Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-02
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will have charge of the augmented
orchestra. Florence Leslie will direct
the dancing numbers and the entire
performance will be under the personal
supervision of Charles Murray.
During the Murray and Mack season
at the Grand matinees will be given
every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday.
That the Murray and Mack company
will offer the newest song hits-"right
hot off the Broadway griddle," to quote
the press agents indicated by the
list of musical numbers that will be
interpolated in "A Night on Broad
way" These songs are: THE stage
Door johnnie sung by Lille Suther-
land and the Marquis Ellis quartet
and the entire feminine contingent;
Come On, Down Town." the big song
success in George Cohan's "A YANKEE
Prince" to be sung by Mr.. Murray and
Mr.. Mack; 1.-THE Yankee Doodle Boys"
lively march song from Cohan's THE
American Idea" to be sung by Bobby
Harrington and the big chorus; Flow
ers to the Fair" a new song to be
esung by Bessie Tannehill; casey
Jones'" the popular song hit of the
season, to be sung for the first time
on any Los Angeles stage, by Charles
Murray: cover on the Jersey Side"
Jack Norworth's and Nora Bayes' big
song success in the "Follies of 1908;
Sweetheart Town, a stirring march
song. to be sung by the MARQUIS Ellis
quartet; 1.-THE Big Red Shawl" Cole
and Johnson's newest Indian song, to
be sung by George Field, with the
entire Murray and Mack company in
the background: THE Soul Kiss the
tremendously popular waltz song from
the f. Ziegfeld operate production OF
the same name, to be sung for the
first time in this city, by Bessie Tame
H. Two M nj
Your Fader,' a quaint Hebrew dialect
Song, to be rendered by Max Bloom;
Liza" Bobby Harrington's big song
and dance number with the Murray
and Mack dancing girls for his assist
ants, and 1.-THE Yama Yama Man:
There will be a number of choruses in
addition to this imposing list of new
songs, almost every one of which will
be heard for the first time in the city
in "a Night on Broadway"
Following "A Night on Broadway,
Murray and Mack and their big sup
porting company will be seen in the
rollicking musical success, Shooting
the Chutes."
BURBANK THEATER-Of all the
plays presented in Los Angeles last
season by travelling companies two
stood out conspicuously as the best
examples of their class seen locally in
a very long time. These were Ihe
Prince Chap" played by Cyril Scott;
and when knights Were Bold" Of
fered by Francis Wilson. Both have
been secured by Manager oliver Mo
rosco for the Burbank stock company
and will be produced at the Burbank,
"The Prince Chap" for the week be-
ginning Sunday matinee and fnclud-
ing also the usual Saturday matinee;
and when Knights Were Bold" be-
fore the month closes.
1.-THE Prince Chap" by Edward Peple
is a comedy drama which sets before
its spectators the delightful love story
of Richard Peyton and Claudia AIRING
ton his ward. 1t is Peyton's nick
name, the Prince Chap, that gives
the comedy its name. Peyton is an
artist. IIe has employed Mrs. AIRING
ton as a model. and when the woman
falls i'll she asks him to care for her
baby girl in the event that she does not
recover Mrs. Arlington dies and tile
Prince Chap takes the little 4-year-oi /
Claudia into his apartments, and with
the aid of Phoebe Fuckers, slavey
and Runion. his faithful and fussy but
Ter, assumes her care.
The comedy's second act shows Clau-
dia eight years after, and the third
at the age of 49, Meantime the Prin-
cess Alice, to whom the Prince Chap
had been engaged, throws him over
because of an unworthy suspicion in
volving his relationship to Claudia. In
the end the artist finds that his love