The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-03-24
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sings admirable little comic songs written
especially for her.
ignatl,is Cardosh is n wonderful pianist
who disdains to descend into the ,nierno ei1ie,
| OF ragtime and. therefore. circles icily
through the regions of classic harmony
Dorothy Brenner and Joseph RatciM
present sort of Dresden s stand snimd SNeTbe Tbe
sketch gives the two an opportunity 70
sing some very graceful and catchy mel
odles,
! The final number is novelty. That
| IL Is novel Is the most TO be said in its
praise. While an author reads his story
The characters Of the plot go through
| author reads. And then the light went
out" the lamp. attached to concealed
| human. walks out. This Is men1ioned
merely by way OF suggesting the idea OF
the sketch, which falls to be funny. but
can safely be pronounced ridiculous.
| Colonial patron were treated to some
thing unusual and unique last night IL
| is seldom that stock company takes
| dip" into the realm OF musical comedy
and it is a question as TO whether very
many stock companies would be success
full in such a venture. But william -, e.
Kelly and his company don't seem 10 be
afraid to try anythng-and 1t must DC
| said that they have always acqultleot
| themselves creditably in even the most
pretentious spectacles that they have pre-
| sentcd. =.
| Last nights production of George M;
! Cohan's rollicking, laughable and tuneful
SThe Talk OF New York" was no excep-
| tion to the rule. 1t was greeted with en-
| thusiastic applause and no doubt tne
| Colonial will enjoy among the largest nn ,
diences Of the winter during the present
week, An added touch of interest Is
| given by the personnel OF the chorus'
| which is entirely of Salt Lake amateurs
whole hearted "Kid" Burns. the charac-
ter made famous on the stage by Victor
Moore. 1t may be said that Mr.. Kelly $
acting, compared more than N iavorao.y D.
tempt to sing, because singing is never
expected from Cohan comedians, they tax
their songs. The orchestra Is supposed 70
take care OF the tune business. Mr., Kelly
! was repeatedly encored In all four OF MIS-
| songs. .
Miss Lyle was unusually charming In
the part of Jerry" Wilcox, with WhoH
the the kid" falls in love and. of course
| eventually wins. Her gowns we're par
ticularly becoming, Although she did no
singing she made just as faVoraole az
impression as she ever has during heI
engagement.
and perhaps under the circumstances ~
!: might be pardonable TO say that equally
as good as them were Miss Jane Gritfiti
and Mr.. Arthur Morse Moon Bosf
have had more musical comedy experience
than any others in the company. MnsS
j Griffith possesses a charming, thouBi
rather light voice and to her credit De.
longs the real music of the piece. And
she and Mr.. Moon essayed the only dane
. Ing numbers in the comedy also. Botf
their music their acting and their dane
ing met with hearty congratulations from
J their many admirers. They were un-
doubtedly co,stars In the piece; so,o,s
J. Frank Burke proved some SOLOS
also. AS Dudley Wilcox he sang two o.
the Cohan talk songs" and made a gen
, uine hit. Harry Andrews was la liable
In the part Of McFadden. good 1urec
Irishman, but his singing and even nj!
speaking parts were seriously hamperee
by a eevere cold.
Marie Baker was the villain and he
adventures in getting the coin, to put 1
as kid" Burns says, were better thar
Jesse James in his palmlest days" Miss
Baker acted her part in her usual fin
Mother Wilcox with her usual grace o
manner Richard Vivian was tho son
His work was also cleverly received.
Such an innovation must have required
a tremendous amount OF preliminary prep
! aration The scenery was entirely nev
In each Of the four acts, The entr'
piece was a demonstration OF the fac
3 that the Colonial has one CT the best ant
most versatile stock companies in th
country
, The chorus showed the first night en-
barrassment which might be expected o
amateurs, but on the whole the girls anc
boys acquitted themselves creditably ant
besides afforded much merriment for thei
friends who were In the audience, TIL
. |
Green, May Anderson, Pearl Larson
Marie Eddington. Viola Walker and tn
1 Messrs. Kendall Thomas. Roy Williams
Lafe Hickson, Sherman LowensteIn, Car
lyle Barrows and George O'Connor witt
. the exception OF Mr.. Thomas. who is
regular member OF the company. the
were oil newcomers
The Reynolds and Ross offering at tn
: Garrick this week measures up to tn
.. high standard already set by that com
pany Of popular stock players. 'Th
: Counterfeiters' Is a rural melodrama
four acts combining humor and patho
. in the proper proportions to make it
: delightful entertainment.
Willard K, Wilson, the Garrick's ney
leading man, made hit at his first ap
: pearance here yesterday afternoon <
. Lawrence Emmett McCarty, traveln
salesman and secret service agent, NJ,
Wilson has an exceptionally fitting role
= : Bonnie Bernard gains popularity wit
assuming assn manner y Xs fo Molly es scraegs IN
|; the present play she is sure to acquir
e many new friends among the Carrie
: patrons.
. The play is set in Huckins Run. Ne,
7 York, where gang OF counterfeiter
4 have been operating successfully 70
Is on the trail OF this gang. and incl
dentally falls in love with Molly Scragg:
: daughter OF the village storekeepe,
There is any quantity of action wit
tlonal The height of melodrama
: reached in the third act, when, raidn
!, the counterfeiters den, McCarty find
himself at the mercy OF "Soapy Joe,
, OF course Molly appears IN time to say
her sweetheart. From then on thing
( run smoothly till the conclusion Of tn
fourth act ten years later. when "Soap
joe" now an escaped convict returns
and in an attempt TO kidnap his forme
: wife. kills one OF his old pals.
The first act takes place in Scraggs'
/ store at Huckins Run, Master OF Prop
critics Reg East has in this set outdon
r his past fine work. The store inLerlo
: Is such as one might find in any sma
town in America today, with n litter @
, boxes, any amount of advertisements an
, a variety OF wares ranging from Buck
stoves TO .'SeGo" condensed milk, Th
selection for next week is ION Circu