Evening journal., 1921-03-15
WHIRL OF TOWN
IS WHIzZ-BANG
Twenty-Five Colorful Scenes
And Many Novelties in
Shubert Show
GIRLS FRANCE DOWN
THROUGH AUDIENCE

THE PLAYHOUSE-"whirl OF the
Town. huge. gigantic. whizz-
bang" in two acts and 25 scenes.
Presented by Lee and j. j. shubert.
A laughing. snappy colorful pa
geant Of fun and music. a regular
'whizz- bang'-a fast one-with
dozens Of pretty maidens. is the
"Whirl of the Town" which in two
parts with 25 scenes. opened at the
Playhouse last evening for three
days engagement. The show gave
abundant testimony that the stage
rostumer is far from exhausted Of
ideas by the constant demand Of the
musical comedies for new and fanci-
ful costumes and has still "A rich i'm
agination. even II there should be a
scarcity OF materialS, from which to
draw. II is a clever show with
catchy music and many clever stunts
and novelties. While IL is a new
. musical review. 1t is highly enter
iaining and the many Wilmington
fans who saw IT, We're loud in their
praises OF the opening performance
5n this city. It's a regular New
York roof" show, with pretty girls
invading the auditorium to beguile
those fortunate TO have aisle seats.
The scenic changes In the per-
81 formance are most effective in their
beauty. They were matched and
even surpassed by the magnifence
and variety Of the costumes.
There is a wealth Of catchy songs,
and skilful dancing. and many ella
borate gowns and lack OF gowns OF
the chorus. with here and there a
bit Of fun produced by girls going
into the audience and talking 20 en-
barrassed young and middle-aged
men.
The cast is headed by Mile. Anna
Codee. Of the Folies Bergere. Paris
She took a mum ber Of parts through
out the performance and proved q
clever entertainer.
Mas West proved a favorite IT.
her comedy part. She was well re-
ccived in her specially as "Th'
Vampire" Again she scored wheI
she appeared as the prisoner in th'
trial. AL Brondel and Flo Bert wer'
entertaining in many scenes. Georg'
Price won much applause becaus'
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Ste Farrell and Beth Stanley added
much to the success OF the perform
.ance. especially in their song an'
dance numbers.
The song numbers are many AM
several OF the song hits were clev
orlv carried out by the performer
coming from the stage by means o
iunways down the aisles into IN
audience. The most popular Of thcs
numbers in which the choru
pranced into the audience wer
Tickle Me" REST Your Head Upo
Niy pillow" and the "Wishbone.
All Of these won prolonged applause
Especially effective was the seen
in which a large bowl OF sold ms
S. displayed. This act is carried on
). in a most pleasing manner 10y Marci
Moore and trim little chorus q
fshcr-maids. Another clever seen
i was the hat shop in which the che
rus did some clever singing an
dancing The clock scene also prove
i favorite with many.
~ would be impossible TO tell a
the outstanding novelties OF th
i "Whirl OF the Town" In fact, theI
IS too much TO q, II anything.
will be seen at the Playhouse IN
evening and tomorrow night, with
matinee tomorrow afternoon.
The Mcssrs. Shubert and som
other New York theatrical men a.
tended last nights performanc
Tho show is TO 20 to the CentuI
Theatre. New York.