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Show I With the First Nighters B WILLIE COLLIER B in B "CAUGHT IN THE RAIN." m Mr. Collier closes the week at the Theater with H; his new play that is, new for Salt Lakers en- m titled "Caught in the Rain." He comes supported B by an excellent company of players and the farce B is unquestionably one of the best the comedian m has had in years. B The Weekly goes to press too early this week H to permit of an extended review of the play. Mr. B Collier is very much in a class by himself when K it 'comes to comedy, though he suffers not by com- 1 parison with the three or four other leading wrln- m kle dispellers the public flocks to see these days. H He cannot do the tumbling Francis Wilson does, m and I believe if he attempted Fred Macy's or m Richard Carle's stunt of a bevy of chorus ladies 1 to bolster up his work he'd be helpless. His is H legitimate comedy and in seasons past has proven B worth the while. "Caught in the Rain" is highly 1 spoken of by eastern reviewers and while local H playgoers are becoming more and more disinclined B to stand for having New York feed them their B theatrical diet on a spoon with a "swallow it, lit- B tie one, we know what is best for you" admon- B ition, it is safe to say that Mr. Collier's engage- B ment is easily one of the stellar events of the B Theater's late season. tV i fcyt B And, by the way, it won't be long now before B the doors of the Theater will be closed for the B summer. B i Walter Damroach and his noted 'New York B Symphony orchestra will be the next attraction B at the house, Monday evening, June 8, in what B hi ought to be about the finest musical treat of the B season. The leader has gathered a splendid or- B chestra about him, it is understood this season, B and his concert tour through the country has B been one prolonged triumph. B . Local music lovers, particularly, are waiting B for the engagement and anticipating the almost B artistic entertainment. The program for the con- B' cert, as nearly as could be ascertained a few days B ago was printed in these columns last week. Sev- B eral changes have been made, however, so that B the rendition of the various numbers will be as B follows: K W O fe B PART I. B 1. Overture "Oberon" v. Weber B 2. Aria "II re Pastore" Mozart B Mme. Mary Hlssem de Moss. B 3. Symphony No. 5, C. Minor Beethoven B 1. Allegro. B 2. Andante con Moto. B 3. Scherzo. B 4. Finale. B PART II. B 4. Hungarian Rhapsodie No. 1 Liszt B v 5. Evening Under the Trees Massenet B Clarinet Solo, Mr. Leroy. H 'Cello Solo Mr. Bramsen. B ,. j G. Polonaise, from "Mignon" Thomas Bdf ; Mme. Mary Hissem de Moss. Br i 7. Ultava "The River Moldau" Smetana B 'i Symphonic Poem. B i H ij Following Damrosch will come Henry Miller B ij and a splendid company presenting "The Great Di- Bj ' vide," the latest western play to be given Mr. B J Miller and one in which he has scored a tremen- B ' dous success, artistically and financially, ft has B 'j been some time since he came west with a play B !; considered so excellent a vehicle as "The Great Bft j. Divide." He is worth waiting for. B He is to be here June 11, 12 and 13, the first B j two acts of the play are laid in Arizona, and the I "I ' last act. in a quaint New England village. Shortly after the middle of June, "The Thief," one of the latest of the eastern plays, will be seen at the theatre for a three nights' engagement. engage-ment. t t V - THE VAUDEVILLE -FOLK. There Is enough good material at the Orpheum this week for a winning bill if it was properly worked up and handled. Poor acting ruins two or three turns with "headliner" possibilities. However, Bert Levy is back with the same olQ clever pen, the Zeno, Jordan and Zeno froupe of aerial performers is sufficiently thrilling. "The Girl from Yonkers" is entertaining and Miss Ell- advantage than they are at present. I refer par- ticularly to the James B. Cunningham, Orman Raymond 'and company in the "The Impulse of the Moment." The skit is by Channing Pollock, a former Salt Lake boy, and Charles Hanson Towne. While the plot is rather hackneyed there are possibilities to the piece. Mr. Cunningham Cunning-ham is very unsatisfactory as Yarringford. John and Mae Burt are doing a rather clever "How Patsy Went to War" stunt. Mr. Burt is Cleveland Clevel-and Cogan and Bancroft, roller comedians, about complete the good ones on the program. Next week sees the close of the Orpheum season. sea-son. It has been the best season the State street house has ever experienced. The year closes Saslavsky Concert Master and Soloist with New York Symphony Orchestra. wood an artist, while Cogan and Bancroft are on in a rough stuff act that is fair. Altogether the program averages up pretty well, but the sketches could be handled to greater with Wilbur Mack and company heading the bill in "The Girl and the Pearl," claimed .to be - a sketch of more than ordinary merit. Marcell opens the next week with his reproduction of . living statuary. Ortli and Fern have a musical ITI trifle entitled "Sign that Book." Tsuada is a Japanese equilibrist of some reputation and Fred Sosan is a singing comedian who has more than made good. Sam Davis and Laura Walker will wind up the bill with "A Lesson in Dancing." The house reopens in August and probably under new management for thp ming season as it is generally understood that the deal made by local stockholders with Martin Beck, of the Or-pheum Or-pheum circuit, went through all right on April 1, and that Mr. Beck now holds 51 per cent of the stock of the theater. He will unquestionably put in his own manager. He'll also be tempted, probably, to send a few more real ones out this way. j Rather unexpected and unusual, but none the less welcome, is the announcement that after the close of the Orpheum's season of vaudeville next week, Katherine Grey, a talented and clever actress, who the past few seasons has won success suc-cess on Broadway, will be seen at the Orpheum for one week, beginning June 8, In a new play by Clyde Fitch entitled "The Truth." What "The Truth" is, we are unable to say, as the play is this season's " work. Katherine Grey, however, is a fascinating, talented woman in the prime of her work. I remember her in -one of Channlng pollock's pieces several years F ago and she is a delightful performer. It is entirely en-tirely possible, too, that Fitch has turned out a play that breathes of something besides the distastefully dis-tastefully risque atmosphere Of the drawing-rooms of some of New York's Wealthy. Martin Beck manager of the Orpheum circuit, cir-cuit, has purchased the rights of the new play and has three productions out, Miss Grey carrying carry-ing the western show; Clara Bloodgood the eastern east-ern show, and the third production running in London. His throwing the performance of a legitimate le-gitimate play into one of his vaudeville houses is most unusual and the surmise runs to what the foxy Martin is up to. Does he mean next season to buy up a few stars, and shows and give us some "legit" once a month orf so, for a breathing spell on vode-ville?" Un- Uless the "tust" is in on the game it would seem that such a move would precipitate a fine little scrap between the vaudeville men and the controlling con-trolling forces in thetegitlmate field. w w w The Grand chimes in with "Nellie, the Beautiful Beauti-ful Cloak Model" for the week that opens at that house Sunday evening. Nellie, let it be understood, under-stood, is a working girl, and the activity she displays dis-plays keeping her virtue intact and avoiding the pitfalls dug for her by two or three villians every night for three hours would be enough to tax the capacity of the heroine of "Three Weeks." i,. s. G. |