THEATRICAL NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21165, 23 April 1932, Page 9 (Supplement)

THEATRICAL NOTES.

COMING PRODUCTIONS. Town Hall.: July 7. —Madame Galli-Curci concert. Bis Majesty's. .April 26. 27 ami 20.—" Dorothy." by the J. C. VI ilhiimsou C. : i 11n»r 1 and Sullivan Opera Company; to lie •/ followed 1 iv/ " Tli" Yeoman of •1 • e Guard." " lolanthe." "The Mikado." " Pat r ice." " Rnddigore," and " The Gondoliers." Coming.—-Dame Sybil Thorndike and Conpanv in " Paint Joan," As Yon Like It." Macbeth." " Painted Veils " et alia: Beniio Moisriwiisch, concert pianist. fown Hall, Contort Chamber. JJav. —I 'niversity Students' Extravaganza, " The Goats' Train." PLAYS AND PLAYERS. The news that the famous soprano, GalliCurci. is coming to New Zealand under the J and X. Tait regnic, has caused a sti.in Dominion musical circles. She will open "the New Zealand tour at Auckland on Thursday, July 7, and the season will be a short cue, for after appealing in the four Dominion centres, this most famous of singers will depart to fulfill important engagements in London, Paris, New York, and other centres.

As a result ot/the immense success of Its previous season in Auckland, the Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company, sponsored by J. C. Williamson, Limited, by arrangement with R. D'Ovley Carte, ■will play i return season at His Majesty's Theatre. The season will commence on Tuesday evening with " Dorothy," a comic opera in three acts by Alfred Collier and H. C. Stephenson. Later all the old Savoy favourites will be presented.

The J. 0. Williamson Limited production of " Happy and Glorious " at the King's Theatre, Melbourne, in which Margaret Rawlings is to appear in a new role for her last three nights in Melbourne, is to lie preceeded by a novel Rem. This will be the first production of a ballet burlesque by Gabriel Toyne, entitled "Business a la Russe," with music by Tom King, and ballet work in the bands of Robert Helpjnan. In this, Robert Helpman, Michael Ilagen, -Dorothy Hutchison, Lois Green, and others will take part. This is enacted in a business office, and the story is a dance-burlesque of " big-business."

Arrangements have been made by Mr. Harry Stringer, the New Zealand representative of Messrs. J. and X. Tait (under whose direction the Dominion tour of Mo : seiwitsch is being conducted) for the appearance of this gifted player in the principal provincial centres, as well as the cities. This will t»e pleasing news to the many thousands of music-lovers in the small centres who on the last occasion, departed in great numbers to the cities where the virtuoso was appearing. Many applications have been received from enthusiasts asking that certain provincial towns should be included in the itinerary, and while it will ba impossible (owing to future engagements outside the Dominion) for every district applying to be scheduled, the management is doing all possible to Beet the position.