Show HiG FANTASY AT COLONIAL 1 I r Nixon Zimmerman's production o of the musical fantasy The Gingerbread Man Mai will bo be presented b by an nn excel excel- lent company at the tho Colonial theater one ono week beginning beginning- tonight Continued on ou Page Three BIG BU r MUSICAL FANTASY AT THE COLONIAL Continued from Paso Page One Tho Gingerbread Man is 18 Just as ns popular today as in tho the days das of ot childhood child child- hood when he grinned good morning and Merry Christmas when he was brought In view low Only the children who show their pleasure In his pres pros ence enco are now children of ot larger growth but the Gingerbread Mans Man's popularity Is everlasting Tho The characters of or The Gingerbread Man olan are all old friends Little Jack Jilek Homer Horner Simple Simon Margery Marger Daw v Taffy Tatty tho Dragon SaUte Lunn Luno Fudge Pudge and a whole company of ot merry people people- that everyone c In tho world has hns known since childhood Frederic Rankin has written trio the book and lyrics of this play and A. A Baldwin Sloane has composed ed tho the music music mu mu- sic which is considered tho the best beat work of that clever composer Somo Some of ot tho the musical numbers are arc Mazlo Mazio Beau Land of ot non lIon Bon non Moon Moon Moon John Dough Queen of ot My Dreams Ding Dong Ding Ding- and My Little Teddy Dear which became tho trio most popular song In New Now York Chicago Chi Chi- cago and Philadelphia where the tho play pIny had hail lon long runs The first t act of ot th the Gingerbread Man takes place In Santa Claus land and tho the 8 second cond act on tho dividing lines linen between the realms of or King Dunn runn and King Sugar S Plum The scenic effects of ot the play are beautiful especially the cloud effect when Little Jack Horner homer sings to the moon and a beautiful crescent moon swings s into view beating bentIng beat bent ing n a gorgeously ly gowned girl Santa Banta ClAUs ClAUS' golden chariot charlot and the handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some reindeer girls add to the The company which will present th the Gln Gingerbread d Man Man Is Ie an nt one I and Includes Include nuch uch well wIlI known players as Fred J 1 Nice Adele Archer John J 3 J. J McCowan May Douton nouton Major 1 Rose Murray Luto Lute Eleanor Elcanor Waring Maurice Holden Sol Solomon Rosa Ross Snow and tho the Great Grent Kavano |