Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-03-12 | Page 5 | Successful Revival of "Merry Widow" Ready for Transcontinental Tour

Successful Revival of Merry Widow Ready beady for T Transcontinental lf Tour av ng completed a six si months months' tour months tour Ito holding ding the record as the most l revival in theatrical his his- r The Merry Widow closed d its sent ent season seison at the end of the first Lent March 4 at Ills HIB MaJ Majesty Majesty's sty's s Montreal The following Mon- Mon New ew York Henry W V Savage bavage the company in In In- I or a long transcontinental tour t season sea on covering all the Import t cities of ot the South Fouth the Pacific st at and Northwest Canada For this Urban's Urban B scenes S will be rest re restricted re- re st an entire set of new costes cos- cos tes will bo ho designed by bj Peggy lIo Hoyt t t the lithe singing and dancing cast will kept intact The rh Merry ferry Widow w opened the the sea sea- tat the I Knickerbocker theatre theotre New k on Labor day dav and played to tG ca ca- it ItY d during Its seven weeks' weeks limits limited d nt there It Jt continued this s ess In Philadelphia Washington Washingto n sn Vat series rat serle of Middle West cities leaving tIle the Illinois theatre Chicago o I for exam example le while playing to absolute I capacity In its new new production production The Merry Merry Widow aspired for the favor o of Ot the younger generation generation- Of ot playgoers goers who have come into the theatre since Mr Savage first brought the operetta ro en America In 1907 The talent represented represented aerated both In n scenic and costume de design design de- de sign and cast cost was conspicuously of 1922 The success of this modernIzed ed version may he be considered IM e either I Th a tribute t to the enduring charm l r of The Merry Widow or to the talent of to today today to- to comb combination day Kl in the rl American Americ merlc n thea theatre re or orto th the Mr Savage has had applications from Z a 3 theatres in the United States a arid t d. d Canada for bookings of The Merry rETry Widow and negotiations for far the I En nI n- n gush with the present cast and production intact are still I pending between Henry W T Savage Inc and the estate of George Edw Ed- Ed w aules arrles London