The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-08
Hebrew Society Folk Crowd
BiiOu Dream and Enjoy
Good Laughs.
XII UNMANIACS," a comic operet-
IT ia in two acts, whose cast was


composed entirely of young
men, even TO the "phony ballet" OF
eight, held the boards last night at
Proctor's Rijou Dream Theatre, for
merly Blaney's. The Cinnamon Club, a
weH-known social organization of this
city, was responsible for the playlet,
music and dramatis .%lersonae. It's mem
bers interpreted the hero, the heroine,
the villain (who wasn't a villain, after
alD. The attendants end the chorus, and
sang andsadanced their way into the
hearts OF the audience, n in Jess t1an
no time. The theatre was crowded with
society in Hebrew circles.
s. OF course, there were many surprises,
such as chorus girls, with deep bass
voices, dainty No. 10 slippers and an
-undergrowth of good, heavy, masculine
s whiskers, which were family discerni-
BILE beneath the paint and powder These
added zest to the play and volume to
the fun.
Had it not been for such unimportant
"details as the above, which only a
simon-pure sleuth would detect, there
would have been no denying the ap-
parent fact that the "phony ballet"
chorus and female characters were
Genuine chorus ladies.
The audience gave its approval to
the performance, and joined in the
laughs of the funmakers on the stage,
from the time the curtain rang up I'M
til the grand finale. The Cinnamon Club
lived up to Its reputation, and the large
crowd which greeted the amateurs
vent away fully satisfied.
5f There were three songs which were
above the high average of the rest.
They We're That's How I Make Love-
sung by Marian. Edgar and an octette;
Miss Liberty" sung by Will Fixcitt,
and Military Mary" by Marian.
The "Tunmaniacs' follow: Heinrich
II, King of Funmania, Sidney Stein;
Edgar, his son, Jack H. Lehman; Cen
Feral Lee Willrun, a ruined man, Julius
Stein; Will Fixcitt, a handy citizen,
Lincoln Arndt; Walker Rhoades, of the
leisure class, Lester e. Lehman; Buck
inghan Fatter and Artie Fishel, of the
Blaney School, Simon L. Fish and Leo
Hahn; Lightning, the kings runner
Hermon Harris; Marian, Duchess of
Dover, Clarence Stein: Mary Ann Rich,
of Dover, N. j., Sidney A. Reiss; Wv
ian, Vera n Violet, attendants to
Mary Ann, Fred Stern, Philip Meyer
and Harry p. Lowry.
Newsboys and Phony Ballet-Freder-
lex Stern, Alan Unger, Philip Meyer,
Harry Lowy, Harold Davis, Lester
Finger. Ben Kohn, Davis Straus.
Showgirls-Joseph Cries, Joseph Hell
Ter, Fred Hertzberg, Milton Hammock,
Harry Stern, Veron Bendet, Arthur
Lindeman, Mortimer Unger, Dewitt
Reinheiner, Fred Goldsmith, Samuel
Meyer, Herbert Hammock.
Soldiers = Mortimer Meyer, Fred
Straus, William Myers, Harry Groedel,
Jacob Harris, Herman Ringel, Arthur
Blau, Harvey Gofthainer, Morton Stern,
Elmer Goldsmith, Albert Blumgart,
Herbert Finkelstein, Philip March, Sol
Brooks, Bertram Meyer, Arthur Stein.
Musical Program, J. Giicknan, must
cal Director: Act I.-Opening chorus,
music by j. G%lickman, chorus and news
boys; 'Anyone's Welcome Il My job"
J.. f.. Lehman. Willrun and chorus;
"For Money" L.. L. Lehman, Rhoades.
Fatter and Fishel; dance, j. Glickman,
phony ballet; "That's How I Make
Love-" Miss May Stern, Edgar, Marian
and octette; I'd Like to Know the
Answer to That Question Sidney
Stein, King; miss Liberty Fred
Stern, Fixcitt; ensemble, L. E. Leh-
man, king and chorus: 1.-THE Crow
With the Dough- Fred Stern, Mary
Ann and chorus; finale, J. Glickman,
company.
Act H.-Opening, j.. Glickman, oc-
tette; Lets Go A Walking" l.. E.
Lehman and Sidney Stein, Rhoades,