The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-04
1.-THE NAN FROM NOV" SCORES.
Harry Bulger I'm a Musical Piece That Is
Lively Tn rOuEhOut.

There isn't a dull moment in The Man
From Now" which opened the New Am
sterdam Theatre last night. Harry Bulger,
boss funmaker, came on early and stayed
most of the way to the end, and when he
wasn't in the limelight there were Sallie
Fisher and Helen Hale and Hattie Arnold
and no end Of just ordinary girls to keep
the audience amused.
The piece. a musical fantasy, the pro-
gramme says, makes no pretence to a plot,
but il has a working idea. A college pro-
lessor, one OF his R~iudents. a Millionaire,
a rural sleuth and Steve WGftes, a tramp
land who should he be but Harry Bulger2l,
drink a concoction compounded by the
professor and are projected 10000 years
into the future. They land on the ground
Of CAESAR College. 1t may be remarked
here that the first question Wo!fes asked
of MdtricuLd. the president Of Caesar. was
WAS Bryan ever elected?" which got the
audience going. Things are TO be different
in 1906. and it was the efforts Of the visitors
from the previous century TO accommodate
themselves TO he new conditions that
furnished most Of the material for fun
making.
There wasn't much Of a book tothe piece,
10 was mostly all songs. The book and
lyrics are credited to John Kendrick Bangs
and Vincent Bryan, but Manuel Klein, h
wrote the score. furnished some OF the
lyrics. h music throughout was capti-
waiting and was well rendered. The MEM
bers OF the chorus had good voices and
had been we'll rehearsed. Furthermore,
they we're an extra fine looking lot and
were not afraid to display their good points
or rather, curves.
There were many songs that caught
on decidedly. Perhaps the most applause
vroafad sWhaffG tho MaNfRr With nIF
lean ?" SUM by Helen Hale and the Caesar
football girls The football, by the way
il getting to be a necessary stlge property.
Helen Hale was as dainty as everand handled
the pigskin with ease and grace. She made
one punt clear out into the audience, which
was better than some real players make.
dis HIle also led a chorus in o fixing song,
Girls. just Girls"
Salie Fisher was the prima donna and
was in fine voice. As Dora, the only CAESAR
student who didn't go in for athletics, she
looked a. most of us want college girls to
look-and that is lust girl. With the CAESAR
girls she sang Loves Lesson" which
went we'll, but she scored particularly in
The Dainty Music Maid" in which she
was assisted by a large section of the chorus
in most startling costumes. A slight acct
dent to some OF these costumes might have
created a scandal, but fortunately, or m
fortunately, if you like, nothing happened
OF course Dora had to have a lover and
ne Wa lHt NtuutnI WHO got tn6 l,DUU yd1I
boost into the future. Walter Lawrence
played the lover, Jack Raleigh, and he sang
and acted well.
Harry BulgeT was himself, and that's
funny enough to please a lot OF folk. With
Hattie Arnold, who played AdtricdLd. he
had several amusing scenes. or course,
he served up the usual dishes of topical
songs and they were more than p~alatable.
FOTecGstG, the professor whose discovery
furnished he working idea, was well playe d
by Edward r.. Martindell. Phil Branson
was John p. ~PenBYpdcker, the billiona ire,
and FL BedsLey, the rural sleuth, was in
terpreted by Gilbert Gregory, Mr.. Gregory
has a pair Of Francis Wilson legs.
There were several concerted numbers
which were given with fine effect. One
! thing that caught IN decidedly was a quar-
tet y Want to Go Home Now" with Helen
Hale and Messrs. Martindell, Branson
and Gregory doing the singing and cutting
up the capers which those who 20 to a
musical show seem always to enjoy.
- The piece was admirably staged by
George Marion. The setting Of the second
act, a view Of -~Screamland," the 2o00 ma.
tional amusement park, was brought into
view gradually and commanded applause
The Man From Now" ran all summer
in Boston and would doubtless make &
long run here. II " to be regretted thai
it's stay nj the New Amsterdam In limitec
10 four weeks. Ii Is produced by Henry
l ". Savage.