New Britain herald., 1920-01-20
AMATEURS SCORE IN
 MUSICAL SELECTION
"The Time, The Place and The Girl' PleaSeS LyCeum Audience
(By Herald RevieWer1

(By Herald Reviewer1
 Miss Irene Georgi, whose dainty so- prano voice pleased all who witnessed the K. of C. play, ''The Time, the Place and the Girl" at the Lyceum last evening, Miss Margaret OLeary, alto. and Miss Helen McA1oon. alto working with Nessrs Urban, Calla- han. Andrew Basso, William Scheyd, Hugh Conroy and John Kiniry. who played the leading roles made an ex- cellent combination of amateur thespians whose work went far to- ward making the show a success and putting il over in the credible man. ner in which it was presented These who were~cast in the most important roles, were Ab1y supported by others who did no less well in their. respcc- tive parts and by a girl and boy chor- Us of no mean ability. Particularly attractive, both as to features and dress. were the young women in the chorus.
 In d production with as many characters as are in "The Time. the Place and the Girl.'' it is hard to picl, an individual as the star but Miss Georgi, whose high soprano voice rang true throughout the play. was certainly q prime favorite with the audience. and shared honors with Miss OIeary, whose voice also pleased. Miss Georgi was called upon to carry most of the difficult solo parts and was not found wanting while it was Miss O'Leary who carried along the more dramatic work. Miss NcA1OOn. l[incr the ri nf Mrs T31 colt, a widow. also did well and in a trio number these three young wom- en sang well together, being especially good in will O the Wisp." Among the male characters the work of Ur- ban Callahan stands out a finished product and his success in this play is no less than it was last year in the role of Kid Burns in The Talk of New York" Tn the role of Happy Johnny Hicks, a gambler with a heart Who falls in love with the sanitarium nurse {Miss O'Leary, talk ing the part of Molly) Mr Callahan has ample opportunity to enact the role of 8 free and easy fellow, at which he is adept. His solo number, Thursday Always Was My Jona II Day." is good and he adds to it's value with an original dance. Andrew Basso, in the role of Tom Cunning ham. rich mans son and friend of Happy Johnny, plays very well oppo- site Miss GeorSi tMarsaret Simpson, and his rich tenor voice is heard to advantage in the solo number, Won derful Rose.' Hugh Conroy. whose part is that of a rather lil>eable will lain I-aurie lTarni1am), makes the most of his part and has two individual numbers in which he scores. The first is 'Blow the Smoke Away and the other is "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody In the last number sev- 'eral pleasing novelties are introduced, among them being a 1ama Yama dance by Miss Ann kiniry, a waltz number with Mr. Conroy and Miss Julie Grove, and an excellent indi- Nidua1 dance number by Miss Mary Donahue. Miss Gertrude Janelle and others of the chorus also contribute to the beauty of this part.
 The comedy character is portrayed in an excellent manner by George Sullivan, taking the part of Jasper Simpson, a millionaire who thinks no more of a quarter than he does his right eye. Playing with him in the comedy parts are his son, Bud Sim D. son. a youth whose last name could be used effectively in a pun. tplayed by l.. son of Mrs. Talcott played by Mat thew Egan. Both of these young men have excellent opportunities to put across some laugh producing inci- dents and ma llc the most of them. Tn each case their makeup is especially good. As the coal heaVer who is anN- ions to get married, Vincent Isingrose fits ir well, and William Igoe seems right at homo as the chauffeur Will liam ScheEti has ;L double role. that of police sergeant and a mountain guide and as the former makes good use Of tie 1rroVerbial broEue that ctls- tom demands so with ;n Irish po- liceman.
 Miss oI-eary, as Molly Kelly, cap tivates the audience with her comedy appearance and the lovable character she portrays, and in addition to the trio number. she scores in solo plumber with Ar. Russo, "Don't You Tell.' Miss Georgi. tO whom falls the brunt of the solo work. scores not only in the trio. but also in her other offerings. including q Don't Like