New-York tribune., 1921-05-08

pI"uacoSs ON thls side turned mora ara
more to American writer's and -
posers. Now the Americans sra ~,
to compete successfully, and no n.,sas
can lay claim to monopoly Of ~
musical comedy field.
OF the many London works nrs,
here by the Shuberts, who dos. -.
remember "A Chinese Honevnoas >
which ran a season at the Cash..
Who does not recall Havana y nv -
lie Stuart, in which James r. pow.s.
starred? Stuart's "Florodoran h.a
notable revival last season at the Gen.
tury with east that included sev.,.,
Of the singers who are in "Ths -.
Waltz" Other shubert imporss,,ons
from London were "Two Little Rr;a..
another James T. Powers vehicIs. ar.
Balkan Princess" "Ths Belle Of Rr,,'
tany," in which Frank Daniels viii, -
long remembered; "The Blue Mao, =.
with an unusually sprightly score ~
Paul Bubens; "Ths Orchid" In wh,cs
Eddie Foy starred and William Ro,s
and Maud Fulton danced together !,
the Herald Square decade seo. and
"To-Night's the Night"
Among other musical consdy nvo.
ductions which had Shubert Sponsor.
ship there was "The Runawaysp ons
of the first and one Of the best Of The
list There were 'Fantana," In which
Julia Sanderson got a start; aTbs
Girl Behind the Counter" in which
Vernon Castle appeared as a ehons
man; 'Mr. Hamlet of Broadway SThs
Girl and the Wizard" which wss writ.
ten for Sam Bernard by J. HARTLEY
Manners, and "He Came From Nil.
waukee," In which Mr.. Bernard slso
appeared.
There were the pretentious Gilbert
and Sullivan revivals staged at the
Casino some years ago. In the eas,s
were such artists as De Wolf Hoppsr
George MacFarlane, Marie Doro, FRITZ
Schef, Eugene Cowles, Blanche Duf.
field, Alice Brady, Arthur Cunningham
and Arthur Aidridge. These preasn-
tations included "The Mikado," "Pins-
FORE" Patience" and "The Pirates
of Penzance." There was the memor-
able revival Of "Pinafore" at the Hip-
podrome few years ago--incidentaily
the most elaborate presentation Of th.
opera ever made in this country. A
revival of Reginald de Kovens "The
Highwayman" at the Forty-fourth
Street Theater few years ago was
another Shubert representation.
There were "The Girl and the
Kaiser" in which Lulu Chaser ap-
peared; "Marcelle," by Pixley and
Luders, in which Louise Cunning
starred; "The Kiss Waltz" with Rob
ert Warwick in q leading role; "The
Pearl Girl" "Good Morning, Judgs,"sn
English Importation, which was adapted
from Pinero's farce, "The Magistrate"
"Love o. Nike" an intimate musical
comedy; Follow Me-" the last produc-
tion in which Anna Held appeared;
Little Simplicity" "Ths Melting Of
Molly" Fancy Free" ooh Uncle"
"Girl o. Nine" "a Lonely Romeo"
with Lew Fields. and "Hello Alex
ander," the Mcintyre and Hesth
melsnge Of nonsense.
The Messrs. Shubert have presented
thirty elaborate extravaganzas Gad re-
vues at the Winter Garden, for which
they have assembled imposing casts
The music has been written for these
productions by the best Broadway COM
posers and the scenes and lyrics By
such industrious librettists as Harold
Atteridge, Edgar Smith and George
Bronson Howard.
At the present there are four musi-
cal productions being staged under tbs
Shubert banner. A costly production
Of "The Belle Of New York" which has
been called the most famous Of sil
musical comedies, is being made. This
work, by Gustav Kerker and Huge
Morton, enjoyed a worldwide conquest
and made Edna May famous overnight
A musical version Of equality Strees
has been prepared by Edward Delaney
Dunn and Walter Kollo.
BY way Of tapering off the present
season, the Shuberts recently produced
with notable and conspicuous success
new play with music entitled "Bios-
som Time" This has met with i'm
mense vogue out of town and is oeins
held in readiness for the new season