Vacation Guide to New York Plays With Music

"Take a Chance"--Apollo, 42nd Street--A regular rollicking Broadway musical comedy. Excellent dialogue from Jack Haley and Sid Silvers, and silver notes from Ethel Merman. A sure bet.

"Gay Divorce"--Shubert, 44th Street W.--Fred Astaire and Claire Luce dance to the well-known tunes of Cole Porter. A delightful evening if you don't mind trite plots.

"Strike Me Pink" -- Majestic, 44th Street W.--An unbeatable trio in Hope Williams, who lends the Park Avenue tone, Jimmy Durante with the horselaugh and omnipresent schnozzlo, and Lupe Velez with eyes and things and sighs. Smooth music.

"Music in the Air"--Alvin, W. 52nd Street--Werronrath sings tuneful music, Walter Slezak is altogether ingenuous, and the whole a nicely sentimental romance in Bavaria.

"Melody" -- Casino, 7th and 50th Street--More music than comedy, but a very lavish operetta with Evelyn Herbert, Everett Marshall and Jeanno Aubert.

Drama

"A Saturday Night"--Playhouse, 48th Street E.--Peggy Wood very good in Owen Davis' excellent comedy.

"Autumn Crocus" -- Morosco, 45th Street W.--Another romance in the Tyrol relieved by the magnetic, dancing Francis Lederer who has already attracted Hollywood. Bracing as mountain air.

"Biography"--Avon, 45th Street W.--Ina Claire back from cinemaland cast as the mistress of great men. Thoroughly entertaining and witty.

"Both Your House"--Royale, 45th Street W.--Strong political satire by Maxwell Anderson in a Guild setting. Earnest and skillful.

"Cherry Orchard"--New Amsterdam Theatre, 42nd Street, W.--Alla Nazimova in Tchekov's most popular play. Like all of Miss Gallionne's repertory, "Cherry Orchard" is excellent and well-acted. Alternates with "Alice in Wonderland" done in the best Tenniel fashion with elaborate hares, hatters, and cats. "Cherry Orchard" plays Monday through Wednesday, and "Alice," that is the last word, the remainder of the week.

"Dinner at Eight"--Music Box, 45th Street W.--A brilliant cast enacting the complications surrounding a fashionable dinner party. Appeals with the same psychological machinery of "Grand Hotel." Conway Tearle's suiside is a masterpiece.

"Design for Living" -- Barrymore, 47th Street W.--The most insanely delightful comedy with the Lunts, and the author, Noel Coward. This must be seen.

"Goodbye Again" -- Masque, 45th Street W.--Osgood Perkins and Sally Bates in a pretty mad comedy that is universally recommended.