The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-01
LIVE CREW TURNS
STAGE INSIDE OUT
TopSy TurVy Performance of
Scene Shutters COnvuISeS
Audience.
VAUDEVILLE THROWN IN
TASTE OF THE REAL DoIN'S"
AT oRPHEUM THEATRE.
VAUDEVILLE THROWN IN

There was fun at the Or9heum last
night.
II isn't often that the average theatre
goer gets more than peep behind the
scenes of the playhouses. Last night
haIf-doZen members of the local lodge Of
the Theatrical Mechanical association and
several assisting artists turned the Or
pheUm stage inside out and II an audi
.npl that long before the closing number
uf the bill was holding its aching sides
and calling back thu performers revealed
the mysteries Of setting and break
ing" scenes, fly loft work and q dozen
or more other tricks of the stage.
To was really just a taste of the real
doiuS' that go with a rush behind the
big drop curtain every night for the boys
all had their hair nicely brushed, their
coats ON and Stage Manager Warner only
spoke twice while that scene was being
set II wasn't quite the stage crew that
grabs that front room scenery other
nights. bangs il into place and gets out
Of the way in five and a half minutes all
fald. but it was pretty good imitation
and the crowd liked it,
The performance was for the benefit
Of the local lodge of the Theatrical Me
ehanicaI association and the theatre was
filled to the last seat Stage Manager
Lee Warner was master Of ceremonies.
Bit of Vaudeville.
The bill opened with the Russell Bros.
IN black face turn that went fairly
well. The brothers were rather small but
showed a willingness to work.
Miss Mile Williams sang two illus
trated songs very effectively and La
GeJtc, the aerial gymnast on the OTpheum
bill of last week, put on his regular act
Miss NJ. Mulyey was on the bill for one
harp solo and she played three, so beau
tifully executed were her selections. Then
came Behind the Scenes" or the trou-
blgs of a stage manager. Tom Manning,
lK4lfar Rrnusn ENfa parLar nd Nail Draf Q
Of the Salt Lake theatre and Hebe Al
drus and Jack Rurtan of the Orpheum
composed the crew of stage hands. When
the scene was set the Kuhn Bros ap-
peared in a black face act that furnished
considerable fun. Both men are clever
and good musicians. Appleby, symphony
violinist. proved popular with his melo-
dies. His selections were well played.
Funniest Act of All.
The funniest act on the bill was the
burleSQue strong arm turn presented by
Charles Younger. Charles Wright and
Jack Burton. The latter is the fIS loft
man at the Orpheum. which in English
means that he works up near the roof of
the stage on a platform where he has
nothing 10 trouble him but a few hundred
ropes and sand bags and the voice Of the
stage manager coming up from below.
What Mr.. Flyman didn't do to per
former Wright during that strong arm
act isn't worth telling An invisible wire
suspended the latter and the flyman
worked the wire, Performer Wright went
up and down, sideways and every other
way at the will of the man in the fly
loft. It was good buriesque and all the
better for the few imprOmptu surprises
Burton sprung on his fellow players dur
ing its action.
The best legitimate act of the bill was
the performance of a local Salt Lake hoy
who styled himself Merode. on the Ro-
man rings. Merode is splendidly deval-
upcd and looked the trained athlete every
inch last night he went through some
difficult eVolutiOnS on the rings.
Altogether the performance proved good
entertainment and neat sum must have
been added to the treasury Of the local
r. NJ. a.