The Theater: Old Play in Manhattan, Nov. 29, 1954

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Abie's Irish Rose (by Anne Nichols) is much more, of course, than a bit of debris out of Broadway's past. It might even be considered Broadway's most sacred relic: at any rate its five-year run remains the greatest of Broadway miracles. How great a miracle only those who see it today can be quite sure. It has been brought up to date in various little ways, but with the utmost tact, and in all essentials is every bit as stupefying as it was in 1922.

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