The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-18
NEW sHUeERT THEATRE.

The coming of the Shuberts to the old
Lyric theatre is a significant theatrical
event. 1t means the presentation in this
city of many attractions which formerly
!; nave had no house open to them. With
!: the leasing of this playhouse as a tempo
rary home and negotiations under way
: for larger theatre it looks as if the
: innovation is destined TO be permanent
Since the opening of the Colonial theatre
: one year ago tonight the theatrical sit
uation has greatly changed in Salt Lake
! IheIe are now four playhcuses present
ing leglumate drama and two high class
: vaudeville houses which. together with the
: moving picture shows, present all that is
good on the ives tern circuit today
The new ShubeFt theatre has been i'm
proved and reseated to accommodate
much larger houses than formerly. New
oraperles and carpets, redecorating and
: tinting have much altered the appear
ance of the theatre, the lighting is good,
ana while little could be done to enlarge
the stage 1t Will serve very we'll for the
: present. The house was packed at the
: performance last night and the few dis
comforts did not detract in any measure
from the delight the audience took in the
play.
The Gay Musician" was happy Sc
4 lection for the opening night No better
3 musical comedy has appeared in salt
: Lake There is an all-star cast and a
Z selected New York company that presents
me delightful play as musical comedy
should be given. Feature for feature
:, there is superior work throughout and ex-
: cept for the defects in staging, which are
unaVoidable, there is little that did not
from the audience
: THE Gay Musician" is charminglv Vi
:. Naeious. There is not a dull moment IL
goes with vim and spirit and there is
: much of the happy light comedy that is
the best or all qualities in this sort of
{ play. The plot is a minor matter II
!; merely serves TO give a meaning to the
7 beautiful music, the well drilled cboruses
: and the clever lines Twentv-one num-
! bers' all but two of them musical. make
up a most enjoyable program. Nearly
, every one was encOred, which heightened
Inc performance materially, but even
then the finale came too SOON
Miss Texas Guinan took the leading
: role, that of Maude Granville, prima
donna of the Novelty theatre, New York
Sne was a faYoriJe and scored many sue
cesses IN her songs. The best of these
were My Dashing Soldier Boy by
Maude and chorus; "A Cup of Tea by
aauGe, Hllda and chorus, and 4 Have
My Doubts, by Maude and Eugene.
BUT in cast of the present excellence
u is hard to determine the favorites Miss
4otue Kendall, who played the part of
Marie Dubois wife of the Gay Musician
has charming voice ana manner, and
she was especially well liked. Her prin-
clpat songs are THE Saucy SparrOVy''
End Not So Simple AS 1 Look" Mar
garet Crawford, the principal cOntralto
made hit as the mOther-ia-law and in
vested that ume-wOrn role with some
really new features. She did not sing
as often as would have been welcome
Pretty Miss Breda klingel as Hilda Bran
son, in her dance Dune CoGuette" is
another of the successes of this perform
ance. When one remembers the number
OF exploited dancers who are not grace
1ul ana do only freak stunts, ii is relief
and great pleasure to see a dance so
charming and graceful as is this one of
Miss KingePs
The best voice is the beautiful baritone
4f How TQarr v,N~ 81
role Of the gay musician and it gave him
excellent opportunity to display his I'M
usual talents. The great song of this
play is 'LOvelight," which deserves to
rank with the best known comic opera
favOrites. 1t is attractively featured.
First rehearsed by the musician direct
ing the chorus. then sung by Eugene in
q most brilliant manner, and again heard
in chorus and finale, it IS easily the most
important feature of the performance
Another favorite in the mems parts was
Roger Gray as Samuel Lyons. He has
an inimitabie way of singing and was re-
are "A Bad. Bad Man." and DISPOSE
ton Other acceptable roles We're those
taken by Leo +. White and w. H.
Pringle.
The Gay Musician" is first class
production in every sense. It is doubtful
If the Shubert theatre can accommodate
all who viii want to see the play, as 1t
runs for the remainder of the week only,
with matinee on Saturday.
= The opening also was a social success.
a box party was given by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas kearns; The guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Armstrong, ]. B.
Cosgriff and Miss Gretta Cosgriff An
other box party included Gus Holmes,
Joel Priest, A. n. Mckay and Colonel
T. A. Irvine. Among others seen at the
play were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Walker
Mr.. and Mrs L. /. Terry, Mr.. and Mrs
g r. Pearsall. Mr.. and Mrs. p II
Peale Mr.. and Mrs. David Keith Mr.
. ". Powers Mr.. and Mrs. GeOgehan,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Davis Mr.. and Mrs
d s Spencer. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Nc
Clellan. Mr.. and Mrs II. l. A Culmer
Dr and Mrs. Fred Stauffer, DR.. and Mrs
q. l.. Wilcox, Mr.. and Mrs Karl Scheid
Nr. and Mrs Ezra Thompson. Mr. and
Mrs. c. r. Pearsall. Mr.. and Mrs Fred
Hornung. Mrs. Thomas Wise, Richard
r. Morris and Horace \. Whitney.
SALT LAKE THEATRE.