Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-07
SOME BIRD
1.-THE CANARY"

k<YTyHE CANARY" the musical
comedy which achieved in

other attraction OF its kind in de-
cade. will come to Brandeis theater
for FIVE performances, beginning to-
Il night. The play will be presented
II here identically as it was shown
II night after night during its run OF
| six months I'm New York at the
n Globe theater. The original COM
II pany-an organization which one
H New York newspaper characterizes
as having more stars than the
81 Milky Way" numbers more than
half hundred persons and is led
by Julia Sanderson, Joseph Cav
thorn, Doyle and Dixon, Maude
| Ehurne and several others whose
\ names are almost equally illustrious.
".The Canary" is Charles Dill
1 ingham production. Its music and
H lyrics are the work OF Ivan Caryll
and Irving Berlin, unquestionably
A the most successful song writer's OF
Il the day. The book is from the
HI French of Georges Barr and Louis
n yerneuil. Julia Sanderson and TO-
Il 2ph Cawtilorn and other luminaries
II ~ the east appear as characters III
Il the story, but the bonds of charac-
il terization are not permitted to be
4 SO con6ning that the unique and
special talents of these stage not
ables are not given plenty OF op-
portunity for exercise. "The Ca
! nary" is first of all novelty, by
4 reason OF its music, the personnel
4 OF its cast, the speed which charac-
4 terizes its presentation and the man
4 ner of its mounting. 1t is an en-
\ A~~4a:...,or& 80 ,,,cl, nh, &c mod. |
! crnity that il might with justice be |
! classified as "ahead-of- -the-minute.'
Its attractiveness is founded on its
grace, its beauty and its humor.
"The Smarter Set" headed by |
Salem Tut Whitney and J. Homer
Tut, will appear at the Brandeis
theatcr next Friday and Saturday,
March II and IS, matinee, Sat
urday, presenting their latest mu-
sical comedy success, "The Chill
dren OF the Sum-" i'll two acts
with ten scenes, and adapted from
the historical book OF the same title
BY George Wells Parker. Whitney
and Tut, the co-stars, are brothers,
not only in art, but in blood also.
They are, moreover, co-authors of
the libretto and lyrics of their
present play, "The Children of the
SUM-" which carefully avoids such
time-honored episodes as that of the
deacon, chickens, gin bottle, razor,
and the illicit invasion of the melon
patch and the Missouri humming
bird" with wallop in both heels.
Al AsnA ASrs1
ment is the appearance at the
Brandeis for two nights, Tuesday
and Wednesday, March l6~and II,
and holiday matinee, St. Patrick's
day, Wednesday, of David Belasco's
extraordinary attraction, Frances
Starr in Tiger! Tiger"
4 Written by Captain Edward
4 Knoblock while he was in the
.trepches in France. Tiger! TigerW
is said to afford Miss Starr the most
artistic role Of her brilliant career.
The play relates love story con-
cerning two people. One of these
people is brilliant member of par
lament. Without suspicion that his
big moment has come. he walks out
Of his perfectly appointed London
rooms into the night; out into the
public square, where he looks into
the eyes Of little stranger girl and
knows at once that this is the
woman who has been his since the
world began. To them there is the
great encounter. The rest is newt
able.
Why Will NJ. Cressy did not ap-
pear at the Orpheum last season he
will tell very very amusingly when
he appears there for his weeks en-
gagement, opening today. He and
Blanche Dayne are to appear in his
new character comedy. 1.-THE Man
Who Butted In" Another head
liner will be Nat Nazarro, jr, who
comes assisted by the Atlantic Fleet
Jazz band. 1t will be recalled that
the actor-playwright, Mr.. Cressy, in
addition to appearing in his new
play. will give by special arrange
ment talk regarding his experi-
ences while with the expeditionarN
forces in France. Miss Dayne is to
appear in the role of widow with
new ideas. Mr.. Nazarro formerly
headed company of exceptional
acrcbats. Now his work is conf
posed chiefly of dancing and singing.
he members of his jazz band were
blue1ackets who served on warships,
recently discharged from the navy.
The Marmein sisters. Miriam and !.
Irene, are to appear in revelation
Of dance and music. With them .
comes the piano yirtuoso. David
Schooler. Much fun and some music
will please audiences in the sk1t.
Have Smile" offered by Felix
Bernard and Jack Duffy. Pietro has
the. reputation of being supreme
among piano accordeonists. His per-
fornlance is distinct concert fea-
turc The Four Readings are sensa-
tioral jugglers of human beings.
Their cquilibristic feats, somersaults
and flying leaps are truly remark
able. Once again bright sayings
from the newspapers will be screen
FEATURE in Topics of the Day." and
news events will be pictured by
y kinograms.
Ait the Orpheum for the week Of
March IA the program will have four {
ffature acts. One OF these will be Z
HE second edition of the -Four Nor
IONS. The two, elder Mortons are
still in the famous combination,
while Martha and Joe, younger
sister and brother. have taken the
places of Paul and Clara, Homer
n Mason and Marguerite keeler,
Who have not visited Omaha in
trveral seasons, will offer their one
kct play. called Married" Ruth
Budd, the girl with the ever present
knfile. Just back from Australia, an !