O'Neill's tragedy of two brothers, one of them given to dreams.

Broadway--Exciting peep backstage at vaudevillians and villains.

Caponsacchi--A clearly defined conflict between virtue and vice; the plot sketched from Browning's "The Ring and The Book" ; happily employing much of the poet's dialogue.

The Captive--A tragedy of erotic perversion, objectively noted, expertly produced.

Civic Repertory--Great plays at popular prices ($1.50 top). Eva Le Gallienne.

The Constant Wife--Ethel Barrymore for the benefit of her idolaters.

Daisy Mayme--George Kelly takes elaborate notes on small-town details.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes--Adventures in gold-digging, as previously set forth in a book.

On Approval--Polite insults dart through the dialogue when matrimony is inspected in the drawing room.

The Play's The Thing--A Molnar jewel in which a naughty prima donna is restored to the appearance of virtue.

Pygmalion--Adequate production of Shaw's play on how to make a duchess and what comes of doing so.

ENTERTAINMENT WITH MUSIC

Americana, Countess Maritza, Criss-Cross, Oh Kay, Pirates of Penzance, Queen High, Ramblers, Scandals.

CINEMA

Beau Geste, Better 'Ole, Big-Parade, Faust, Old Ironsides, Potemkin, Scarlet Letter.

These plays are also running:

Abie's Irish Rose--Ancient history of the races.

Autumn Fire--An old man loves late and not wisely.

The Dybbuk--Reviewed this week.

Emperor Jones--O'Neill's play about a Negro stripped to his elements by terror.

Gertie--Virtuous husbandry wins an honest husband.

Howdy King--Reviewed this week.

The Judge's Husband--William Hodge and why the woman should wash the dishes. Amusing.

The Ladder--Re-incarnation refines the world's dross. Popular philosophy in a lavish production.

Lily Sue--Love, lynching and lunch, as known to Westerners in their outdoor moments.

The Little Spitfire--Bronx chorus girl into Southampton wife, not without friction.

Loose Ankles--Strong wisecracks; feeble play.

Lulu Belle--Excitement when a flamboyant Negress (Lenore Ulric) waves a red flag in the face of a bull-headed lover.

The Noose--Bootleggers, gunmen, tears. An insult to the intelligence of Broadway which is justifying itself by succeeding.

Sex--Sick.

Sorel, Cecile--With Comedie Francaise Company in classical plays. In French.

The Squall--A Gypsy vampire in a Spanish household causing mild drama.

This Woman Business--Charming dialogue in which the female is established as a law unto herself. With a roomful of misogynists.

Two Girls Wanted--"Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever."

We Americans--The melting pot comes to a slow boil.

Yellow--Good, straight melodrama.