The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-28
NOTABLE PERSONS IN THEATRICAL WEEK

Orpheum will offer the metropolitan
Dancers an act which carries its own
scenery and presents the latest novelty
in dancing, Beautiful electrical effectss
graceful men and pretty women. The act
carries several people and is one of the
best of the new features in dancing. Some
of the most artistic terpsichorean effects
will be seen, including several OF the lat
est and newest tangoes and the one-step.
The act has been the sensation of the
.big time" vaudeville houses recently,
and is the highest priced offering the Orr
pheun has had this season.
Jack Jennings, a German comedian,
Robert Jewell noted for his ability to play
the character part of the dope" fiend,
and Miss Josephine Barlow singer
known to light opera, form the team
which will present the singing comedy
SKETCH 'rhe Dope, the Dutchman and the
| Girl" One newspaper in Pittsburg said Of
| the act The big scream comes with
| Jennings, Jewell and Barlow" All threb
of these artists are real stars and have
an act that justifes first rank on the
| bill.
Knockabout acrobats will be another OF
the feature acts. 1t was seen in Birmirg-
| ham once before and was the only head
| liner of a bill that was noted for its
| merit. The team inject a great deal OF
| comedy into their performance and at the
| same time offer some thrills.
| The Minstrel Billy Broad comes with
new assortment of comedy. songs talks
and dancing, and his is the real old tine
minstrel ability that tickles an audience
| immensely. He Is well known to the
patrons of minstrels as well as the follow
ers of vaudeville
/ The fifth of the acts Is single. turn.
Dick LeLaris. who will present a novelty
| in music. He is versatile. funny and at
| a
! feature.
| The kinemacolor programme for the
| week is 1.-THE House On the Plains,' q
drama; "Amurado Hapura, a scenic pic
ture and the weekly fashion sheet. Beau
| ties in Waists" for Monday and Tuesday
The next two days will have $500 feet of
laughs, "Other Peoples Children and
"A Modern English Poultry Farm" which
| Will draw the hundreds of chicken fam
ciers of the district. For Friday and Sat
urday the films will be when We Were
Young drama, and 'Rambles in
Paris" an educational film.
! There is a matinee every afternoon this
week at 2:3o ocloclS and two perform-
ances every night at 7:30 and . o'clock,
with reserved seats for the first show at
night and the Saturday matinee.
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Coming Shows
The DE koven Opera COMPANY in an v
VIII be at the Jefferson theatre October o.
This Is the company, organized by Regi-
maid de Koven, the composer and Dam
iel Y. Arthur, the manage, for the pur-
pose of restoring the glories of English
Ight opera, and giving a jaded public
more and better music than is afforded in
the modern musical comedy. The princi-
pals were recruited from the grand opera
houses of Europs and America, and q re-
vival of robin Hood" was made at tho
New Amsterdam theatre In New York
last season, where it ran for six months to
capacity houses, was then transformed
to the knicSerbocker theatre for another
run and subsequently toured the country
| to enthusiastic welcome,
| Al III. Wilson comes to the Jefferson
soon in "A Rolling Stone, will introduce
ms latest songs composed expressly for
Herbert Hall Winslows new comedy with
music. Mr.. Wilson will be assisted in all
the musical numbers, by six pretty young
| girls who appear as village children in the
first act and as society pupils of a FASH
ionable New. York riding academy in the
| last act Some of the most tuneful of the
new songs are: ''Ragtime in GERMANY
THE See Saw Game of Life MY Little
! Climbing Rose" I'VE Are As Far Apart
AS the World is Wide and Riding
As it was given Curing it's seasons run
| In New York, the Romantic operetto Lit
| tie Boy Blue Henry w Savage's widely
known and highly successful light oper- /.
attic production, will come to Birmingham
soon. The long run of Little Boy Blue
| In New York marked 1t the most praise
| worthy of Mr.. Savage's musical produc-
| tions since The Merry Widow and it is
now placed alongside that sensational
| Viennese operetta and the perennial
prince of Pilsen.' as the best results of
| the great producers career