Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-20
AT THE PLAYnOUSES
in Our Alley" at the Boyd.

George w Lederers company in sally
in our Alley" bit of musical nonsense,
in two acts and three scenes. Book ana
lyrics by George V. Hobert. Music py
Ludwig Englander. The principals:
Sally, named after the alley by her
LEW her father and proprietor Of the
Heterogeneous Emporium. JUNE McCree
Captain Dan O'Rielly lzzy's steadtast -
friend and counsellor Richard +. Carroll
Damon Marigold rich and retired b9tt,.r b9t,
mot retTi9E Marrod wife Of fhe rich and
retired and tireless Catherine Lewis
and retired but unhappy Kittie Bartlett
Louis Henry Fleuret an artist IN love
Cassandra, maid to the rich and retired
Leopold, Izzy's infant industry, nick
Little Nora Ry9n the apple that atdn fits 1ansts the
Paul smith. poor. but not particularly
proud of it.................H Harry Fairleigh
Don't you remember the fairy stories !
read you-about the two little eggsy one
little egg was good little egg, ana the
other little egg was bad little egg.
"And the good little egg grew up ana was
p1",A p"And nd the he bad little egg got mashed on an
actor"
And "salley in Our Alley" laid her pretty
head On her brother Leopold's shoulder
and sobbed with him, while the audience
shrieked. That is only one of number ot
bright things Trixie Friganza has served
with her otherwise fat" part in the latest
bunch of nonsense, wit, humor and satire
| in which she has the name part, and whlch
was partly wondered at and partly stared
! at by a large audience at the Boyd last
night Stared at is said advisedly, for,
strange rs it may seem, some OF the best
| bits of the evening vent sailing harm
! lessly over the heads of the people, while
, some of the older were welcomed as friends
| trusted and tried
| From end to end the piece is full OF the
| brightest OF up-to date persifiage. 1t is
essentially New York, but no one at al
! familiar with the current of events, social
political or business, in the great metropo-
| lis, will quarrel with IL on this account
! 1t is merry in every aspect, and offensive
in none. It's songs are good. II not all new
its jests are bright. its humor refreshing
and it's wit as keen as 1t is clean. Ant
the company is made up of people who are
not only caphble and attractive, but wh'
are also all willing to work. Not dea'
one in the bunch" was the verdict passed
| by the lobby between acts last night, anC
no one who was there will dispute thii
verdict as not being in full accord will
both the evidence and the facts pre-
sented.
Miss Friganza is easily the hit of tht
company but she doesn't monopolize atten
tion by a good deal Junie McCree, Rich
ard F. Carroll and George A. Schiller eacl
have a good bit Of the work to do and do (;
well. while Frank Bernard and Carolin
Heustls contribute quite a little to tn
fun OF the evening. Catherine Lewis add
bit of unique acting to the sum tota
of the evenings fun, and Kittie Bartlett
and Harry Fairleigh sang well enough las
| night TO earn recalls The chorus is larg
and under good discipline. so that the con
certed numbers are rendered with a das
that is decidedly effective. In the secon
act one very pretty picture is presented
} when Miss Friganza sings Under the BAN
boo Tree with the chorus grouped benin
a lattice work at the rear of The stage
AS a source of entertainment and laugh
ter, pure and simple, sally in Our Alley
is easily in the front rank.
The engagement continues the rest Of tn
week, with a matinee Saturday.