Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-07
dream GIRL" A
HIT ATLIBERTY
THE CAST.


Pettina ................. Flo Myling
Alma northumberland Daisy Henry
Tine ................ Stubby Myling
fohny .............. Ethel Stoddard
Poole .......... Thaye Crawford
BaldO ................. Billee ONCill
ladan Ban .... Florence MunrOe
Capt. Lonnie Austin of the Minnie
McGluck' ........... Thorn HELEN
Harry Brainard ....... Dixie White
BIZ Brown .......... DOdie Garfield
Michael Patrick Donahue ......
............. Patsy (Rose) Henry
Villagers, Soldiers, ViYandiers,
It's u pleasure to write about The
Dream Girl" the weekend bill of the
Juvenile Bostonians at We Liberty the.
alter, because it's a good show. The
youngsters pleased good sized house
last night, and everybody went away
boosting for the company and the
pretty, fantastic little Opcretta.
THE Dream Girl has a sort of Tur.
kish Trophy flavor with American va.
I riatibns, and takes rank as one of the
most charming in the matter of cos.
tunes and easily the best in the must.
cal numbers and the comedy that the
Juveniles have yet shown. Bert Lang,
/ the truthful gentleman who looks ar.
, ter the notices." says that this is one
Of the Bostonians' best, and that's cas-.
lily believed.
THE Dream Girl" concerns the ad.
ventures of Cant. Lonnie Austin, Bill
/ Brown and Michael Patrick DOnahuc
In the romantic country of Baldad.
| There Is "Reminiscences Of THE Mer.
| ny Widow" and "The Bohemian Girl'
| and Il few other of those European
| light operas In the environment. How.
ever. as usual. the main interest Is in
| the youngsters themselves. In this
case the play gives plenty of room for
| broad comedy, which Is furnished
| promptly and to the point by Dode
! Garfield as Bill Brown and Patsy Hen
ry as Michael Patrick Donahue.
There are a lot of pretty singing
numbers. The opening chorus Is un
usually pretty, there is a catchy girls
quartet, 81 Want to Powder My
| Nose" while Thorn HELEN as usual l.
way above par with her ballads. The
musical hit. however, is the opening
chorus in the second act, "Blushinp
Moon" which has a beautiful and
haunting melody that the ensamblt
work heightens instead of marring
A very large part of the musical sue
cess of this show Is due to George
Bromley, the musical director. A LOT
of people who have been admiring hi!
work with the Juveniles do not know
that Bromley for four years was musi
cal director of the Pollard Liliputians
was twice with them in Honolulu, AM
his experience and talent are givel
their best opportunity In the Boston
ians' present show.
Dode Garfield was the single h.
with the familiar "Iloun' Dawg" song
which Is bound to go because of IL
general popularity.
Between acts Lizzie Weller pulled
off her skit of tricks with the piano
She can play the piano from ever.
conceivable position with her nose
her toes and in other ways, through
muffling cloths, hands behind back
etc. She also is 100 per cent. in play
ing limitations, and generally showed
the big music-box how to take a joke
The bill for the weekend is goo,
one. Incidentally, there is a neat Iii
tie joke in the casting of Miss Thon
HELEN as Capt. Lonnie Austin,
which only those who have know
I.onnie. a noted Seattle boxing in
structor and crack athlete, can apprC
ciate.