Mr. Lasky has improved this act to a great extent by the addition of the Courtney Sisters, who instill quite a lot of life into the little musical comedy. However, the act is not up to the standard of Mr. Lasky’s former offering, but may improve to some degree with more work. F.S. Special set.
This act received no end of spontaneous applause and it seemed to deserve it, too. The singing of the latest popular songs of Mr. Wenrich by Miss Connolly was good, and the resume of Mr. Wenrich’s past successes by himself at the piano was very well-liked. Their last number, “Kentucky Days,” was a big hit and they were forced to repeat the chorus several times. In one.
“After the Corso.” While we have played this act before, it seemed to be appreciated by our audience just as much as formerly, it is a pretty act and the work of the trained animals and the juggling of Miss Traney make it a good offering, especially in this position on the bill. F.S.
We like this act very much. It is full of life and the intensely dramatic situation, with the startling denouement at the finish, makes it one of the best serio-comic melodramas we have ever played. The cast is capable, especially Mr. Arthur Noops, who seems get the best possible results from his role. F.S.
Japanese slack wire and barrel-tossing act. These three clever men do some excellent work which is interspersed with no small amount of good clean comedy. An act that could go any place on this bill and do well. F.S.
We like this act very much. It is full of life and the intensely dramatic situation, with the startling denouement at the finish, makes it one of the best serio-comic melodramas we have ever played. The cast is capable, especially Mr. Arthur Noops, who seems get the best possible results from his role. F.S.
15 minutes in one. O.P. Drapery. Man and woman in a “bunk” hypnotic act. The woman announces her partner is ill, and calls for volunteers from the audience. Adler responds, and while in a cataleptic state introduces imitations of various animals and birds, all of which were very well received.
“Motoring in Mid Air.” 10 min F.S. Three men, one dressed as a woman. Same old act, with motor cycles, intended as a “thriller.” About the last time this act or acts like it should be sent to this house. The people here are weary of motoring in mid air, globes of death, and other death-defying thrills. In warming up their motor cycles before the curtain goes up on the act, such a terrific noise is produced that it frightens the audience. Several women left their seats and walked out Sunday night while this noise was going on behind the stage and the curtain was down. From now on we will raise the curtain as the people can see what the noise is. This act came from Pittsburgh, and their apparatus did not reach the theatre until 1:30 Sunday afternoon. As it requires fully two hours to set, to the exclusion of all other acts, it was eliminated Sunday matinee. Too long a jump for an act of this kind, even when railroads are on time and yesterday the act was two hours late in arriving. On account of this act we will be glad when this week is over.
‘Cellist. 12 min. in one. Assisted by Edmund Lichtenstein, who conducts the orchestra during the act. She is a wonderful performer on this instrument, but rendered only the classical. Went only fair at Sunday matinee on this account. They were induced to play “Annie Laurie” as an encore Sunday night, but it didn’t help the act so far as the audience was concerned. This selections, and loss heavy stuff, would be better. There is too much classical work by special musicians in this house. People come here to see vaudeville, and not to attend a symphony concert. PITTSBURG.
Bag punching, wrestling, boxing and fencing, all indifferently done. Something of a novelty, however to see girls doing this kind of work and the two girls who box and wrestle are rather pretty, so that helps them to get by fairly well. 12 min.
