Omaha daily bee., 1920-01-25
"MAY TIME"
CLOSES BOYD'S

T the Boyd theater for the fare

/ - Shubert will present their
great company of the long New
York run in "Maytime."" William
Norris, Carolyn Thomson and Mel
vim Stokes are the featured artists.
"May,ime"s is so far removed from
the tough and tumble, z-jang1e OF
conventional musical comedy that
the announcement of its re-advent
in this city 10 calculated to bring 4
, wave Of genuine joy to all who love
that which is best in both music
: and drama. Its sweet and often
!. serious comedy of sentiment, with
the dainty and tuneful melodies run
ming through it, its splendid COM
pany Of presenting artists and the
exquisite series OF scenes and cos
tunes with which the Messrs. Shu-
bert have dressed il. make of this
an altogether ideal attraction for an
evening at the theater.
The action Of "Maytime' covers
/, over % Years of time in little old
New York The piece is played
= IN four acts OF episodes, which start
IN 1870 III Washington Square, and
end in fetching scene in a dress
making establishment of the present
time. +. I. Barnum is one of the
Characters il the play and lump,
Jim Crew." the famous dance which
your grandparents INDUCED in dur
ing the days of crinoline, is only one
of score of unique and altogether
charming dances. Then there is the
lovely. song will You Remember,
Sweetheart which has sung its way
into the heart and memory the world
over. Miss Carolyn Thomson will
.again be seen as the heroine, OttiIio
Van Zandt. Miss Thomson sang this
role for year in New York and was
also the original Otile of the Chi
cago cast, with John Charles ',rhom-
ss playing opposite her. William
Norris, comedian of many memories,
will be seen as Matthew Van Zandt,
OF which role he was the originator
on Broadway, while Melvin Stokes,
the possessor of fine tenor voice,
will be the Richard Wayne, and
singer OF the lovely song, will You
Remember" There are many more
OF the original Ney York cast, in
GLIDING Douglas Wood, Arthur AL
bro. Tebby Webb, and Edna and
Genevie Temple, Amy Leicester, Ed
ward r. Nannary and Nina Valieri.
Ruth Watson. lseth Munro and Viii
liam Blaisdell are newer members.
There is the same large ensemble Of
beautiful singing and dancing girls
and the same opulent array Of cos
TUNES OF the four periods through
which the romance takes its course.
Fanchon and Marco, the dancing
artists, and stars of Lets Cor. the
revue which held forth in San Fran
cisco for lC capacity weeks, will
be seen at the Brandeis for the en-
tire week, starting tonight, with
n,atinees on Wednesday and Satur-
day. Lets Col" makes no claims
70 2 plot, Tor It is a merry hodge
rodge Of comedy. music. "pep'' and /
girls. Comedy scenes'of the uproar-
.sieus sort follow the bright vaudc-
I vile turns: dancing is interspersed
throughout and one novelty follows
another witt! rapidity. Fanchon and
Marco scored effectively, in their
tours of the Orpheum circuit, but
the,. are seen at their hest in Lets |
i Cor" But Fancton and Marco have
seen to IT thar the supporting cast is
the best that could be secured.
Among others in the company are
Arthur West. blackface comedian:
!. Madame Ida Gold, prina donna:
Dave Lcrner, Eileen Miller, Nelson
and Chain and Mildred Mayo, not
foregettinz the chorus. composed of
Sthe 80 most beautiful girls in the
world"
Mitxi viii be seen at the Brandeis
soon, having been rebooked again
after losing the first engagement in
a Omaha due TO the fuel order, in the
new role OF little foreign acrobat
who turns handspring into smart
4 AHerican society. The vehicle for
Il er display OF comedy and physical
VInnastics is the new Henry w. |
wage musical comedy called
cad Over Heels" The cast to be
Il ! here is praised as being one
e most satisfactory in even its
lest parts Of the theatrical year. !
| strude Hoffman comes to the !
eum this week with a produce.
triavishly staged, and with an
E hented orchestra, she is to offer
81 ~ tes of dances and impersona-
\ Il A special stage crew is re-
& " to handle the accessories of
Il andsomely mounted offering.
E f.hew offering she has but one
II liant. her musical director, Max
II pan. One OF the most popular
of the bill will be contributed
Il lalbh Dunbar's Salon Singers"
NH ixed quartet and accompanist. Y
N feature IS distinctly concert
Nh Frank Jerome and Big Her
K Z. comedians. offer IL minutes
III fun, some of the nut" variety,
II I'd some eccentric dancing. Laughs
n .oated With Melodies" is to be pre-
A tented by George Watts and Belle
\ EHawiey., F3T over half a century
g'ESox and Ward have been a vaude- |
|sville minstrel team. Their partner
shin began. in Cincinnati in January
1867. Although each Of them is IS
years of age, they are still extreme
| Iii agile. Mr.. Teuber is the only |
producer of optics-chenlical stage
Effects. His process. not only opens
u new method of scenic art and illu-
|tloK but gives to vaudeville de-
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