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Show 1 With The First Nighters Wt "LA TRAVIATA" H Lucy Gates, singing as she has never sung be- H fore and surrounded by a company entirely local Hjf all of whom were equal to the exacting demands r of Verdi's "La Traviata," scored such a success U early in the week that the increasing audiences H1- necessitated an extra performance which was Hjh given on Friday. Five nights of grand opera by Hi a local company would never have been possible had the incentive been found in anything but the ! real merit of the singers. While Miss Gates was ' the bright particular star of the occasion, her , adequate support, together with the splendid H orchestra under the direction of B. Cecil Gates, H made her complete triumph possible. Some of H the masters have compared Miss Gates' voice to H those of many of the leading sopranos of the H world and those who heard her Violetta during Hi the week, will readily agree with them. She is HI an actress too, and this with the wonderful ex- I; pression of her voice in differing emotions, re- H suited in complete success in this role which M '. calls for everything a singer has, and if she was H i pleased with the warmth of her greeting, the H ' . feeling was mutual for she has never treated her H local friends to anything so delightful. In her M , support John W. Summerhays who appeared as 1 Alfred, was in splendid voice and his acting was H ' fine. He has had considerable professional work, H the benefit of which was shown in his perform- H p . ance. The other principals and the chorus had evidently been carefully selected and trained and the entire achievement was one to call further unstinted commendation. ORPREUM There is no question about there being a variety va-riety in this week's bill at the Orpheum. The acts differ so much and some are so good that those partial to certain classes of vaudeville, find much to please them. There are disappointments, however, how-ever, and the greatest of these is Thomas Egan, who has a beautiful voice sweetly toned, but he would appear to much better advantage in a parlor. His voice is not strong and to compare it with that of John McCormack, acquires a great stretch of the imagination. Apparently, too, he' is not used to stage work. He is lacking in dramatic expression and poise and gives the impression im-pression that he is- more at home in small concert singing than facing large audiences. J. C. Nugent is an artist and his little sketch "The Squarer," with Miss Jule York as his foil, is distinctly illuminating among sketches classed as comedy. His hangover is not the least overdrawn over-drawn and his facial and bodily expressions, his personality and droll remarks make up a character charac-ter which many attempt to portray but fall far short of the standard set by Nugent. Han Ping Chien with hfs troupe present- 1 HHffySwwBffv'WwSwHB mt w3& & v-..4 w yg 1HI H H 1 JBiSPPyir g.jgl " fcr H H I kSt'' ' v w H hi H I fJr in. Wp v y 2 1 "H B' . ff PltfilTltiff' X -yrfiirKVi- rJIHT iiH B ; JI?5. LESLIE CARTER IN THE FOURTH ACT OF "ZAZA," NEXT WEEK Al M THE ORPHEUM ing mystifying tricks, contortions and balancing, is a real headliner and his performance is one of the most finished of the kind pn the stage. The interest in the comedy of Rex centers in the protests of his mule Maude when various J$ gentlemen differing in color, attempt to ride the animal. It is a screamingly funny finish to the bill. "Wurnell is quite at home dancing on roller skates and his barrel jumping is well executed. Bolger brothers, banjoists, who can play these instruments well enough, prolong their entertainment entertain-ment until it Is a bore and May West could bo eliminated from the bill entirely to its great improvement. im-provement. Billed as an eccentric comedienne, she is neither. She has no voice and is simply a tough-appearing young person whose clothes and songs and sayings are suggestive and repellent. repel-lent. "v Scenes on the Manhattan water front, shown in the Travel Weekly, begin a new series of American pictures and they are excellent. Mrs. Leslie Carter heads the bill opening tomorrow, to-morrow, with a tabloid of her first great success "Zaza" and others on the bill will be Willie Solar, "late star of the London Hippodrome"; Harry and Eva Puck in "Sunshine and Showers"; William Egdirette in his beautiful act in which he features posing dogs and horses; Eva Shirley, the young prima donna; Wilson and Lenore, and Corrigan and Vivian in novelty shooting. MISS VIOLA ALLEN, WHO WILL BE AT THE AMERICAN THE A TRE SUNDA Y, MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY IN "THE WHITE SISTER" AMERICAN . Tho highest standard of motion pictures obtainable ob-tainable is the constant aim of tho management manage-ment of the1 American theater. And this aim does not only extend to tho picture themselves, but to the musical program and to all other incidentals inci-dentals which go to make the show at that theater thea-ter unequalled anywhere in the United States. This is not an idlo statement. During tho past summer visitors from all .parts of the United States have attended the American and hundreds of unsolicited letters have "been recelveng rila-tlve rila-tlve to the programs which are offered. Professor J. J. McClellan, who is in charge of the twenty-piece orchestra which is a regular feature at the theater, is a man of national reputation rep-utation in his line. There is no theater anywhere any-where in the United States, either legitimate or picture house, which can boast of an organization organiza-tion of musicians such as are at the American every night. The program which ibegins Sunday and continues con-tinues through Wednesday is headed toy Miss Viola Allen in "The White Sister," an adaptation adapta-tion of P. Marion Crawford's wonderful story which made such a profound impression when it was ipresented on the speaking stage by Miss Allen. In the adaptation Miss Allen enacts the same role as she did in the speaking part, but the 'play has been greatly elaborated and the scenic effects enhanced (by natural locations rather rath-er than those ibuilt for presentation in the legitimate legi-timate houses. . Beginning Thursday the American offers its patrons another treat In Pauline Frederick in "Zaza." Miss Frederick hardly needs introduction introduc-tion to Salt Lake as one of the foremost emotional emo-tional artists and the film is a superD photo-production photo-production of one of the dramatic sensations of the century. Last Thursday audiences at the American -chuckled and laughed at the first of the J. Rufus Wallingford stories, "A Bungalow Bungle," which continues the rest of this week. The stories which were written by George Randolph Chester Ches-ter are each complete in themselves and show the favorite fiction character in new roles. The second of these stories will be on the American program next Thursday. - ' PLAY WRITING CONTEST The progressive Wilkes Stock company has announced a, play writing contest open to all residents res-idents of this city. It is given with a view to encourage play writing and discoverng at home a play of merit. The author of the winning play will be awarded $150 in gold and the play will be presented all Christmas week by the Ernest Wilkes Stock company. A representative from the dramatic department depart-ment of each of the four daily papers and from Goodwin's Weekly will be the judges. The play may be a drama, comedy drama, melodrama, romance, romantic drama, tragedy or melodramatic farce and must be clean and wholesome. whole-some. All plays must be in the hands of the judges not later than Monday, December sixth and only original plays will be considered. They must be no less than three or . more than four acts and the cast must not exceed fourteen speaking speak-ing characters or less than six. The manuscripts manu-scripts must be mailed to the play writing con-test con-test department, liimpress theatre. The announce-ment announce-ment of the winner will be made December twelfth and the company reserves the right to purchase any plays submitted other than the winning script at a fair price. |
