Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 18, 1915, Page 21

Lucszuc}I 4/ the Of;o/ea/n OME sign of life is apparent in the world of the theater again. For example, in New York one of the big daily papers is seeking an order from the courts to require that the Shuberts permit its critic to enter their theaters on a purchased ticket. The Shuberts answer that they will gladly let into their theaters any person connected with the paper save the one specifically barred for personal reasons. The case has not yet been determined, but very likely At the Boyd ynese operetta. Its music, written by Em- merich Kalman, {8 considered the most brilliant ever composed for operctta. It fascinates the educated taste, it delights popular fancy. It is artistic all the way through and at the same time it has song hit after song hit. The story is of a com- bat between youth and age in art and and for the hand of tiw same woman, until, younger, There is a jolly sparkling comedy, with a liberal element romance and with one touch of genuine of “Sarl” and he is sending it here with Mizzi Hajos and the original company that was identified with the all-season New York run. Mizzi Hajos is in the name part which she created. She is a gifted commedienne who has attained to high favor since she came from Hungary. will turn the same as did the now all but forgotten case of Metcalfe against Klaw & Erlanger, which was contested on practically identical grounds, and which was determined In favor of the de- fendants. In the meantime, a bill is being pushed at Albany to make it a misde- megnor to refuse admission to a theater to any eritic because of what he may or may not have written and published about the performance there or elsewhere. if the magnates can only get this settled before next fall, maybe we'll be happy vet. —— Another sign that may or may not be significant is the number of “big” names that are being grouped in current casts. Impending in Omaha s the engagement of a company In which are five actors, each of whom was just a little whilc Lack considered sufficlently eminent tc have a separate company; at two theaters in New York are being presented plavs of otker days with casts that read like a roll call of the great in the thesplan world, and in these and other instances no especial difficulty has been encoun- tered in assembling the casts and ariang- ing for the performances. No especial reason here to prophesy anything, but if the plan becomes general and the prac- tice continues, people may yet turn from the movies to the theater once more. Omaha folks sald & farewell, with some regret, to Miss Frances McHenry yester- day, and will follow her with friendly in- terest into her Cenadian venture, Her | stay at the Boyd has been very pleasant for the folks out in front, and she may feel certaln of her welcome should she ever return. For Miss Ruth Gates, who succeeds Miss McHenry, a welcome waits as warm as ever she encountered She comes to Omaha with a most creditable | record of performance, her experience on the stage being so comrrehensive as to give her abllity ample test, and it was| for this reason that Manager Burgess se- lccted her for the place. She has youth and charm of face and manner, and per- #onality in her favor, too, and it will be occasion for remark if she does not be- come a favorite here as she has elsewhere. Sarl,” Henry W. SBavage's biggest and | | most popuar musical success since “The | Merry Widow,” the sensation of all last season in New York, with Mizzi Hajos | in the name part, will be at the Brandeis tieater for four days, beginning tonight, | With matinee Wedneaday Like “The Merry Widow,” it is Vien Two notable additions toe the cast are Irene Pawloska and Bert Gilbert. Miss Pawloska s from grand opera and until “Sari” she had not sung in English. Mr Gibert 18 a comedian of high reputation in Engand. Others of the company are J. K. Murray, known to a generation of theater goers, and Charles Meakins of “The Merry Widow” rame; Howard Marsh, Albert Hedges, Jchn Squires and Billie Busch, with many more, with a splendid chorus and a big special orchestra. The stage settings are un- usual. The lost act was designéd by Ronsin. It is different from anything seen in this country before. The costumes in “Sarl” are a feature in themselves. SCENE FROM “CLOTHES” THE HIPP. AT The World of Sham Forgotten love. Father and son are rivals in music! brought to a realization of failing powers, the elder yields the field to the i ot pathos, Henry W. Savage is the producer THE 0\[ \H\ SU \Il' APRIL BEE 18, 1915. Ruth Allen -At the Orpheum o Af the Boyd The gowns in the last act are specially noteworthy. Miss Bjllle | Burke, in “Jerry comedy by Catherine Chisholm Cushing, in which she scored a big success at the Lyceum theater, New York, last season, will be the attraction at the Brandels theater for two days, April 2 and 2, with special matinee Tuesday. The girl in this plece is a precoclous young miss from Chicago, who falls in love with & man who has been engaged to her aunt for twenty years, breaks off that en- gagement and, by strategy, marries him herself. The girl—Geraldine 18 her name and “Jerry” for short—is describad as a | maddening little minx, brutally frank and | horribly selfish, but absolutely adorable. It is the best role Miss Burke has ever | had, they say. It fits her precisely, for |1t was written expressly for her. As “Jerry,” the popular star has an opportunity to wear several pretty girlish frocks from the very latest models, as |well as the pink pajamas that theater- | goers in New York and Chicago are still | talking about. i Casting about for players to present his revival of Bronson Howard's “The Henrletta,” which he has revised and re- to get American actors of wholesome life |as well as brilliant talents. for the play Willilam H. Crane, Thomas | W. Hoss, Maclyn Arbuckle, Amelia Bing- | ham and Mabel Taliaferro for the five | principal parts—all of these actors having | been given stellar honors in the past and written by Winchell Smith and Victor | Mapes under the title of “The New Hen- | rietta,” Joscph Brooks looked specially | 311113 Duzrke in Jerry” Willizz H Crane Brandels | Orpheum Travel Weekly will again pr t interesting motior ires of curl 18 countries Miss Ruth Gates will make | nm‘ appearance as leading an for th Boyd theater « ny this afternoon in | {the role of Emma Br in Eugene | Walter's domestic drama, “Pald in Full | Miss Brooks created this r or the first company to play the piece outside of New York, and therefore will bring to the role such famillarity as ought to| | make her opening performance well nigh | perfect. Mr. Price will have the part of Joo Brooks, the husband who makes the mess of things, and Mr. Lynch will play | Jimpsy" Smith, the family friend, while Mr. Lindholm will have the role of Cap- |taln Willlams, the grouchy ship owner |Others in the role will bo Mies Dewar, Miss Keppler and Mr Horn. Mr. Lindholm has provided \ |special settings for the acts and | promises a smooth performance from the | first. For the special Tuesday night | | musical attraction, Mr. B s has en [ | Raged Miss Soloman, one of Omaha's best known sopranos, who will give a | program of her own selection. “Pald in | (Continued on Page Eleven—Col sn\" I one Douglas 494, At the Brandels ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE wer sz APRIL 18 Sunday Mati Dally Matinee 3:15-Night, 8:15. America's Representative Dancers Adelaide & Hughes Direct from Their Three Months Triumph at the Palace Theater, New York Assisted by Edward Davis. MILT COLLINS “The Speaker of the House" NEWHOFF & PHELPS Mnmu-n. schief Makers Comedy Skit “In Care of General Delivery. Mons. & Mme. ALF. W, LOYA Remarkable Canine TOQUI U, FRITZ BRUCH & SISTER *Cello and Violin Virtuosi. THE PANTZER DUO In a Graceful Comedy Contortion Novelty '$ Comi o | PAUL ARMSTRONG'S record in recent years shows him as the 1/\‘\lll\0r of “Allas Jimmy Valei “The $ hged y v Deep Purple, protagonist in George Ade's “The County | Romanc ¢ the Und: 14, Chalrmas as the genial, big, hearty " ",;.h"",,“,;'l'm {29 vt gl sheriff, “Sllm” Hoover fn “The Round New One-Act Satire Up,” and as the jolly Hime Look In “The Circus Man." Amella Bingham came iInto prominence when she produced Clyde Fitch's “The Climbers,” following this with “A Modern Magdalene,” ‘“The Frisky Mrs. Johnso and other brilllant plays from American pens. Mabel Tall- aferro, who since her earliest recollections has been on the stage and who despite her very few years has almost a veteran's experience, fs remembered best of all for her delightful Lovey Mary in ‘“‘Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch,” and her equally charming Polly in “Polly of the Circus.”” When she was quite a child she played the title part in “Lorna Doone," a poetic dramatization of Blackmore's famous story, and among her list of parts are all of the famous cbfld char- acters of the last ten or fifteen years. Recently she was a co-star with her sis- ter, Edith Tallaferro, in a very pretty play, “Young Wisdom,” which won much | success for the sisters, Tt is this group of players that Mr, irooks brought together for his revival of “The Henrletta"—all players of ac- knowledged diktinction and genius and all with records of playing only in the cleanest and most wholesome of the out- put of American dramatists. One of the strongest proofs of this contention is the fact that the principal products of photo dramas and photo plays have selzed on the list of those several stars to furnish patrons of the film theaters with attrac- tive material of the best quality. Their appearance at the Brandels theater ¥ri- day and Saturday nights and Saturday matinee, April 30 and May 1, will furnish one of the biggest treats of the season. “Woman Proposes” ‘With Ruth Allen and a Company of Eight. ORPHEUM TRAVEL WEEKLY The World at Work and Play. Around the World With the Orpheum Circuit's Motion Plcture Photographers. Prices—Matinee, gallery, Seats (except Saturday 26c. Nights, 10c. Best and Sundn{} 10¢, 26c, BOC and 7 —rr— Maude Adams having completed |her tour of the cast has now entered on one of the longest tours of the far west that | has ever been arranged for her by Charles Frohman. In easy stages the actress and her company will travel to California taking in all of the important cities on the way. At the close of her S8an Fran- clsco engagement Miss Adams will visit Portland and Seattle. She will also visit British Columbia. The tour will not end until the middie of summer. Miss Adams’ engagement in Omaha will be for two days, Monday and Tuesday, May 3 and 4, at the Brandels theater. Tx .‘”" I()l Who Stole the Rooster ? Frank Dance poems that were presented for an engagement of three months at the | Palace theater, New York, will be of- fered this week at the Omaha Orpheum. They are to be exhibited by Adelalde ana J. J. Hughes, who have the reputation of | being the daintiest dancers of the varlety stage. Under the Shubert management | they have been conspicuous in some of | the best known musical comedies. Milt Collins is presenting the German poli-| ticlan known as ‘“the speaker of the Judson vs. David Cole and Other Prominent Business Men in Comedy Mock Trlal house.” The comedy skit, “In Care of | at the General Delivery,” is to be offered by Irving Newhoff and Dode Phelps. Thelr Y M C A G ’ | sketch 1s sald to be the best medium for . %0 AR ym producing laughs that they have ever [l : : Monday Evening, Api oth, had. Four high-bred poodies are to be onday - Beoning, Apuil . 100 exhibited by Mons. and Mme. Alf, | o » | W. Loyal. The dog called Toque turns | A“‘plce’ Bachelors’ Club @ double somersault over the heads of | He picked | Tickets 25¢ and 50c, seven men, and in doing so traverses a | distance of thirty feet. Features of the | | act are the juggling, leaping and clown- ing of the poodies. Another musical act of artistic quality is promised for this week Fritz Bruch {s a concert 'cellist, who ap- “OMANA'S FUN CENTER" DaUy Mat. u.u.ao. Bvags., 16.25.50-750. | | present and in plays of the most whole-|Pears with his sister, Lucy, a violinist, o Master Show For Lau s ol D e n L IS MM 40 he. Tarsly mevomaiihed. oaat IEIT "KE“ [C Bon-'l'on:',l,‘_‘;,‘,",“ ‘ | won much of his early fame as old Nick | flexibility and comedy are elements of | Midgie Miller, Lucilly Manion, Gordon & Mur [in “The Henrietta,” has also claim to the contortion novelty to be contributed |5iy Chas Heymond. Alvia @ Willams distinction and honor for his production by the Pantzer duo. Miss Pantzer ls an | is the bigeest Idar on the Stage; the John Bun [of “The Benator,” “Brother John," “On attractive youns woman whose raceful | % g SNSI setinge week Days. | Probation,” *“The Virginla Courtship,” |work is well known over the Orpheum e | “The Senator Keeps House" “David|circuit. Word comes that Paul Arm- | Harum, Father and the Boys” and|strong’s one-act satire, “Woman Pro- oher vigbrous and Shorouehly Americen |Pos” presents & dramatic ites new 1o|| LORETTA DE LONE || | plays. Thomas Ross, ufter an appren- | the stage. As to whether or not man asks | | ticeship under some of the best actors in |the question which puts upon him the School for Harp i Ainerica, flowcred beautifully in Blos- | domestic yoke, is humorously answered | soms’ “Checkers” and followed this up|fn this comedy. The play requires a cast 305 Lyric Bldg. | with his performance of the attractive |of eight people-four girls and four men— . i Fortune Hunter” and the honest hero of |and the company is headed by the well | | Harp Concert May 2d. | The Only Son.” Maclyn Arbuckle's |known comedienne, Ruth Allen. The | I | RANDEIS THEATRE BCRAWFORD PHILLEY & ZEHRUNG, Mgrs. TONIG“T TOMOIIIOW TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY NIGHTS POPULAR MAT. WEDNESDAY HENRY W. SAVAGE, OFFERS THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN OPERETTA TRIUMPH THE WITH ERRIEST ost Mmizzi MELODIC, MAGNIFI- ”4“\1' and entire Metropol- USICAL itan cast from run PIECE of all last season in and the most sensa- tional popular suc- cess since his pro- NEW YORK. Big special orches- duction of “THE tra, brilliant chorus. MERRY WIDOW." Scenic Splendors. “SARI” SONG HITS---“SARI” DANCES---“SARI” GOWNS Prices: Evenings, 50c to $2; Wed. Mat. Best Seats, $1.00. MO and TUES, NIGHTS EAT SALE TUESDAY MATINEE Arnll 26 ..d 27 N \ TOMORROW CHARLES FROHMAN, Presents y. Biilie Burke IN HER GREATEST 46 J E R RY,’ COMEDY SUCCESS, PRICES: Nights, 50c to $2.00 Boc to FRIDAY and . [ MATINEE SATURDAY N SATURDAY NIGHT at 8:15 prl A M AT 2:30. JOSEPH BROOKS Presents THE GREAT FIVE-STAR AGGREGATION OCOMPANY Ol-‘ PLAYERS —IN THE~— NEW HENRIETTA BSEAT SALE TREURSDAY, AFPRIL MAIL ORDERS FILLED NOW PRICES: NIGHTS, 50c TO $2.00. MATINEE, 50c TO $1.50. ENDELSSOHN CHol THOMAS J. KELLY, (X)NDUUI’OR In Association Wi Chicago Symphony Orchestra FREDERICK STOCK, CONDUCTOR And Famous Soloists The Auditorium MONDAY, APRIL 26, 8:15 P. M. SHARP TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2:30 P, TUESDAY, Al’llll: Season Coupon Books THREE DOLLARS oo \.lnl.‘ for_either evening concert and one admission lcz -Adl at Hospe's, Hayden's and Sohmoller & Mueller's. Mat), exchanged for evening admission upon payment of fi/i; at Box Office. M. SHARP 27, 8:15 P. M. SHARP Single Admissions on Sale at Box Office, Commencing April 23 EVENING $1.50 MATZNEE $1.00 IPP THEATER H Home of Paramount Pictureg ALWAYS THE BEST SPECIAL-TODAY ONLY Grace George's Famous BSuccess “CLOTHES” With Charlotte Ives, House Peters and Other Frohman Stars. Monday and Tuesday OGTAVIA HANDWORTH In the Powerful Drama “The Path Forbidden” Wednesday and Thursday Victor Moore In the Funny Society Satire “SNOBS’ Fridav and Saturday Belasco's Great Civil War Play “MAY BLOSSOM” ‘With Marshall Neilan. Omaha’s Most Popular Theater Boy PSR MRS it L, AR Starting Today Mat. and Week Paid in Full A Big Play Dealing With the High Cost of Living Tuesday, Souety Night Betwen / Ethel Solomn SOPRANO Paul Reese BARITONE Mats.: Wed., Thurs., Sat, 25¢ Nights: 25¢ and 50c NEXT WEEK THE DEEP PURPLE KRUG THEATER Tuesday NWight, April 20 Lenox 'rlm.ur Co. of New York City In the Greatest Success A MOTHER’S HEART || Big Company Headed by Blank, Ellas Rothstein, Karp and Bella Gudinsky. LOUISE Le-BARON Voice Production Operatic Coaching Studio st SCHMOLLER & MUELLER’S WALTER WHEATLEY Voice Production Operatic Coaching SCHMO! MUELLER'S Leon Rosa (PIANO TUNING ROBT. G. BRANDON Recommended by Mary Munchhoff, Millie Ryan, Martin Bush, Jean Duffield, Belle Robinson, Helen Sadi- lek and Max Landow, | Webster 4332, || 4618 North 28th Avenue,