The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28
provoker without causing the sensation
of uneasiness.

of uneasiness.
The secret of the success of 1.-THE Gay
Musician" is easily told. In the first
place, the public has tired of the So
called musical reviews and the slang
and horse-play foisted upon playgoers as
comedy"
In the Cay Musician there is every
element to please and delight, as its
music is of that kind that fingers in
the brain and one continues to hear the
lifting waltzes, dreamy love songs, stir
ring marches and choruses with which
Composer Julian Edwards has filled his
score.
Among its noted members may be mem
toned Amelia Stone, the dainty prima
donna; Joseph c. Miron, the basso come
dian, a big favorte here; Templar SAKE,
the baritone; Lottie Kendall. the comic
opera star; Harry Short, the dancing
comedian; Martha George, the former
grand opera singer: Carroll McComas, q
sweet ingenue dancer and whistler;
Haydn P. Clifford, William S. Gill, L. r.
Jefferson, a trio of fun-makers hard to
duplicate; Irene Messenger, Marie Bax-
ter Florence Roblee, Francesca LIE Clair
and others who are prime favorites in
comic opera. The chorus has been termed
''the best singing chorus In comic opera
today"
Everybody. that is, everybody that en-
joys good, wholesome stage performances
will welcome the announcement that
Buster Brown" is coming. OF all mus
ical comedies that please. none seems
to have made the lasting impression with
old and young as the lovable little chap
and his side partners in innocent amuse-
ment, Buster Brown. The date is soon
to be announced.
"A great play of American Iife"-that
is what the Hon. t. d. Sullivan. dem
ocratic leader of New York city. and
one OF the most potential politicians of
the day, called THE Man of the Hour"
which will be given here on March and
10 in the Jefferson theatre.
Yet Tim" Sullivan is looked upon by
many as the very type of practical pol
itician against whom the morals of 1.-THE
Man of the Hour was directed by George
Broadhurst its author. Another New
York city politician who praised the play
as stirring picture of American lifo
was Magistrate Finn, famous in the
literature of politics as battery DAN"
1t is queer to think that these two men,
big Tim Sullivan and Battery Dan"
Finn, are regarded by many as the orig
inals of two of the chief characters in
the play, Boss Horrigan and Alderman
Phelan.
In the near future, at the Jefferson the
atre Charles Frohman will present w. II.
Crane in George AIDES comedy entitled,
Father and the Boys" a piece which has
undoubtedly brought to Its chief inter-
prefer and its author great deal Of pop
ularity. 1t was big success last season,
is duplicating that success the present
season, and 1t bids fair to appeal to large
audiences for seasons to come. Among
Its records Is four-months' run at the
Empire theatre, New York. Mr. Crane
has capitally congenial part in 1t, fully
up to the delightful role he presented
in David Harum" while Mr.. AIDE in his
dialogue and comica, situations has sur
passed The College Widow" 1.-THE Coun-
ty Chairman" and all his other Efforts
Mr.. Cranes part, 1t ought to be said, is
not the whole play. and he will have
an excellent company to assist in his fun
making. The production in this city will
be Identical in every respect with that
given by Mr.. Crane for four months at the
Empire theatre. New York.
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