Opening of the Hollis Belle of Mayfair opens season at Hollis Street Theatre
The Hollis Street Theatre opened the dramatic season with The Belle of Mayfair. The review praises spectacle over plot, notes lavish costumes and large ensemble, highlights Pierrot song, Weeping Willow, Gibson Girl numbers, and predicts strong attendance. Frank Daniels to follow with One Tattooed Man under Charles Dillingham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis Street Theatre
Mayfair
New York
Leslie Stuart
Boston
Pierrot
Julia
Countess von Hatzfeldt
Margaret Rutledge
Duchess of
Opening of the Colonial Theatre Sparks New Dramatic Season
Readied Colonial Theatre prepares for the new dramatic season with a return engagement of Coming Thro the Rye. Frank Lalor leads the cast in the same role as tickets go on sale amid expected strong demand.
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Colonial Theatre
Boston
Colonial
Frank Lalor
The Shoo Fly Regiment at Globe Theatre shines bright
Cole and Johnson’s musical comedy The Shoo Fly Regiment played at the Globe Theatre with strong cast including J Rosamond Johnson as Edward Jackson and Bob Cole as Hunter Wilson. The Alabama regimental theme, lively music, humor, and romance drew crowded crowds, with praise for singing, piano numbers, and ensemble chorus. Next week Hap Ward and company perform Not Yet But Soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becmes
Philippines
South
Alabama
Edward
Hunter
Edward Jackson
J. Rosamond Johnson
Bob Cole
Hunter Wilson
Sugar Babe
Andrew ‘Tribble
Ophelia
Fannie Wise
Rose Maxwell
Little Brown Bear
Arthur Talbot
Professor
Henry Grant
Uncle July Jackson
Sam Lucas
Wesley Jenkins
Brothers Doolittle and
Doless
Board of Education
Mamie Butler
Tuscolina
Theo’ Pankey
Lieutenant Dixon
Nettie Glenn
Grizzelle
Hap Ward and Company
Lucy Daly
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Man to Man Melodrama
Bowdoin Square Theatre drew good crowds for the four act melodrama Man to Man about two diamond men in South Africa. Leading roles went to Charlotte Hunt and Clayton Legge with Mabel Florence debuting as Cissy Semple. Cast also included Louis Bresen D L Gaylord and others in supporting parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Charlotte Hunt
Clayton Legge
Miss Hunt
Elsie
David Morton
Mabel Florence
Cissy Semple
Louis Bresen
D. Ll. Gaylord
Jasper Geoffrey
Harvey Grant
Abigail Marshall
Jane Stuart
Tommy Shearer
Frank Wright
Russell Clarke
Castle Square Theatre Revives Martha With Strong Cast
Revival of Martha at Castle Square drew a large audience and sustained applause for Lois Ewell as Martha and Lionel played by Davies. Murray Pringle and LeBaron supported as Plunkett Sir Tristan and Nancy, delivering strong voices. Monday opens the season with The Serenade as the next attraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
Castle Square
Fistén
Lois Ewell
Eight Bells returns to Grand Opera House with new tricks
The Grand Opera House hosts a new edition of the Eight Bells by the Byrne Brothers. The show features shipwreck water effects, an octopus visitor, a trick horse, and a comedic elopement aided by visiting acrobats. The Byrne brothers introduce pantomime tricks and stunts like brick-wall plowing, with a stronger company after five years and a lively, laughter-filled performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrne
James
John Byrne
Byrne Brothers
Columbia Theatre Colossal Colonial Belles Minstrels Delight Crowd
A packed Columbia last night welcomed the Colonial Belles Minstrels with top fare in fun music and dancing. Performers like Miss Pudge Catto Frank Heath and Charles Falke drew big applause as the entourage and a lively vaudeville alio entertained. Tonight Dan McLeod and Jim Barnes wrestle, with more amateurs promised Friday by Manager Farren.
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Columbia
Colonial Belles Minstrels Company
Pretty Girls
Pudge
McFarland
McDonald
Charles Falke
Dan McLeod
Jim Barnes
Farren
Boston Theatre Opens with The Pit Opening Night
Labor Day matinee at Boston Theatre is expected to draw a full crowd for the 54th dramatic season. Manager Morison aims to showcase the season’s productions using the stock company and additional players and crews for a memorable opening event featuring The Pit.
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Boston Theatre
Morison
Theatre of Fine Advantage
OS Tooon
Lindsay Morison
Eerer
Perry Best Stock Company
America
Austin and Stones Museum Show Delights Audiences
A lively program at Austin and Stones Museum featured Curio Hall attractions led by Lorraine and Bellyea in a mystifying trunk act. Other acts included Harry Marlin gymnastic feats Mile Ola Japanese magic Cargill comic crayon work the Rigorells hirsute novelty Topp's band snakes marionettes Punch and Judy plus Minstrel Maids vocalists Bateman Dale Lilford dancing acts Billy Fulton Frank Larkin and St Clairs on roller skates Visocchi and Damambroii Meadows comedy Quiet Family skit.
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Austin & Stone
Curio Hall
Lorraine
Bellyea
Harry Marlin
Mile
Ola
Cargill
Rigorells
Topp
The
Snakes
Marionettes
Punch and Judy
Helen Clifford
Violette Gleason
May Farlow
Vesta Gilbert
Bateman
Dale
Lilford
Billy Fulton
Frank Larkin
St. Clairs
Visocchi and Damambroii
Meadows Comedy Company
Hub Theatre Delivers Pleasing Local Talent Bill
Hub Theatre audiences praised this week’s program featuring local acts headlined by Miss May White with Good by Mamie and Ben Loring with Katie Dear. Billy McCann drew a large reception with Won’t You Be My Honey, while the Ladies Orchestra provided incidental and instrumental numbers.
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Hub Theatre
May White
Goodby
Mamie
Ben Loring
Katie Dear
Billy McCann
Ladies
Fascinating Flora Opens at Majestic Theatre in Boston
Adele Ritchie stars in the title role of Fascinating Flora at the Majestic Theatre with a Labor Day matinee. A large Casino company supports the production before Flora closes its Boston stay Saturday and transfers intact to the city.
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Flora
Majestic Theatre
Adele Ritchie
New York
Boston
Green Bird at Majestic Opens Final Week in Benefit Show
The Majestic Theatre presents a largely refreshed edition of The Green Bird for its final week, a house sold out to the Commercial Telegraphers Union for a benefit performance. New scenes and changes update the play with Henry Norman debuting as Rumstie the cannibal king alongside a strong cast.
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the Majestic
Henry Norman
Rumstie
Will H. Sloan
John P. Kennedy
John Lorenz
Charles H. Bowers
Elsa Ryan
Eleanor Kent
Alice Hosmer
Helen Hayes
Palace Theatre Summer Closing Week Presents Varied Bill
Charlie Waldron hosts a lively program at Palace Theatre featuring burlesques The Matrimonial Venture and The Diamond Palace with Charles Burke leading a quintet including Al Patterson Dick Black Charles Clark and Will Steele. Vaudeville features Jones and Jones Black and Rhodes Annie Goldie sings coon songs and PalaceScope shows latest motion pictures. Next week will showcase the Behman show and Frank D Bryan’s Congress of American Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie’ Waldron
Palace Theatre
Diamond Palace
Charles Burke
al Patterson
Dick Black
Charles Clark
Will Steele
Jones
Black
Rhodes
Annie Goldie
Behman
Frank D. Bryan
Congress of American Girls
David Kessler Stars in The Spell at Park Theatre
The Park Theatre box office opens Thursday for the new season led by David Kessler in The Spell an English language debut from Samuel Schiffman The Spell portrays Hebrew life with a notable cast including Ida Conquest Charles Dickson Emily Rig and others The season will feature a varied program prepared by Charles Frohman Rich and Harris with strong attractions expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
David Kessler
New York
Messrs. Theise
Liebler
Samuel Schiffman
Ida Conquest
Boston
Charles Dickson
Emily Rig
Charles Frohman
Rich
Harris
Nantucket Excursion Tomorrow Promises Best Season Sendoff
The popular excursion to Nantucket, the last for the season, takes place tomorrow. This combined land and water trip cannot be surpassed for a day’s outing. Round trip fare is only $2.00.
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Nantucket
Keith's Theatre Vaudeville Bill Draws Crowded Night
Boston audience packs Keith's Theatre for a rich vaudeville program headlined by the Fadettes Orchestra with a strong mix of music, dance, and novelty acts. Highlights include the William Tell overture, Second Regiment march, Martha airs, Mary Wilczek violin solo, and a Dixie encore. final two years for the orchestra in the city. Gardner Crane pair perform Am I Your Wife in a popular slot. Welch and Montrose burlesque Play Ball. Leon Morris circus act. the Lavenburg dancers lead a charming number. The Volunteer Pianist and other acts close the program with Great Scott and a Kinetograph reel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith
Fadettes
Reeves
Second Regiment
Luigini
Martha
Mary Wilczek
Dixie
Boston
Gardner Crane
Welch
Mealy
Montrose
Leon Morris and Company
la Belle Helen
John Hedge
Lavenburg
Danforth
Messrs
Connor
Purcella
Orben
Foster
Great Scott
London
Ed Gray
Lyric
Viola and
Engel
Brown and Bailey
Theatre Premier Delights With Satire and Songs
The Theatre Premier offers a full bill with novel numbers and a satire Man, Hat and Cocktail as the highlight. The Chrysanthemum Girls scenic illusion, Life in the South African Gold Mines, and Nurse Girls Strike provide variety. Grace Merriman, Lillian Davis, George Francis, Donald Garrison, William Chase, H I Harder perform, with instrumental numbers by Harry J. Norton, Ruth Wilmore, and Bessie Feasley.
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Grace Merriman
Lillian Davis
George Francis
Donald Garrison
William Chase
H. I. Harder
Harry J. Norton
Ruth Wilmore
Bessie Feasley
Tremont Theatre Welcomes Klaw and Erlanger Lease
The Tremont Theatre in Boston will open under Klaw and Erlanger next Monday September 2 at 2 PM with weekly vaudeville shows. The article traces Erlanger and Klaw’s early careers and notes seat sales for advanced vaudeville begin Thursday at 9 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger
Boston
Tremont
Erlanger
Old Academy of Music
Cleveland
John Elisler
Euclid Avenue
Mark Hanna
George S. Knight
Rudolph
Marc Klaw
Louisville
Daniel Frohman
Charles
Daniel
Frohmans
Effie Blissler
Abraham Lt. Erlanger
Klaw & Erlanger Theatrical Exchange
AIA
N. E
Wanderer from Nowhere Opens Lyceum Burlesque Season
The Lyceum Theatre opened its 16th fall and winter season with a renovated house and the Boston Belles company presenting The Wanderer from Nowhere. The chorus shows strong voices and clever dancing. The entire cast and scenery are new with original musical numbers and specialties from Bixley and the Boston Belles quartet.
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Cosey
G. H W. Batchelder
Boston Belles Company
Mr. Bixley
Boston Belles
Rice and Walters
Morin
J. Lee Allen
Madison and Burke
Bass Point outing includes vaudeville and boat sail
Free attractions at Bass Point Relay House Park entice visitors with the Te deska Reading trio of trick cyclists performing seemingly impossible feats. The package includes a sail to Nahant shore and Relay House dinners, with boats departing frequently from Otis wharf near Rowe's wharf, Boston.
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Bass Point
Aananr
Deska Reading Trio
Clark Razzillians
Otis Wharf
Rowe’s Wharf
Nahant
Fort Hill
Relay House Park
Tedeska
Relay House
Boston
Rowe's Wharf
Inaugural Night at Old Howard with Rialto Rounders
Snowy opening at the Old Howard features the Rialto Rounders burlesque with A Day at Niagara Falls and A Day at Sheepshead Bay. Sam Howe, 1000 to 1 horse victory, chorus girls, lively vaudeville acts, and multiple specialty performers headline the show.
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Old Howard
Rialto
Niagara Falls
Sam Howe
Olla
Oih
Sheepshead Bay
Arthur Whitelaw
Terry
Elmer
Inza
Lorella
Bertin
Brockway
John A. Hawkins
Tommy White
Clevelands
Frank Phipps
Howardscope
Paragon Park to Close After Labor Day Season
Paragon Park at Nantasket Beach will close after Labor Day, marking the last full week of the season. Manager George A. Dodge presented an eight day free open air circus with acts led by Sadie Knowlton The Most Daring Woman Alive and featured Speedy the 150 foot diver, Human Spider Don Pedro Mauregon, Master Jack Martino with bears and hounds, boxing kangaroo Kid Faust, and Hermann Krause with an educated elephant, plus park attractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paragon Park
Nantasket Beach
George A. Dodge
Sadie Knowlton
Speedy
Don Pedro Mauregon
Jack Martino
Kid Faust
Hermann Krause
Theatre Jolliette presents arson drama and comic acts
At Theatre Jolliette the programme offers A Case of Arson as headliner. His First Success provides steady laughs while Servant Hypnotist and The Smoking Chimney add comic variety. Soloists Joe Roth Harry O'Neil Mauda Fenton shine with Ed C C Mahoney Grace Milliken W F McGovern and P F Payson supplying musical numbers and impersonations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theatre Jolliette
Joe Roth
Harry O'Neil
Mauda Fenton
Ed C C. Mahoney
Grace Milliken
W. F. McGovern
P.F. Payson
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Globe Theatre
Washington
Oregon
California
Burlington
Wj, O'Meara
E. Pass
Agt
Washington St
Grand Opera House
Columbia Theatre
Austin & Stone’s Museum
Nantasket
United States
Martland Brockton Band
Pemberton
G. P. Cushing
Provincetown Staunch
Bay Line
Atlantic Ave
Telebone
A. Moody
Tremont Theatre
Klaw & Erlancer’s
Fall River
Providence
New York & Ret
Luna Park
Van’s
Shore
Gloucester and
Cape Ann
Central Wharf
Tate Street
Gloucester
EK. Merchant
Mgr
JOY Line
Washington St. Main
Ain
White Mountain
R. R
Wwntain Tourist CO
Tremont Temple
Pamsoget Dept
B. and
O. O
St. Byington
Rolley
New England Street Railway Club
Pearl St
Masa
Boylston St
Park Square
Keith’s Theatre
Lyceum Theatre
King Philip
Edward W. Dixon
Commercial Wharf
Philadelphia
Sorensen
North Side
Majestic
BIRD
Colors Cole
FLY Reciment
Dover Sts
Miles Bros.’ Moving Pictures & Illustrated
Family Circle
Welch, Mealy and
Leon Morris
Miniature Circus
Viola
Eves
Flotow
Cran&d Opera
Tremont & Down
Hollis St.theatre
Thos. W. Ryley
Belle OF
Charles H. EE
Brookfield
Cosmo Hamilton
Howard Atheneum
Paragon
Bill
CREA
Labor Day
Park DE Luxe
AIR Circus
Teddy Bears
Pedro Mauregen
Rathskeller
National League Baseball
Columbus Avenue
Cincinnati
Connelly & Burke’s
Adams House
Qashin
Young’s
Parker's
Boles
Howard
Terry & Elmer
Inza & Lorella
South Africa
Lycea EU Mi
Belles
Genheuten
Bocs
Tel
Cerer
Park Teleater
Dawid Kerossier
SALE
IT Bells
MI Tin
Vonigh McLeod
Barnes
SC London Sports
Haymarket
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