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Show FANGHON AND MARCO CAUSE BIG STIR HERE j . 'i ': ify . Thtt miif!cl director of Fanehnn and Marco's 1H20 xtravagunia. "Satires of 1020" leads the brchesira and the soloists and chorus on the stago wish a Joat trumpet not wlt'a a violin or from tho piano elool as do tho conventional directors. Prom this one would gather that tho show la unusual and ons would bo right In so gathering. There was an tinuaunlly large audl-irii- In tha Orpheum thealre laMt nlcht to attend the opening performance and this abdianos entbusiastlcally u-calved u-calved the merry mixture sort-d i Hum from hcfori- the footllghta. and rIho from the orchpstra' pit. "Satlraa' n LS prOdtlCSd and presented present-ed for the first time In San Francisco a shot t tinn sfjo. it is another Fan- chon & Marco western production bound east to compi t with the 1 11-1 n productions. And It ought to do It. There Is plot, tuneful musk, plenty of conn-dy. extraordinary dancing, clean and colorful costumes and prei-ty prei-ty maidens Fanrhan and Marco are the. star.', of course, but there It no petty tempoi - I ment shown and the result Is thnt ml olhi-r clever men and womr:i 1 get plenty of opportunity to display their wares. It la not a two-star sho I by any means. Among the features which make "Satires" a first class attraction are I the following: The remarkable danw-ing danw-ing of Fanchon and of Marco, the lout of the ordinary dancing of Lloyd and Wells: the monologue stunt of Arthur Ar-thur Wes.. the comedy character work of John Shechan. the genera all-round work of Al Wohlman. tho danclntr of tha Wright dancers, the ringing of la D irk. tho dancing of Muriel Stry-ker Stry-ker and the generally good work of the chorus. Tho violin playing of Mr. Marco was an enjoyable incident of the production, pro-duction, especially his playing of standard violin solos with th music I Interpreted by graceful dancera. The singing of "Lo, Here the Gentle ' I-irk ' by Miss Clark with a flute obll-gato obll-gato by ESrvln Kord of the Orpheum ' theatre orchestra deserves special I in iitlon. The show Will bo the attraction at 'the Orphebm airaln tonight. |