'NO, NO, NANETTE’

Evening Star, Issue 19549, 6 May 1927, Page 6

' NO, NO, NANETTE’

INITIAL PERFORMANCE TO-MORROW AFTERNOON To-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock and to-morrow night at 8 o’clock, and every evening until Wednesday, May IS, with matinees on each Saturday and Wednesday, J. C. Williamson, Ltd., will present (by arrangement with Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller) the record-breaking musical comedy triumph ‘No, No, Nanette,’ which is proving as successful in New Zealand as it has in England, America, and Australia. The elemental qualities of ‘ No, No, Nanette ’ are rhythm, which is the soul of music, and of the 'dance —and color—which is light in glad appeal. The music is melodious, well scored for orchestra, and abounds in rich rhythmical figuration. No daintier, more pleasing, or more talented musical comedy artist has over appeared on the stage in New Zealand than Miss Elsie Prince, and as Nanette she simply lives the part, which might have been specially written for this fascinating actress. Mr Jimmy Godden (Jimmy Smith) and Mr Charlton Morton (as Billy Early) are equally happily placed. The one thick-set and most genial, and the other tall and slight, they provide an amusing contrast in outlook as well as in appearance. Billy is as distressed at his wife’s extravagance as Jimmy is at his wife’s caution. Both comedians create much amusement the whole time they are on the stage. ‘ No, No, Nanette ’ is packed with tuneful and fascinating musical numbers, among which probably the following ore the most popular;—‘Tea lor Two,’ ‘I Want to bo Happy,’ ‘Take a Little One-step,’ ‘The Call of the Sea,’ ‘Too Many Rings Around Rosie,’ ‘ I’ve Confessed to the Breeze,’ ‘ No, No, Nanette,’ ‘The Deep Blue Sea,’ ‘Fight Over Me,’ ‘ You Can Dance With Any Girl,’ ‘ Hello, Telephone Girlie,’ and ‘ Pay Day Pauline. . . There are many quaint and original dances carried out with adroitness and abandon by a team of brilliant and clever dancers, including Miss Alma Mackio, who created a furore in Wellington in her big feature dance; Mr Koyston McDonnell, Miss Gladys Devorcaux, and the Misses Allison and Kathleen Fallow. Several of the dance ensembles are, it is said, wonderful in their maze of evolutions, and the dresses of principals, ballet, and chorus ladies are on a most lavish scaie. A full operatic orchestra and chorus are under the direction ot Mr Harry Jacobs. , , The members of the company will arrive from Wellington tins evening, so that they will have a night s rest before the opening performance, which happens at 2 o’clock to-morrow afternoon, when children will bo admitted at half-price. The box plans for the first six nights and for to-morrows and Wednesday’s matinee are on view at The Bristol Piano Co.