Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-18

Dor just Whdt is gong 10
happen on the stage" rather lose
faith in himself. Mitzi, whose name
used to be Mizzi Hajos, until hall the
name was sufficient for Identification
purposes with the. public, has al last
found comic oGera that is as full Of
the unexpected as size herself
Any Gcntieman-Who-G o-Goes~to-the
Theater-Oftcu. and the L,qi He
Takes quite as well. knows when to
expect the prima donna to reveal her
cffulgent high {. No matter what ac-
ton the rl!ilor, members Of the cast
have been sustaining while The Prima
is resting in her dressing room or in
the background. preparing for her
struggle over the top" expectation is
in the air. At last the star has been
Given all the time TIE composer and
ljbrettist would permit 2ud advances
slowly to the fcotlights and her Big
lumber begins. The orchestra plays
tnc prelude over. twice. The altltud-
nous note--if she has one--i5 coming
.9d not soul across the footlight5
oubtS it,. But precedent and Mitzi
-t not friends at all. This smallest
! ina donna OF the comic opera stage
IS high C--three of them, in fact
lich she uses il quicl, succession
ter she has been for 20 full minutes
l;.c center of life in a bustling scene,
aggcrine about, goading her fell
;JW players TO frenzy, and talking
alKing. And then. Oh, ye muss stu
dents wro have been taught to do
things so differently, Mitzi's big num-
Der begins suddenly, and a she sings
IN the Dark she is scaling a nine
loot wall to escape from her stage
prison. As she paus2s at the top the
last of her lofty notes rings out
There has been no prelude. no prepa-
ration for it. Her bell-like, flute
like. lute-like voice filled the theatcr
with tones as clear as the icy air OF
uight. She completely captured he-
audience. 'Pom-Pom' is an opera of
ahe startlingly unexpected said the
Music critic OF New York daily pa
Der III speaking Of the musical feat.
For the next FIVE days. starting
sunday, November Is thcs Brandeis
Players, just back from Hodrege
viii reappear at tie Brandeis theater
in George Broadhurst'5 great play,
Bought and Paid For" There will
)e a matinee on Sunday and another
i'll Wednesday. Monday night will
be the benefit night for the Society
ior Protection of Young Girls" The
story deals with the marriage of a
Vealthy man TO telephone operator.
She made no pretense OF anything
more than admiring and respecting
her husband, but i'll two years the feel
ing develops into love which battles
with pride. when in moment of de-
)auch he tells her he has bought and
)aid for her. The last act shows her
living in humble circumstances with
Ter equally reduced sister and brother
ln-law. She is only poor shop girl
now, working for ~ week and hang
ing on a strap i'll the subway twice
daily. The brother-i r-in-law conceives
an idea to bring them together. He
succeeds. They really love each other
and all is forgiven. This pla, affords
great opportunity to Miss Dorothy
Shoemaker in the rolf of Virginia and
Harry Minturn in the role of Robert
Stafford. Sidney Riggs, who plays
the part OF James Gilley, is fit to give
wonderful portrayal OF the un-
sophisticated shipping clerk.
"Pom-Pom,' that is TO be heard
in Omaha this week. is that new comic
opera Henry w, Savage is reported
to have lavished as much OF his
genius as stage producer and his
money on as for THE Merry Widow"
Woodland" Prince of Pilsen" and
many another musical gem that es-
tablished certain stage standards in
the minds OF the public. Mitzi and
sPom-Pom" are coming to the Bran
deis next Friday and Saturday, No
vember q and "a. "Pom-Pom" was
fitted for Mitzi as surely to hair line
az are the trousers and boys coat she
wears in part of the opera when she is
sot auttering in fascinating femi-