The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-06
VIENNESE OPERA AT
THE CASINO Is HIT
English Version of "Endlich
Allen" Called "Thc Blue
Paradise"
MUSIC AND GOWNS PLEASE
.rh. Blue Psr.di.e"-At the Casino
Theatre.

Edmund Eysler In the composer OF
The Blue Paradise" which the Shu-
her,s presented at the Casino last night,
and therein lies sufficient guarantee
.ha, the music Is melodious. refined
In It's orchestration and bubbling with
the most Irresistible Viennese rhythms.
In The Woman Haters' and the other
works by which he has been represented
here Eysler disclosed all these admit
rable qualities. They are present In
The Blue Paradise To his score
there were interpretations by the pur-
yeyors OF more characteristic melodies.
and Cecil Lean. the comedian, even
wrote one song himself.
The story Of the new operetta serves
IFS rurpose, and as II is by the well
known Leo Stein. who might almost be
called the Harry b.. Smith of Austria,
4, is yorkmanlike. There Is "A sentiment
,al story about a young nan who ex-
changes the banks of the Wien for
the banks OF the Wabash, and m
back 10 Vienna after a quarter OF a CEN
fury. The girl he loved is married.
in fact. has a daughter as old as her
mother was when he loved her. But he
Is not withou. consolation, since he
has brought with him a beauty from
the Western world, with whom he Is
readily satisfied.
There Is a pretty vein OF German
sen,imentalism running through the
story. THE Blue Paradise" is the inn
in which the lovers meet frst and
then again come together after the
hero's absence. Taken In connection
with the admirable performance the
librettiet Is able to keep the audience
interested in the action. j. ]. Shubert
has staged the piece so h a II moves
with the usual vivacity, and there are
always pretty pictures to woo the eye.
SO "The Blue Paradise" ought to
serve it's purpose II there is still a
taste for such a delightful specimen
OF viennese operetta. There was a time
in which its success could never have
been questioned. But hat was In a
day In which s~yncopation had not be-
gun to seethe in the heads OF the
public. and there was a taste for some
thing more like libtetto than the form
less review OF the day.
Tho operetta was very agreeably
acted. Cecil Lean as the youth who
wandered to Chicago was more re-
strained than on his previous New
York appearances and proved an easy
and sympathetic comedian. with JUNCTION
and humor. V%ivienne Segal. who came
into the cast at the last homer to
supplant the ailing Miss Chaplne. sang
in a fresh and pretty voice and proved
a valuable acquisition to the Shubert
forces. Frances Demarest's blond
beauty was perhaps at its best In her
blue gown with a cohort Of blue beau
ties about her. Then. she acted with
her usual charm and sang well. Cleo
Mayfeld. mother newcomer, played the
brassy Chicago importation with humor.
and all her peculiarities were suited 10
"a part that might have seemed colorless
had there been less naturalness about
Miss Mayfeld's assumption.
Robert Pitkin. who is alwa. s neat
and finished Teddy Webb and a we'll
selected chorus-we ell selected from the
point Of view that should determine the
selection Of al! choruses-helped to
make The Blue Paradise" a very agree
able example Of operetta from the
banks OF the Wien. II should furnish
some suggestion OF any colored para
disc 10 lovers of this genre OF musical
play.