Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-04
The TheaterS
BY SHIRLEY OLYMPUS

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Noodles" Pagan, former newsboy
and now monologist, who draws
salary larger than many bank presi-
dents, and Mazuz and Mazette, unique
acrobats. lift the Los Angeles vaude-
vile bill onto high plane of excel
lence. Louis Guertin, whose jumping
is wonderful, is hardly second to the
two acts mentioned. Each act is top
notch in it's line, and each is distinc-
tive, so comparison is impossible.
Noodles" Fagan is not handsome,
but he has magnetism. With this as
set a good voice and some stories and
gags which are ratified off with eX
press train rapidity, Noodles wins
his audience quickly and surely. His
act is one of the best monologues
heard on the Sullivan & Considine
or any other circuit for a long while.
1t is the makeup and "get-up' of
Mazuz the masculine half of MaZuz
and Mazettes acrobatic act which
makes the first appeal to the audience
The next appeal comes from the glib
patter, delivered sotto Voce by MaZuz.
Then the contortions of Mazette, her
strength. and the continual cleverness
of MaZuz. make the final and lasting
appeal. The act is unique because it
departs from the usual acrobatic of
fering. Mazuz is a greater comedian
than an acrobat, thought excellent as
the latter.
Louis Guertin is a human frog. He
can jump at over and upon most any
thing anyone cares to place before him.
His ability to kick is astounding.
Imagine a person standing on a chair
placed upon a table. In the person s
hand is held tambourine. The per-
sons arm is stretched outward and
upward. Imagine a man taking run
Of fifteen feet One foot suddenly
shoots straight into the air, knocking
the tambourine to the ground. such
is the picture Guertin presents at one
time during his act. Everything ne
does is ION the square"
The Tossing Lavalles have an aver
age acrobatic act, and the Three Sing
ing Girls are clever.
The central figure and moving spirit
of ]. M. Barrie's comedy, what Every
Woman Knows" is Maggie Wylie,
who as one critic says, "knows what
every woman knows, that men are lit
tie boys who need n lot of forgiYing
and flattery and help and fooling along
while they are growing up into What-
ever the woman chooses to make OF
them" In the comedy Maude Adams
exercises her charm In a delightful
manner.
John w. Burton, the veteran actor
of the Burbank stock company, was
sixty years old-or young, as he puts
it-yesterday. Mr.. Burton celebrated
accordingly.
Miss Maud Allan. the classic dancer
and the Allan company returned from
San Francisco yesterday and rested a
few hours en- route to San Diego. Miss
Allan will return to Los Angeles Fri
day morning and will present her first
return program at the Auditorium Fri
day afternoon.
A. Byron Beasley, leading man of
the Burbank theater stock company,
is back from the foothills, rehearsing
for next weeks production of The
. Barrier"
Kolb and Dill will give their present
triple bill this week only, and Saturday
night they will put on their biggest hit,
"The Merry Widow and the Devil, a
combination burlesque on Lehars
beautiful opera and Molnar's inin-
liable satire.
The entire seating capacity of the
Belasco theater for performance of
"The Price" George Broadhurst's S
powerful play, was taken by the Los
Angeles branch of the National As
sociation of Postoffice Clerks.
Manager Blackwood of the Belasco
theater announced last night that this
will be the final week of The Price
in Los Angeles. George NJ. Conan s
musical play, "Forty-five Minutes from
Broadway" will be produced next Mon
day night.
Rehearsals of 1.-THE Serenade," the
famous comic opera. are going on at
the Grand opera house each day. 1.-The
Serenade'' will be the final offering
of the Hartman forces prior to leav-
ing for San Francisco.