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Show Witt tke First NigMers ITho seeker of histrionical ontortalnment has t been a greatly favored individual during the sea-' son which is just now entering upon the beginning begin-ning of the finish. A taste of everything in the lino has been served at one time or another and while not all to the good, more attractions and in some instances better attractions than over produced pro-duced before have been on the boards. Peaches and cream for some; lemons for others, but on i the whole, every playgoers ideal at some time. Withal the successful theatrical period. i Enter the Summer Season with Stock and real first class, so we are told, at the Orpheum and Grand and continuous vaudeville at the Con-sldino Con-sldino and Sullivan House. . & & DOCKSTADER HIS MINSTRELS, j The believer that nothing new could be in troduced in Minstrelsy and still maintain Minstrel Min-strel merit must have suffered an awful setback i in witnessing the Lew Dockstader production of l Wednesday or Thursday for there was certainly j something doing and something different and those who saw and heard went away saying: "there was never anything like that in a Minstrel show before." The inimitable "Lew" himself was there and outside of a very decided coating of Wyoming Frost about his vocal, apparatus was all right. From the City Editor's ho handed out a line of local shots that make us think he had been here all his life. In point of scenic splendor the production was marvelous. That Palace of Emerald uas a Joy to behold and every member present was thoroughly thor-oughly entitled to his seat. The vocal numbers wore all of a high order clean and musical. The Burlesque, too often the frosty feature of Minstrel productions, was really one of the nils, and the clever work of the burlesquer Neil O'Brien O'-Brien In his "Rapid Transit Up-to-Date" while not overstretching the imagination of the Salt Lake straphanger to any great extent was just ridiculous enough to be funny. The skit "The Hot Air Subway" was another mirth maker in keeping wltll the Dockstader form of engagement, engage-ment, adding splendid tone of diversity to the program. It is needless to say the performances were well attended. & jt & THE ORPHEUM. Two things helped to fill the house of the vaudevlllains on the first night: darkness at the Salt Lake and the success rocord of the previous week in that self same house. It has been the same every night since and the performance is of a nature to merit such an outburst of attend-ance. attend-ance. An evenly balanced bill, altogether good makes the evening's entertainment all that this 9 commonly referred to," illegitimate" branch of the stage could hope to attain. DeOoo does more stunts with mere Common Kitchen furniture that some acrobatic wonders fl could accomplish with an up-to-date gymnasium. Oho of those hair-raisers that makes the cold shudders corvort up and down the spinal column 1 like a frolicsome young streak of lightning danc- H ing along a trolley wire. Dorothy Drew is all that is charming to look upon. She was fairest of the fair from where I sat, and becomingly cos-turned cos-turned too. What was lacking in power of voice Hi was made up for in charming manner and style of story telling. The male section of the Los Kiners Moulin balancing pair was a clever chap, H , handicapped by a running maid who aspires to be j funny to the sacrifice of whatever talent she H otherwise may possess. Cut out the dancing of H the Brockman & Company's Act "The Count of No Account" and there is little loft that does count. There lb nothing to the skit. Mr. Brock-man's Brock-man's voice and the dancing of the other trio make the act an entertainer. Any trine that a pair of acrobats come out and make nud in the funny business and display niu-ular ability al the same time it is nn event wordi recording. Furguson & Mack have the prior liyhl any time it comes to claiming the UUu o comic acrobats. Their act is high class from tidier point of view. Bellong Bros, do some new things In the acrobatic acro-batic cyclist lino making another act on the program pro-gram that is altogether appreciable. And then the Kino realed out a' few more thousand yaiU of motion pictures. & & After next week the "lejill" will ho'd the boards at the Orpheum bin in the i". .lmiinc Shore Acres over again" is Mr. and Mrs. Gottlob and company's presentation of "Government Bonds," a pastral tale of Now England life full 4$ of heart interest. Emerson and Daldwin in a display of dexterity and demantia and "the ever-pc.pnlar" ever-pc.pnlar" Kiuodromc complete the closing bill of the season of lfJ"C-7. S By lal night nn even dozen members of the Orpheum Stock company had arrived in town and ere the first rehearsal is called on Tuesday for Clyde Fitch's Cowboy and The Lady Miss Lucia Moore will be here. In the meantime the II cempnny is getting setded in domiciles for the summer campaign ami spending leisure time strll-inn strll-inn around ami gelling spotted on the streets eoi time as real acior folk. They are a likely loo'. in . loi ami it re.illy looks as though the Miss Laura Irankf nbeltl who opens a summer engagement at the Grand Sunday night in "A Daughter of Colorado." there will be a wind-up bill of "vodovil" with all its dips, spurs and angles. Aside lro:n the fact that there will bo two playlets in evidence the offering will be essentially along the variety line. "After the Honeymoon," a farce along; the order of "My Turn Next," is accorded the big type with Julia Klngsloy, the talented star, and Nelson Lewie, the comedian, as the prime conspirators in the tale of a mince pie. Then come Hayes and Johnson In "A Dream of Baby Days," a novelty nov-elty that calls for good singing and the introduction intro-duction of motion pictures during the act. The veritable original Bootblack Quartette, singers, dancers and comedians, is another feature while the European acrobatic upecialty will be in the hands of the Fredericks family, a strong aggregation aggre-gation from the land of bock and bologna. What one critic heralded as "the artistic simplicity of press ogent'so adjectives are destined for fulfilment. fulfil-ment. Roy Clements, who Is responsible for this impoilation of Broadway talent, is working like a horse on the thousand and one details that have to be at! ended to ere the curtain goes on the Initial production Monday the 27th inst. For the benefit of the matinee clientelle all suspense is J endpd Al Phillips, the leading man, has soulful eyes; Joe O'Meara, ha a superb figure and Joe 1 Green Is over G feet 2 inches tall, and all throe were playing leads before they came to Salt Lake. There are others, David Miles, for instance but David is a married man and has his wife with him. It looks as though the stock season at the Orpheum will be a sure enough winnep. j "WE'UNS." The last of the Loightons will he seen at the Grand tonight, in "Wo'uns of Tennessee," tho play that has run the week with record attendance attend-ance forjjbhe little Stock House. Of the play there i1!1 I)raIse t0 e saI(1 for lt a sood vholQbmfjaBIah in love strain and drama-H drama-H tic sltuatioriDriKiSHyOrs there is more to bo said, every posHUbUlfiy 6T tllro Jfloce being developed devel-oped under the. efforts tif the Man who hag' shoul-derd shoul-derd even the minor details of the production. All the credit however, is not to be showered upon up-on Mr. Leighton. His support in this and all proceding plays has been all that tho oapabale actor could ask. Miss Dotld, Miss Poarnloy, Bos-worth Bos-worth and the balance of the company have con-.2 con-.2 trlbuted no little to the life of the productions. I & w1? l. LEIGHTON'S BENEFIT. That was a gracious act on the part of tho management of the Orpheum in tendering to the Leighton Players the theatre for Sunday night Q for a benefit performance so that the actor folk might have more spending money on their way home to dear old Broadway. Mr. Leighton will put on "Tho Prisoner of Zenda" and at this writing, writ-ing, owing to some differences, it looks as, though ho might have to borrow a couple of actors to fill out the cast. MR. WALKER WHITESIDES. "When Walker Whiteside makes his appearance appear-ance with his new play, "The Mngis Melody" at the Salt Lake theatre Friday, local theatregoers will be given an opportunity to see one of the strongest organizations that the firm of Llebler '& Co. have yet sent forth in a modern play. While Liobler & Co. are known for their artistic productions and the excellence of the casts they supply for their various plays, they feel they have furnished an array of talent that should appeal to tho lovers of the best in dramatic art, and are satisfied . that few of tho productions that come this way have surpassed Mr. Whiteside's company in point of artistic possibilities. Each and every member of the company is an experienced exper-ienced player with a wealth of stage history, and each has come to be known as among the best In his or her branch of endeavor on Broadway, where after all, the bulk of the critical analysis, a3 far as the managers are concerned, is done. It is unusual to find such artists as Miss May Buckley; Miss Olive Wyndham; Miss Martha George; Mr. Henry Bergman and Mr. Howard Gould in one organization, oven when such a star as Mr. Whiteside is to be supported, and Llebler & Co. take pride in tho result they have achieved. Mr. Whiteside's engagement with this firm Is for a term of years, and during that period he will be seen only in modern plays, as he has . docided to abondon his classic and romantic portrayals por-trayals for some time to come. He says ho regards re-gards his work in that line as the surest foun-0 foun-0 dation for the work he is now attempting, and it can be said that his managers have given him every opportunity with the splendid enst that has boon provided. & & "A DAUGHTER OF COLORADO." With tho performance of "Wo'uns of Tonnes-see" Tonnes-see" at the Grand theatre tonight, the engage- !mont of Harry Leighton and his company will oloso in Salt Lake and tomorrow night Miss Laura ITrankenflold, one of the best known, most talented tal-ented and most popular young actresses before tho public today, will open an extended engage- ment at tho Grand theatre that Is to Include the production hero of some of tho most successful and popular dramas the stage has ever known. "A Daughter of Colorado" is to be the play which will first introduce Miss Frankenflold to local playgoers and Pelton & Smutzor, the big theatrical managers of Denver, Colo., who are managing Miss Frankenfield's tour this season and who are also the leasees of the Grand hero, ' have provided tho star with a splendid and beautiful beau-tiful production of the famous play. During tho engagement of Miss Frankenfleld and her company com-pany at the Grand tho prices will remain unchanged, un-changed, tho weekly attractions will open Sunday Sun-day evenings and matinee performances will bo given Wednesday and Saturday afternoons at 2:30 o'clock. "A Daughter of Colorado" is a refined, dramatic dra-matic comedy that tells an interesting story of love's triumph over money. There are tense, dramatic scenes in plenty and they are inter-sperced inter-sperced with quaintly humorous comedy situations. situa-tions. Tear3 and laughter are crowded together In pretty scenes and the story of the play is unfolded in a delightful and unique manner. Tho first act is laid In the foothills of the Rockies, near Denver, Colo., at the Mosher ranch, tho home of Molly Mosher, the character which Miss v v Mr. Walker Whitesldcs, in The Magic Melody. Frankenfleld will portray. Back and forth between be-tween tho Mos'aer ranch and the effete east ranges the action of the piece, with iealistic and stunning affects. Miss Frankenfleld cor. es to Salt Lake as a new star and another girl, among the many, who in recent years have come from prominent families fami-lies Into the limelight of the theatre. Beautiful, clover and of winning grace the star Is a college graduate and is from the old Holland Dutch family fam-ily of Frankenfleld of Germantown, Penn. Two years ago after several seasons of phenominnl success Miss Frankenfleld scored tho hit that brought her to the front rank of tho dramatic profession of America. It was her appearance in Ibsen's marvelous play "Ghosts" that brought th young star into the prominent position she now holds before the thealregoing public of the country. She is tho youngest actress who has ever dared attempt the great drama that upon its first production startled the stage in its terrible ter-rible realism, but her success was so pronounced IIIIHHHHBiBIIHHilMI that she appeared in the great drama for forty- !; four consecutive woelcs. ' This is the star who will fill the coming en- gagemont at the Grand and there can be but i little question that she will prove one of the Bf most popular women Salt Lake has known in years. Pelton and Smutzer have surrounded H . , Miss Frankenfield with a strong and evenly bal- anced company of Eastern artists, numbering K among them, James H. Morrison, Frederick Ber- H nard, Louis K. Conanghy, U. S. Allen, Louis A. H Sears, Alice DeLano, Miss Orette Alretus and others of prominencd. . Mr. Kent Bos-worth of the Hi Leighton Players, has boon engaged by Miss IFrankenfleld's managers and will bo a valuable addition to the ranks of the latter's company, as he has proven one of the ablest and most Hi' popular actors of the season of the Grand. B The new engagement is launched at the Grand with every confidence that Miss Frankenfield and her associates will enjoy a most profitable stay at the Grand and that local theatregoers will be treated to a series of artistic and hand-H; hand-H; somely staged popular and successful dramas H- of the day. m. & & & THE LYRIC. The skit "An Irish Uncle's Visit" picked as the topliner is all that was predicted for It a fun maker to be sure and the Dacey, Chase and Adair company have scored a hit with the pat-rons pat-rons of the continuous vaudeville house. Next week they are going in for realism, in ' the production of "The Unwritten Law", and Eve-Iyn Eve-Iyn echo, which together with several other nuni-bers nuni-bers will open tonight for the week's ongage-ment. ongage-ment. & & & Senator Bonjamin R. Tillman of South Caro-Una Caro-Una will lecture at the Orpheum, May 2G, under the auspices of the University of Utah. The sub ject will be the race problem from a Southern point of view. - During the engagement of "Poter Pan," which ran the entire season at the Empire theatre, New York last year, Mark Twain wrote a letter to Miss Maude Adams in praise of" the play and of her performance. Perhaps the finest sentence contained con-tained in it is the following: "It is my belief that 'Peter Pan' is a groat and refining and uplifting up-lifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age; and that the next best play on the boards is a long way behind it, as long as you play 'Peter.' " The policy of the management of the Salt Lake theatre during the sale of seats for the Maude Adams engagement in "Peter Pali," will simply be "first come, first served." So great a rush is expected that it will be impossible to take care of any telephone orders; all mail orders will be filled in the order in which they are received when accompanied by checks or money. Viola Allen has added a novel special bill to her repertoire consisting of one scene from each of the following plays: "As You Like It," "The School for Scandal," "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Merchant of Venice." Of course Miss Allen Al-len plays Rosalind, Lady Teazle, Juliet a"nd Portia. Por-tia. The mixed bill was originally arranged for a single matinee performance in Chicago, but so great was Miss Allen's success in the fascinating and varied characters that three more performances perform-ances of the same program were at once announced an-nounced for the next week, and it was decided to retain it in Minn Allen's repertoire. Miss Allen comes to the Salt Lake theatre soon and will be seen in her beautiful production of Shakespeare's exquisite comedy, "Twelfth Night," and the Special Spe-cial Bill. |