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VOL. LIII. N o . 10. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Sept. 9, 1911
playing to packed houses at the New Amsterdam
Theatre, and a second company will start on tour
on September 30.
Weil-Known Publishing House Secures Sole
Rights in United States and Canada for
Of the other productions that have already been
Strauss Opera, Reports Manager Eastman
seen in America, Elsie Jauis in "The Slim Prin-
Upon Return from Europe—The Strong Po-
cess" started out on tour last Monday; "The Bal-
sition of Chappell & Co. in the Production
kan Princess," with Louise Gunning in the title
Field—Conditions in Europe.
role, starts on tour soon, as do three companies
playing "The Climax," the drama with music,
Walter J. Eastman, manager of the New York which contains Joseph Carl Breil's great song suc-
house of Chappell & Co., Ltd., returned last week cess, "Song of the Soul." "Oh, Do Step That
from a month's trip abroad during which time he Two Step," a Chappell publication, has been inter-
visited Berlin, Paris and London, the headquarters polated in "The Siren," the new Leo Fall opera,
of Chappell & Co., and got a direct line on the in which Donald Brian is winning success.
situation in the music field abroad. He stated
Mr. Eastman took occasion to combine pleasure
that he found trade excellent with the future pros- with business while abroad, and remarked that
pects most satisfying to those who had the right while he left New York.in order to avoid as much
goods to offer. Chappell & Co. have the publish-
of the intense summer heat as possible, he found
ing rights of such a number of musical comedies even hotter weather on the other side during a
and operettas for both Great Britain and America large part of his stay.
that they are more especially interested in that
branch of the business, and are well pleased with
"THE RED WIDOW" IN BOSTON.
the activity in that field. The demand for ballads
First Performance of New Musical Comedy with
in England has won great success for several of
Raymond Hitchcock as Star.
their numbers, the biggest hit being "Rose of My
Heart," by Hermann Lohr.
(Special to The Review.)
The most important announcement made by Mr.
Boston, Mass., Sept. 5, 1911.
Eastman upon his return to New York was that
The first performance on any stage of the new
Chappell & Co. have secured the sole publishing
musical comedy "The Red Widow," with Ray-
rights for the United States and Canada of Rich- mond Hitchcock in the principal role, took place
ard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier," and will be in a at the Colonial Theater here on Saturday night
position to offer the full musical score whether
and achieved a considerable success. There were
or not the piece is produced in this country in the several songs offered during the progress of the
near future. At the present time the indications piece that found much favor with the first night
are that the American public will see the new audience.
Strauss work produced under prominent manage-
The book and lyrics, by Channing Pollock and
ment.
Rennold Wolf, arc clever and consistent, demon-
strating the fact that these authors know much of
Among other interesting announcements is that
Chappell & Co. are arranging to open a branch the requirements of musical comedy libretto. The
score, it is said, is Mr. Gebest's maiden effort and
house in Canada, probably in Toronto, at an early
date in order to handle properly their growing the composer is to be congratulated on turning
out a work of decided excellence. Several of the
business on the other side of the border.
Regarding the Chappell productions, it is stated numbers are quite out of the ordinary, and should
that the new Lehar operetta, "Gipsy Love," will be become great favorites. "We Will Go, Go All
produced in New York at an early date under the
management of A. H< Woods and with Marguerita
Sylva as the star, and there are strong possibilities
that Franz Lehar will visit America in order to
conduct the opening performance of the piece in
person.
Rehearsals are now under way for "The Quaker
Girl," the musical comedy, with music by Lionel
Monckton, which will have its premiere in Phila-
delphia the latter part of this month, and will-be
brought to the Majestic Theater, New York, short-
ly after. This show will also be produced in over
twenty theaters in Belgium, France and Switzer-
land during the present season. The big hit of the
piece is the clever waltz song, "Come to the Ball."
Rehearsals are also tinder way for the London
Gaiety success, "Peggy," which is to be produced
here by Thos. W. Riley.
Klaw & Erlanger, who have the producing rights
in the United States for Lehar's great European
success, "The Count of Luxembourg," have
planned to hold back the production of that opera
until such a time as a successor is desired for
"The Pink Lady," and that will not be for many
months to come and probably not until next sea-
son. At the present time "The Pink Lady is still
CHAPPELL GETS "ROSENKAVALIER."
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Aglow to Gogo" was encored again and again;
"1 Shall Never Look at a Pretty Girl Again"
caught on, as did "I Love You, Dear," "Just for
You," "You Can't Pay the Landlord with Love"
and "Never Mind Singing, Just Dance, My Dear."
The supporting company is good vocally and his-
trionically. Sophye Barnard sang the ^titular role
and sang it well.
The play is beautifully staged, one of the most
sumptuous productions ever made by Cohan &
Harris. Quite a delegation from New York was
present at the premiere, including Jay Witmark.
"MISS JACK'MIN NEW YORK.
Musical Comedy by Mark E. Swan and Wil-
liam Frederick Peters, with Bothwell Browne
as Star, Pleases Broadway Audiences—Feist
Publishes the Music.
"Miss Jack," the new musical comedy in which
Bnthwell Browne, a female impersonator plays the
title role, had its first metropolitan performance at
the Herald Square Theater on Monday afternoon,
and was well received. The various musical num-
bers proved pleasing to the audience, especially the
song sung by Mr. Browne, "The Fencing Girl"
and "Good Bye, Little Girl."
The other
numbers of the score were evenly distributed
among the other members of the company. The
music is published by Leo Feist.
Mr. Browne played the masquerading youth and
changed his costume frequently, winding up his
performance with an Egyptian dance. Olive Ulrich,
with a pleasing voice and personality, had the role
of the sweetheart, and Suzanne Rocamora appeared
agreeably as her chum. The comedy roles of the
professor and the gardener were taken by James B.
Carson and Jonathan Keefe, and Rose Beaudete
and Hazel Cox played a "society woman" and her
daughter. May McCabe was the school mistress.
The chorus was good looking and hard working
and the chorus numbers were staged elaborately.
All of them got deserved encores. The piece, as a
whole, ought to prove popular for the short sea-
son set for it and will probably be very successful
in smaller cities.
"Miss Jack" will remain at the Herald Square
Theater for the coming week and then make way
for "The Kiss Waltz."
'THE KISS WALTZ" PRODUCED.
(Special to the Review.)
Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 5, 1911.
The latest Viennese operetta, "The Kiss Waltz,"
with music by C. M. Ziehrer, composer of "Mile.
Mischief," was produced for the first time in this
country at the Lyric Theater, this city, last night,
and met with a decidedly favorable reception.
The operetta is in two acts. The story is that
of a handsome musician who has composed "The
Kiss Waltz." His efforts to escape the attentions
of numerous women admirers and the net into
which he draws innocently the highly respectable
wife of a count furnish the plot.
Robert Warwick was seen as the composer,
Flora Zabellc as the Baroness von Baruna, who
finally wins the musician. Mr. Bigelow and Miss
Davenport sustain the comedy. After a two
weeks' engagement here the operetta goes to the
Herald Square Theater in New York.