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Show I DRAMA THE YANKEES-PRINCE. ih . H George M. Cohan's Yankee-Celtic celebration H for in this case the "a" in Cohan is not silent, i and most of his ancestors were blue-eyed and Hf -Blarney wise which began an engagement at the HI Salt Lake Theatre on Thursday night in a blaze m of glory is another of those tuneful, dancey, keen- B' ly humorous medleys that go like wild Are after ' running out of the Cohan pen. ; And besides the dancing and the singing and M the wit, there are madly dashing choruses, an H 'augmented orchestra, and the prettiest, daintiest IB collection of broilers seen around here since the B springtime. B Coming in the wake of that razor-back kiss J thing, the refreshment afforded by Mr. Cohan's Hi latest success was all the more to the liking or B the great house which greeted the busy com- fl pany, and though most of the interest centered m in the slender little chap Who has done so much H for the enjoyment o. American theatre goers, and M whose unique personality is always an interesting m study, a cordial welcome was given his royal H family. And Tom Lewis as Steve Daly a part ' very like, but better than his creation of The m Unknown in "Little Johnny Jones" sank a little B deeper into the hearts of everyone and they let M him know it, too. However there isn't anyone H' in "A Yankee Prince" who doesn't exactly fill the B; place, and it was a very happy crowd that left Hi them laughing when they said good bye. H Cohan looks as though he is working too hard, H but what snows in his face has no place in the. Bi rest of him, for he is a dancer in a million and H gives full measure in every attempt. Playing op- H. posite him in this fortune-hunting satire is Lila Hi Rhodes, who is also a wonderful lancer, and the W two work with a go, a vim and that sort of clev- Hl erness that comes with the stork and cannot be H taught in the rearing. H' There is no question but that Cohan wrote H Steve Daly for Tom Lewis, and no one else, for . the young playwright caught him splendidly in Hj the play surrounding the aforesaid Jones, and H the elaboration on the character in this has given H the fine old boy an opportunity not one whit of H which gets past him. H, Helen P. Cohan as Mrs. Fielding and Jerry J. H Cohan as Mr. Fielding, were nicely cast, and it was easy to quickly see why George M. never had stage flight. Sam Ryan as John Fagan and Mildred Elaine as Lillian Lloyd are others worth going out of the way to mention. "The Yankee Prince" is replete with the kind of patriotism that Cohan puts in everything he writes, and In the three acts there Is not only a JH "flSt ..& WHn fhhhV '' bhbhhhhhhhhhhV 3 John E. Young and Dorothy Brenner in the Musical Play "Lo." thread of a story which hangs together, but the subtle satire on the title market is well aimed and timely. It would be hard to select the greatest song hit in the riot of color and music with which the musical play is replete. It might beeasier if the prince would stay with us a week or two longer, but he's the stingy thing -and after making mak-ing us all fall in love with him and his, proposes to ride away. But he won't make anybody mad if he'll hurry back and stay longer when he comes f again. If you can't get a seat tor today or tonight, and you can't do anything else, haul out the old rusty "jimmy" and start on a cellar window an hour before the first curtain call. "THE GAY MUSICIAN." ! Smart from a society standpoint, Important and indicative theatrically and as pretentious as was possible with the seating and stage facilities ot the old Lyric theatre, was the materialization of ,, t "the coming of the Shuberts" Wednesday evening, " when Texas Gulnan, Lottie Kendall and Harry Benham, supported by a splendid company of principals and chorus, presented Julian Edward's x musical play. "The G'ay Musician" here tor the first time. The Shuberts have made so many promises the past two or three seasons that Salt Lake's theatre going public might well be pardone for having looked askance on each new announcement announce-ment of the bringing to this city the shows I and stars under their management. It L quite probable at the same time that the extrava- ' gant statements of two Denver theatri- ( cal managers who have made so dismal a failure of the local theatre they control have had no little to do with creating a feeling of uncertain, ty whenever the Shubert attractions were mentioned men-tioned for a local playhouse. There has been no question for years but that Sam S. and Lee Shubert, Shu-bert, who in New York and elsewhere represent all that is antagonistic to what is commonly called the theatrical trust, have endeavored to secure the control of a sufficient number of theatres on the Pacific coast and through the middle west to enable them to form some sort of a trans-continental circuit for their shows. This is the first season their efforts have met with any success, and It was not until a month or two ago that arrangements were completed for the housing of Shubert attractions in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Tacoma and Seattle. Seat-tle. It has always been understood that whenever the plans of the Shuberts progiessed this far that m , rr , aWJ I -A J -. 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The success of the Shubert plans in the coast cities, Salt Lake's location as a natural natur-al stopping place to break a fifteen hundred mile journey and the fact that any good show Is always al-ways assured of splendid patronage here, is no doubt responsible for tho decision of the Shubert Interests to give Salt Lake its plays. At this season sea-son of the year they were, of course, obliged to take whatever they could obtain in the way of theatre and the Lyric was the best to be secured. The house has been leased for the remainder of the winter and following "The Gay Musician," "The Man From Home," Eddie Foy, Mme. Kalisch Nazimova and a number of other stars and plays will be seen at that house, re-named the Shubert. The theatre has been refurnished, newly seated Mary Norman, at the Orpheum next week and everything possible done to make it comfortable comfort-able and It will suffice nicely for the remainder re-mainder of the season. There are half a dozen rumois afloat as to what the Shu-berts Shu-berts Intend doing Lext season, one being that a new Orpheum is to be built within tho next year and the present Orpheum taken over by the Shuberts. Whether this be tiue or not It may be expected that n. the success of tho Shubert arrangements ar-rangements on the coast continue, Salt Lake will have independent shows and stars regularly, for the city is too important geogiaphlcally Aid theatrically the-atrically to skip. n There Is plenty of room here for the Shubert shows and their coming means more diversion for theatre-goers rather than a withdrawal of patronage from any other theatre in town. It would have been hard to have selected a better attraction for the opening than "The Gay Musician." Julian Edward's music has always K been better than the majority of the popular K liberettists who have succeeded the past few years and In his latest work he has composed some K twenty pieces that are delightful and so much H better than the jingling airs predominating the B majority of musical plays of the last few seasons M that there isn't a chance for comparison. Several ri of the selections border on tho operatic In range B and swing, dramatic effect and volume and the H; rest are so lilting, and refreshingly pretty. without m being reminiscent that they are thoroughly en- m joyable. Edward Siedel has furnished a makeshift 1 of a story and Charles Campbell is responsible 1 for lyrics that are just as far out of the ordinary excellent, especially Miss Crawford, and while the I" chorus Isn't the chorus that helped make the play a New York hit, for New York show girls stick to Broadway too closely for that, at the same time they are good looking and graceful. And here's a feature of the show that deserves mention; neither Miss Guinan nor Miss Kendal nor anyone any-one else Is given all the work to do. The great song of the show is "Lovelight," and it is sung four different times. Miss Gulnan's "My'Dasnlng Soldier Boy," "A Cup of Tea," and "I Have My Doubts," Miss Kendall's "The Saucy Sparrow," "Not As Simple as I Look," Miss Klingel's "D'Une ruquette dance," her song, "What a Dry World I B1 Sctnr :n "The Man From Home," at the Shubeit Next Week. H as is Mr. Edward's music. They are clever, full K of fun and excellently adapted to the music. Sit- Bl ' uations are nicely arranged for good effects and Hi the show with almost any company of capable H people would be a success. H With Texas Guinan, Lottie Kendall, Margaret H Crawford, Freda Klingel, Harry Benham, Roger H Gray, Leo White, W. H. Pringle and W. F. Ryan it H Is a delight and the first real touch of a New B York musical success we've had for a long time. H Miss Guinan is charming and sings beautifully, H the same, is just as true of Miss Kendall and Miss H Klingel is an attractive little lady, who adds much H to the entertainment. Mr. Benham has an unusu- H .ally fine baritone voice and his impersonation of H Eugene Dubois is good. The other principals are This Would Be," an .ue finale by Miss Guinan and Miss Kendall, "Take That," are the musical bits. "The Gay Musician" will be seen twice today, to-day, and those who overlook It will miss an excellent ex-cellent entertainment. |