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Show ill MISS HAZEL TOUT I lit WINS .SUCCESS III ' mm MUM H fl If f 'A"ss I,nzeI Toul,';tlio former Og- BBb il II it! den girl known to the stngo ob. Hazel LveVJ $1 ill Dawn,imado her, debut us a star sov Mm ' I ' ! if ornl n,g,lt8 ago.at tho Now Nixon B ' t j HI theatre in Atlantic City, New Jersey, B I 1 Hi In tho new Victor Jlerbcrt opera "The ' I : J Debtitanto." According to corrcs- Rj I if si pondents of Now, York newspapers, K the affair was ono of tho moat brll- H , 4 llnllt ",lr8t nights" that has been H I 'j i celebrated In years. Many prominent BB 1 HI n Now York society leaders were in at. B I 1 n iscw YorK society leaders were In at- m J um tendanco and tho big thciitro at tho B E g If noted summer rqs'ort was crowded to Bb 1 1 ' 11 II "3 utnlost capacity.'-' B ' j a I j The comment .pi tho dramatic crlt- B i H t ic of tlio New York Times on tho H . ; j if fli appcaranco of tho former Ogdcn gjrl B i 9 II u ns "10 8tnr' fo"ows: f J 1 Hhzel Dawn's advent Into tho BBf ' f M ffl realms of stago stars was awaited BBr 1 1 M fr w'"' cons'derablo Interest by thoso mUM & ffl II who remembered h'cr work in tho J,'1 "Pink Lady" and subsequent musical I lb comedies, and last" night at tho pro- I jj mleroof trio 'Victor Herbert Harry D. I ' and Robert S. Smith," which took B jj; Place at tho now' Nixon theatre. Miss I j it Dawn camo into, her own ns a star bum m II l ot flr8t m,l8nltudo. . ' H i Jj Jj' j Sharing honorjuwlth the star was H P S It 1 tue muslo-iof Victor Herbert.- Ot H. 81 t courso, Mr. Herbert was thoro, per- BH U Donally? to -'direct, tho orchestra and Hi W m ; received the usjtal, ovation, but then IU I Mr. Herbert is 6. iraed to premieres I if and ovations byjnow that the novel-. U ty has qulto wojrahoff, so it was his, I j music that ho Evidently wished , to BD Jj II share In the honors' it any thcro be, H I jj j and there was eirpugh and more to H n 1 1 So round beforo the fall of tho cur- BBj I ' tain on the second act which occur- H m f red at 12:20 a. m. H M Victor Horbcrt has written hn un- K I I usually good musical score for tho B ill ( "Debutante" which might bo called B ' It 1 f almost by any other title. The nuin- m il f uers lmvo been- wc" orchestrated by K t "l0 famous composers facile pen, and H jji I It the various airs have that character- B il Hi istlc Herbert swing. Tho usual March He ; i K'i song "Love Is a Da t tie," tho delight- B jj SJ ful cntr' ucto waltz songs nnd the. Bh J l!R orcsccndocd finales are In evidence BB L'1 Vlu as ot yore' rll2 numbers which re- BkJ SP'lIi! main hauntlnglyFn the" memory hro M 1M!! "Professor Cupid," "All for 'tho Sake B I$ of a Girl," "Tho Golden Age," "Peg- BH ! iffill gy's a 'Creature of Moods," a delight- H ' If Ml 1 ful Irish song; "Never Mention Love B , iKi j ' When We'ro AlonoV' "Tho Baker's BH j . 'iljjj n' and tho Chimney Sweep," "Dur- Ht ,tll lesque on Grand Opera," and "Fhte." BK Jill ill T1' lnttor number iMIss Dawn played BB uulli ns n vlol,n S0,P' BB (if til As E,n'no Vane. 'Miss Dawn has BV i '? never been seen to bettor advantage. BK 'KI'H 1Ier fascinating mlle was more nl H I' (ll'lll luring than ov.cr, but it was not upon Hi ! liUll mcra ,)cnllt' "int s,lc depended 'or Hi 'Hils t,lc success of hor efforts. Hoi' I'ndc- BJj ' BlS nlablo chnrm permeates tho entire BK 'I'B'lii lwo ncts tnu' H'10 -vrns r'11"0 captivat- BR il BJi I,IB' S,l succeeded in bolng cngcnl- Hl i Bj 0UR wltll0l't being clnfeenuous nnd B i iwll I "mt '" n ro' Wh ns thls '8 '"deed Mm nfll 1 a fpnt of w,1'c'1 to bo proud. K Since tho vlblitTsolo In tho "Pink BE ' m Lady," MIsg DaSvn has .been Inipor. BK l tuned to play an Instrumental solo B ) again; butilt wasn't;uiUll last ?;ijht B I Bl'l t,m Bno aciuiesced. ;ier solo, bar- Bft I KfS ring a bit of -nen'ousness, duo to.tlio , BB t iwfl 5 strain ot tho long rehearshlg nnd tho Bf if 'I llS flrat l,crformncP t"n beautifully-in- B I I li terprcted. It was called ",Fate,"tho Br 1 ilJl airof which had been woven into1 tho Bb Bl I l scoVo all through the production, j B Alan udlo nitidis a manly fiance H 'T HI ' 1 ofKIalno, whoso dancing was almost, Bl " BkI i conspicuous by Its nbsenco which Bb ' HII ' wns to ,)0 deplored as Mudlo Is n Bl 'lUI I dancer ot no mean ability. In Itict B ' B tho! play needs more dancing injected. B ' III! I Into It, especially in tho first act. H ni t Stuart Ualr scored strongly as Ar- mand de rontennc. Ilnlr(J';fJnlshed acting anif noly reiWorcd songs, particularly par-ticularly tho Will o'- tho vASp'," add-cd add-cd grcntlyjtd tho Comedytj WlJltSVcit was nnotliortf un maltor wholind'fnudh out of'n 'rathor po'Sr part that isTfor him. Thomas Pitkin nOdcd nervo nnd dash to tho rolo of Lieutenant Sheridan. Sheri-dan. Miss Zoo Dame')', injected a bit of Spanish intensity' totho part of Inmi, the Itusslnn dancer. Mnudo Odell made an excellent foil for Wi West; William Danforth capably Jicf cd Godfrey Frazle; Miss Sylvia Ja'i son was n nalvo midshipman and later la-ter a dainty futurist ballet girl, while Miss Henncssj' added to tho -"Will o' tho Wisp" number by hor dancing. The themo of the musical comedy Is of tho usual light variety of "Love's Interrupted dream" an extremely ex-tremely light peg upon which to linns two long ncts; but still it serves Its purpose, so what more could one nsk? "Tho Debtitanto" ns It was playei! last night Is ht least an hour toe long, if not an hour nnd a half. A bit ot Judicious pruning tho Interpolation Interpo-lation of moro dancing in tho first ncl and tho now production of John P. Fisher appears to contain tho necessary neces-sary Ingredients for a Broadway success. suc-cess. Tho costumes nro attractive and tho girls possess pulchritude nna real voices, which latter Is moro than, can bo said about tho nialo chorus. In fact a volco or two -mora' amting!ltho principals wouldn't do" any great amount ot damage, "Tho Debutante" remains at tho New Nixon all week. |