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Cafe was a pretentious little play which had but one scene???the terrace of a Paris restaurant?45 somewhat mute walk-on characters for atmosphere and a handful of unsatisfactory mummers who took the part of futile artists, U. S. expatriates. The piece was the first from the pen of Mary a Mannes Mielziner, niece of Walter Damrosch, wife of Jo Mielziner, famed stage-setting designer. At no time did the dialog, action or story of Cafe rise above the general quality level of the littlest little theatre. Nub of the plot: Maurice Larned (Rollo Peters) fled from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Sep. 8, 1930 | 9/8/1930 | See Source »

...STREET SCENE???Realistic drama before a brownstone fagade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Jun. 2, 1930 | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

...STREET SCENE???Realism on the sidewalks of New York (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: May 19, 1930 | 5/19/1930 | See Source »

...STREET SCENE???Tempest in a brownstone front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: May 5, 1930 | 5/5/1930 | See Source »

...STREET SCENE???Ferment in a tenement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Table: Apr. 21, 1930 | 4/21/1930 | See Source »

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