The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-27
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lark" the book and lyrics which are
by William Harris, Jr., and the music
by Frank G. Dessert, is proving a great
hit. 1t is in two acts and three scenes,
the first being laid on the steamship
Pegasus. In the second act one scene
discloses the Pantheon on Mount Olym-
pus, while the second scene is that of
the Garden of the Gods in front of
Jupiter temple 1t has for its story
one that is radical departure from the
myriads of musical comedies that have
been presented IN the past. No myth
Ical kingdom or desert isle has been
called upon to furnish the locale for
this entertainment. The first act is
laid on board an ocean liner just as it
is departing from New York for Europe,
carrying party of happy tourists,
whose ultimate destination is Greece.
Here in this land of sunshine and flow
ers where history was made and art
received its first great impulse. they
hope to find enjoyment and pleasure
In seeking out the historic places which
graced the early pages Of the great
sea a storm arises. and Neptune, mount
ing from the waves, boards the vessel.
announcing himself as a messenger from
Jupiter, king of the gods, and invites
them, one and all, to Olympus, where, in
the Garden of the Gods they are to
meet the great creatures of mythology.
The second act discloscs the Panthe
on where Jupiter, surrounded by his CO.
herts, meets The mortals, and here be
gins series of situations and compEca"
tions of n humorous character that fur
nish the author with budgets of fun
and splendid opportunities for the intro
duction of catchy songs, the music of
which is written IN strain that is in
telhgible and melodious to the rank and
file of thcater-Gocrs. After a more or
less thrilling experience with the myths
of Greece and Rome, they circumvent
the traditions of Homer and Virgil with
their strictly up-to-date methods, and
return to earth after a brief but oxcit |
ing period of sky.scraping, filled with
happiness and the JOY of living. |
Throughout the story of this musi-
cal comedy is intertwined several pret- |
ty little love romances, which add zcst |
to what is expected to be an already |
enjoyable evening. The musical mum
bers that are the gems and song hits
of GA Skylark' are: ''Tuck Me in a
of Dreams, - Won 7 You BE Ny Pret-
ty Posy,'' Yankee Doodle '"Litlc
Boy Blue ",Iust Because I'm Me-"
HIn the Garden, - "The Broadway La,
mcnt," and Wedding BelIs.' The
scenic inyestiture is one of extraordi- |
nary richness and beauty and supcctac
ular in its lavishness and magnitudc.s |
Charming Pollock S Work,
Charming Pollock, author of "Such |
a Little Queen and several other in
gratiating comedies. is about TO write
his first musical comedy libretto. under
contract to a New, York manager whose
name is not dlvulged. II is true that
Mr.. Pollock did have something TO do
with the American version of 1.-The
Girl Behind the Counter but merely
10 touch up the English book He has
A playful fancy and a fertile pen, and |
there lis reason to anticipate that he Will
succeed in his new line of effort. Thea
trcal history, however. does not call
to mind many dramatists who have
turned ]ibrettists with overpowerisg
success, Clyde Fitch wrote the musical
version of "Palema s PRODIGY for
Fay Templeton, but it was never pro-
duced. Augustus Thomas whote "Cham-
pagne Charlie for the late Peter Dali
ley, and it was a fiasco. On the other
hand, someone will rise TO observe that
Harry Blossom was the author of the
"Checkers,n - which brought
Tommy Ross, the Pitsburg actor, to
public attention, before he gave vent
TO Mile. MOulsle ana ne 1Tlna |
Donna" and George AIDE is credited
with the authorship of more than one
straight play before one heard of
his Sultan of Sulu. -
Where There's Will.
A special matinee performance of
Where There's WILL now Mt
Weber's s theater, will be given on Fri.
day of Easter week in order that Miss
Henrietta Crosman may see the play.
Miss Crosman is interested financially
in tho French production but has, been
playing ont Of town. Next week she
will be playing i'll Massachusetts but
a special train will bring her into New
York and take her back into New Eng
land in time for her evening perform
ance.
When Maude Adams was in Boston
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