HIS MAJESTY’S
“LADY, BE GOOD” Dancing time is every moment of the refreshingly bright “Lady Be Good,” which trips on the boards of His Majesty’s Theatre nightly and two afternoons a week. It is even more popular than the record-breaking “No, No, Nanette!” Though the plot is as thin as a silken thread, it is a musical comedy which delights the eye and the ear. As yet the frocks and settings are not shop-soiled, the Gershwin music is light but melodious, arid comedy has a free rein. But ft is the dancing which makes “Lady Be Good.” ’ There are steps
for every principal, steps for the chorus, and highly spectacular movements and contortions which pass for dancing by the specialty folk. The plot concerns Judy and Dick Trevor, brother and sister, so poor that they have taken up residence on the sidewalk. With the assistance of lawyer Watty Watkins, Judy passes herself off as the widow of a rich man who died in Mexico. However, the rich man did not die, but returned to America and fell in love with Judy, who was busy acting as his widow.
Jimmy Godden carries most of the comedy on his shoulders, and two charming girls, Miss Elsie Parkes and Miss Elsie Prince, have big parts in a large cast.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 91, 8 July 1927, Page 15
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216HIS MAJESTY’S Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 91, 8 July 1927, Page 15
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