The Detroit times., 1911-09-01
THE STAGE

George M. Cohan personally select
ed the cast which win appear In the
Detroit opera house for week. be
ginning Monday matinee, In his new
est comedy success, "Get-Rich-Q Quick
Wallingford." Though some OF them
are unknown to fame, each has scor'
ed an individual hit in the part for
which he or she was selected. Near
ly all the characters In "Get-Rich-
Quick Wallingford" are types" and
hundred of actors were interviewed
before the proper cast was selected.
John Webster plays the part OF Wal
lingford, VIM. II. Forrestelle appears
as his pal, "Blackie" Daw, and Ethel
Hunt has the role of Fanny Jasper
the stenographer. A score OF other
important parts are played by j. O.
Yorke, Junius Matthews, James n.
Manning, John d. O'Hara, Charles H,
Wilson, Florence Dunlap, Margaret
Maclyn, Mary Murphy, Ella Sethern,
John B. Hamlin, Marjorie Foster,
Yoshim Sakcrai, Arthur V. Gibson,
e. A. Colkins, Abner Simmons, VIM
Walcott and Milton B. Pollock. Seats
are now on sale.
The headline attraction In the TEN
pie next week, will be a musical com
edy production, boiled down to on
minutes of lively dancing, singing and
speciahties. II will be exploited by
the famous Gus. Edwards, OF School
Days" fame, and a supporting cast OF
35 others, mostly girls, and includ-
ing the captivating Lillian Boardman.
Edwards is well and favorably known
the country over, both in vaudeville
and in the legitimate field, for his
songs, his girl acts and his musical
comedy productions. The present Re
yue" Is one of the most pretenuous
acts ever offered. It is in six scenes,
In each of which new song 10 rem
'dered in a novel and effective way,
with a wealth of costume and eiapor-
ate electrical effects. Scene i've is
series Of living pictures representa-
tive of a number Of Mr.. Edwards
greatest song successes and Is &C
companied by lyrics and dancing.
Scene three Is travesty on the snow,
Alias Jimmy Valentine, and mas q
group of fascinating fiashlght "purs-
lar girls"
Features of the Miles bill for next
week will be Carlotta, famous Euro
pean circus entertainer, In daring
performance, In which she loops the
loon on, a bicycle, and Sylvia Bidwell
and company, in an intensely dramatic
playlet. "No. Az The piece Is by
Langdon Mccormick, who Is the au-
thor of many successful melodramas.
He will appear in the playlet, taking
one Of the important roles. The
scenes, two In number, are laid around
a small railway station In the Rocky
mountains and the story Is one calcu-
lated to rivet the attention from the
start. It Is said to be one Of the most
thrilling one-act plays of recent years.
AS another offering on the bill, Gil
roy, Haynes and Montgomery Will pre-
sent for the first time here, their nau-
tical burletta, THE Good Ship Nancy
Lee"
The Avenue theaters next attrac-
ton will be "Zallah's Own Company.
The organization Is headed by Zallah,
the Oriental dancer, who has long
been a favorite entertainer In the Ave-
nue., and has played many successfui
engagements there. In fact, SO great
has been her success that the Empire
circuit management awarded her a
show of her own. The program, In
addition to the numerous vaudeville
specialties, will include two musical
travesties. The first is called "A
Dress Rehearsal at the Follies Ber-
gere." The scene represents the stage
OF New York's latest amusement re-
sort, a music hall managed after the
Continental idea, and where dinner is
served to patrons as they watch the
show. The closing burlesque is THE
Unkissed Oriental" and In this piece
Zallah does her famous Oriental
dance.
There will be prize dancing con-
test at the Lyceum tonight, given by
the members OF The White Slave"
company. A dozen OF Detroit's best
dancers will appear, among them Ben
ny Jacobs, who Is considered one OF
the best buck and wing dancers in
America.