The Washington times., 1920-10-31
GoetS Revue
To Entertain
At BeiascO

The shubert-Belssco Theater Will
tomorrow night inaugurste q week Of
merriment when the new T., Ray
Goetz foreign-flsyored revue. Here
and There" W II take possession OF
the stage. The offering IL called an
international revue. the trip from
London TO Broadway being made via
Paris. lingering reminiscently along
the Boulevard des capucines.
This new revue IL made up OF three
national ingredients-the broad and
trenchant humor of the London mus
hall, the chic Partisan sophistication
OF revue intime at the Foiies Ber-
gere. and the physical, unreasoning
Joy OF living to be found In our own
New York at midnight.
From no matter what angle IL may
be viewed, IN successor TO AS You
Were" 10 SO much sheer delight. II 10
spirited. colorful entertainment In
two acts and twelve scenes, composed
of many skits and dance numbera
The book is the work OF Glen Mo
Donough and Z. Ray Goetz. with
musical numbers and interpretations
by Arthur Wimperis. William NJ
DAILY, George Gershw n and others.
The cast. which is one OF the most
capable OF Is type. includes Anna
Wheaton. as vivacious as ever: John
ny Dooley. a master Of buffoonery;
Clifton Webb. the "Kiki" Of "As You
Were" fame, who scores with both
his dancing and his drollery; MAI
Bacon. a graceful English dancer;
Helen Broderick, q Coincidence of
abil ty. and Morris Harvey. whose
role OF the slow English comedian
is distinctive. Assisting these are
several others and an unusually at
full. the humor clever.
Mr.. e. Ray Goetz. under whose
management Here and There" the
new international revue. Is to be pre-
scented here. devoted quite a number
Of years to writing lyrics for other
managers, before he decided to be-
come a producer himself.
For instance. he wrote the lyrics
for Mr.. Lew Fields THE Midnight
Sons" "The Neverhomes." ''The Hen
pecks." Raymond Hitchcock's FIRST
"Hitchy Koo." The jolly Bachelors,"
and between whites he wrote a large
number Of words and music for very
popular song hits.
Mr.. Goetz's first venture as a man
ager was with Raymond Hitchcock
with ''Hitchy Koo." 1t was while en-
gagged therein that he met Miss Irene
Bordoni. who was featured with Mr..
Hitchcock. and deciding that this
country needed Miss Bordoni as .
light operate star. he sailed for Eng
land and bought the American rights
to 'As You Were" which he and Mr..
Glen McDonough revised for this
country and produced with enormous
success in New York last season with
Miss Bordoni and Sam Bernard.
No sooner had LAS You Were" got
under way, than Mr.. Goetz pursued
his custom Of stepping on an Atlantic
ship. He scurried around London and
Paris, signing contracts in the for
mer capital with Arthur Wimperis
author of The Arcadians." for sew
eral burlettas; with Rip. the famous
French satirical writer. for several
more burlettas. and then hurried hack
to New York, wher che sat down Nth
Mr.. Glen McDonough in the Lambs
ing upon American eccentricities:
then blended them all together in the
new revue Here and There"
II think" said Mr.. Goetz the other
day, that the public is eager for
quality rather than quantity. Just
as they like small theaters, whereas
in the olden days they had very large
theaters with aprons running out in
front OF the curtain on which the
actors strutted. they now have shown
/ believe, a preference for intimate
dramas and for intimate musical
productions.
I'm AS You Were which did so well
last season. and which is going so
well this season, we had a plenty OF
principals and chorus. but the stage
was not Uttered with vast armies of
women marching around like st:
hu
thing applies to Here and There
II am paying very large salaries to
every member of the cast, so that the
audiences will not find even one dead
one among the many lively ones; and
THE twelve scenes representing various
sections of the world were designed
by my art director. Herbert Ward, to
be unusually beautiful and none Of
them conspicuous for heaviness and