The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-11
AT THE.
TEEATERS
"GOING UP" PLEASES
ACADEMY AUDIENCE

| II took about two minutes last
night fer the audience at the Acad-
envy to settle upon the fact that the
| company presenting the musical
farce. Going Up" is a metropolitan
organization. and that the piece 1t
self Is 49, metropolitan production.
for the company and the piece both
have she kick
And this " not fsgurativeiy speak
ing. r. is material There In not only
, the kick" In the players. but II Is in
the music. and In the humor and in
the action OF the leading men and
women.
Perhaps there is more kick In
Miss Mary Lane and one OF the gem
! tlemen or the chorus. than In most
Of the o,he-s, although Miss Mildred
ncnnel,y has also some "kick." There
are, In addition to these some twenty
young ladies with more or less kick :.
SO that in q WORT there Is a totallty Of
kick"
Resides this ingredient that goes a
long wav toward c1aking success OF
a play these days. there arc a mum
hcr OF lifting lyrics and one or two
exceptionally ca.chy dance pieces. All
those INDEED to 4 c!cverly constructed
nlot handled by a company equal 10
tho emergency. make Of the cnsemn BILE
show worth the while.
II rnr whole scason in New York.
and II played To fun houses II PLAYED
TO fun house here last night. and
therc is no reason why the house
should not be full at both the m atinee
and the night performance today.
The story is n short one. Robert
F., Street, IN author. who has written n
book on aviation, has become the lion
Of the hour at fashionable hotcl in
the Berkshires, and his friends get
him into an enhancement. upon the
statement that he is one Of the best
OF aviators. and that he will give an
| exhibition fight. He knows nothing
about aviation. but. through love for
a girl and through the griIling in
strucffon Of an exEert. he makes the
, fight and wins the girl There is a
LOT of Iunor in the play. some good
music end some good actors
TIE Captain and U,e Kids.
On Monday and Tuesday and Toes
! day matinee, the Academy will have
an opportunity CO witnessing Gus
Hills production Of The Captain
the Kids" made into play form from
that funniest Of all cartoons.
| The books Is by Frank Kennedy,
while The lyrics and music In by Sey-
nhur Fourth and Ed Hutchinson and
was staged under the personal direc-
ton Of Frank Tannehill.
1t Is fun of many startling surprises
and introduces the captain inspector,
Tom. Dick. the Widow. Gertic. Cora.
George. Tho Dope. Violet and Louie.
in the many complications and ludi-
orous situations which made the
comic supplement la which these
characters appeared famous.
! The roles are all interpreted by a
clever ccterie Of comedians. singers
and dancers. among whom will be
found WIN Comfy. John f. German.
Dannie Mccormack. Paul Paulus.
/ Florence Ginse. Dolly Gray, Bette
Frank. whitlnck Davis. Lou r. Beck
bridge, Charles Beck and Frank Rich,
J to say nothing Of the GLORIOUS do luxe
containing many members noted for
their pulchritude. who will be seen in
some OF the fastest dancing numbers
ever introduced in farce comedy.
| The gowns are all stunning, many
IT them hetng creations, while the
scenic portion shows that the hand
OF prodigai was responsible for the
production.