The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-03-28
FORREST THEATRE, PH11ADELpHrA

FORREST THEATRE, PHILADELPHIA
Everyone is hocking to the Forrest
Theatre, Philadelphia, to hear the "Ev'ry
Little Movement" musical sensation,
Madame Sherry" the biggest popular
musical comedy success in all the annals
of musical comedy in Philadelphia. The
advance sale has broken all records and
at every performance since the opening a
fortnight ago the capacity of the Forrest.
the largest theatre in PHILADELPHIA. has
been taxed to overlooking in ali parts of
the house. Particular interest attaches to
the engagement for the reason that the
Forrest Theatre performances present the
only opportunities to see the play in Penn
sylvania this season or next, ar all-world
tour of the New York New Amsterdam
Theatre company being listed to succeed
these local presentations. Everyone
knowns that Madame Sherry scored
the one big smashing musical comedy hit
of the year at the New York New Amster-
dam Theatre, opening last August and
continuing uninterruptedly to turn away
crowds until Immediately before its open
ing in Philadelphia. Prior to its Ameri-
can performances it was rage in Paris.
London, Berlin, Vienna and other CONT
mental centres. The demands for seats
from all sections of Pennsylvania, Della
ware and New Jersey are so numerous
and insistent that the Forrest Theatre
management has been forced to establish
special branch ticket offices. The arrange
ments for furnishing seats by these branch
ticket offices are such that the best avail
able locations may be secured without
necessitating a call at the main Forrest
Theatre box Office, at no increase over the
regular box Office prices, the scale rang
ing from fifty cents to one dollar at the
Wednesday inatinees and from fifty cents
to 81. so for the evenings and the Saturday
matinees. The Wednesday matinees are
proving specially popular for the reason
that they give out of town patrons mid
week opportunity to get into Philadelphia
and out again for dinner. Madame
which has been aptly termed
French vaudeville, has a fascination all
its own with its genuinely humorous
farcical story and Karl Hoschnas seduc-
lively me1odious music. That world
famous number "Ev'ry Little Movement
has a Meaning all Its Own sets the
melodic pace for the whole score, and al
though through its oft reiteration and ap-
pealing tunefulness it is the chief musical
theme, there are many other gems of
song and taking ensembles that catch the
popular taste and arouse the enthusiasm
Of the crowded audiences. The perform
ance of Madame Sherry" sparkles
with the clever work of the favorite
singers, comedians and dancers of the big
cast Lima Abarbane1l, in charm of voice,
vivacity and dainty grace in dancing. is
constant delight in the part of Yvonne
Sherry; that versatile artist Edwin Stevens
las a success of high value as Theophilus |
Sherry, and the Irish songs and coon
iitties by Elizabeth Murray are given in
1er inimitable style, and big hits are also |
scored by Jack Gardner, Frances Demar-
st, Violet Dale, Sherman Wade, Joseph |
:, Smith and others. The acrobatic
lance by Violet Dale and Joseph c.
smith is one the features of the perform
nee. There is no doubt that the
public is craving Madame
sherry and the fame of its furore is
bringing an avalanche of orders for seats
nd big theatre parties from ont OF town. l