Word: operetta
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...Apple Blossoms," the operetta for which Fritz Kreisler composed a good part of the music, will take the place of "The Night Boat" at the Colonial Theatre Monday night...
George Whiting and Gadie Burt are the headliners at Keith's this week, in a miniature operetta entitled "Little Miss Melody." This musical sketch alternates song and dance numbers with good effect: the nine members of the company, impersonating the spirit of Jazz, Harmony, Melody, and other characteristics of tune, succeed in keeping the audience continually interested. The costumes and scenery are more than usually elaborate...
...Gilbert Miller's great London production "Monsieur Beaucaire," will be given at the Tremont on Monday, April 5, for a limited engagement. This pleasing operetta, drawn from the story of like name by Booth Tarkington, has been an outstanding success in New York, and Boston is the only other city in which it is to be presented this season...
...Beautiful Unknown," the American adaptation by Edward Paulton of a spirited Viennese operetta, clearly succeeded in delighting its early audience at the Majestic. Yet to those who remember the notable music of "The Chocolate Soldier" the latest work from the pen of Oscar Straus--with additional numbers by Sigmund Romberg--is somewhat of a disappointment. Not that the music is dull and wholly uninteresting; on the contrary, much of it is quite agreeable. There are some alluring waltz measures, some elaborate ensembles, and a vigorous and stirring march. But the orchestral score is heavy and far from inspired...
...operetta on the whole is pleasantly tuneful; it is diverting to a limited extent; it is satisfying in the greater part of its acting; gorgeous in some of its settings and pleasing in its spirit. It suffers chiefly in comparison with Straus' splendid former works...