Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-07
SOMETIME soon"
c. v. i. PLAY, IS HIT
Spring Musical Comedy Of
fering by Troubadours
Continues All Week.

Presenting their fourth annual origi-
nal musical comedy, Sometime Soon"
at Wardman Park Theater last night,
the George Washington University
Troubadours gave the best production
in which they hcre yet appeared. 1t
contains all CT the ingredients of
professional hit and is put across In
fine style.
Pretty girls, catchy tunes, effective
settings and some clever youths mingle
in the hodge-podge of color and gayety
which makes up this tuneful tale of
Hollywood in one of the effective song
hits, You Can't Be Good in Holly
wood" sung by Mildred Burnham.
The theme song, Sometime Soon"
sung by Harriet RisSler and John Silaz,
takes first honors from a musical
standpoint, while ''All Get Is Bye
Bye" and Just We Two" brought
repeated encores. Sue Crump, with All
effective blues" voice, scored in the
former, while Geraldine Free and Jerry
Sickler went over big in the latter.
Sickler by the way, reveals his talents
as comedian, sharing honors in this
respect with Frank Westbrook John
Hoyt does some good work as the
grand duke.
Give Specially Numbers.
Speciality numbers include dances ny
Donna Scott Smith, Sock" Kennedy
and Steve Nyman; Nyman again in
a tap dance; Julia Denning and Betty
Waller in the fan waltz, and a novelty
by Miss Burnham, Sickler and West
brook.
The show was written by THE Trou-
badours" as we'll as being acted by
them. Ralph Hilton is responsible for
the book: Bill Jemison, assisted by
Martha Stephens and Daniel Beattie,
for the music and lyrics, and Julia
Denning, Donna Scott Smith and Sock"
Kennedy for the dances.
The production is under the personal
direction of DENIM Connell, with James
Flick managing director and Bill john
son as musical director. -
Large Cast in Play.
A large cast, which tests the capacity
of the small stage at times, makes a
charming picture. This cast includes
Richard Kilstein, George Connally,
Jerry Sickler, Carolyn jackson, Emily
Pilkinton, Marian Lum, Carolyn BraSch,
Virginia Frye. Bonnie Newton, Frank
WeSCDrO0k, MILDRED Burnnam, solomon
Schnapp, Geraldine Free, John Silaz,
Harriet RisSler, King Prender, Milton
c. White, Burr Christopher, John Hoyt,
Sue Crump, Ruth Greenwood and Janet
Sheppard.
The ladies of the ensemble included:
Dorothy Olgire, Kitty Boykin, Carolyn
Brasch, Lillian Breckenridge, Claire
Beckhar11, Louise Bergman, Winifred
Beall, Lorena Carroll, Mae Harris
Clarke, Muriel Davis, Julia Denning,
Margaret Evans, Dorothy Gray, Sally
Human, Carolyn Jackson, Josephine
Latterner, Della Little, Marian Lum,
Peggy Mays, Jeanne Mics, Vivian Ward,
Martha Williams, Barbara Miller, Verna
Parsons, Emily Pilkinton, Jean Slime,
Donna Smith, Dorothy Schenken, Lena
Viers, Betty Waller and Helen Walker.
In the mems chorus are Henry
Amos, Richard Hill, Wesley Jones,
Leslie Murphy. Steve Nyman, Firth
Smith, Henry Stewart Win WeitSel
and Curtis WoodSome. The quartet is
composed of Richard Kilstein, Gordon
Mcbride, John Perry and Richard Saw
yer.
Announcement was made that Friday
night, beginning at midnight, there will
be vaudeville show of thirteen num-
bers. This. of course, is in addition to
the regular performance earlier in the
evening.