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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1912
Page
14
Metropolitan debut of Lehar’s opera The Count of Luxembourg opens the season at the Tremont with the Shubert presenting Over Night and Green Stockings at Castle Square, plus other attractions highlighting a busy opening program.
The road to happiness leads to the Old Howard this week where the Moulin Rouge Burlesquers present The Toast of Paris a two act girl show. Joe Fields Patsy Barrett Corinne De Forrest headline with a strong cast including the Lee sisters Willie Mack and a chorus of 30. The program features Ernesto sisters European wire artists swor and Westbrook Finn and Ford Kid Canfield and others with violinist Brocke juggle Irving Kling and more.
Large crowd welcomes ex-champion James J. Corbett known as Smiling Jim with humor stories on stage. Burlesque by Whirl of Mirth features Eddie Collins and the cast in In Cartoon Land. Wrestling title bout Fritz Hanson vs Joe Willis slated for Thursday. Friday showcases amateur bouts.
Beautiful girls perform in a merry Bowdoin Square Theatre festival this week. Miss Mascotte trains a new song fest that delighted patrons. Harry La Marr debuts New England Folks in a clever vaudeville act. The company includes May Belmont Anna Belmont Alice Dudley and many others. Amateurs to be showcased Thursday. Moving pictures offer comedy and melodrama.
A snappy Gaiety programme led by John Huting's Taxi Girls at fifth speed. An 80 scene burlesque titled In Mexico unfolds from Vera Cruz to a Mexican prison, with vaudeville by Wooley and Woods Ida Bayton the Farrell Taylor trio and the Seman duo adding to the bill.
The Pregitt Merrell company presents mystifying illusions while Ellen Richards performs wire feats. The Viola Duo and Marion and Deane deliver song and talk. The Pathe weekly leads a strong picture slate. The programme changes Thursday and winter vaudeville policy shifts next Monday.
Tremont Theatre opened its season with The Count of Luxembourg an opera comique by Franz Lehar praised for tuneful melodies and lively orchestration. Ann Swinburne led the cast as the Countess with George Leon Moore as The Count while Fred Walton Frank Moulan and Frances Cameron starred in the comedy. The production runs three weeks before moving to New York.
Castle Square Theatre began John Craig's fifth season with Green Stockings. Margaret Anglin is remembered in this cheerful comedy as Mary Young and the company delivered lively performances. Next week The Fortune Hunter will debut in stock.
The Majestic Theatre presents The Million Henry W. Savage farce with four fast acts. Taylor Holmes as the eccentric doctor and Paul Ker as the Italian tenor draw strong notices as crowds pack the house for riotous lottery chase scenes.
The Plymouth Theatre season begins next Saturday with The Man From Home starring William Hodge as the Man. Boston audiences have welcomed the play and Hodge, and despite a few cast changes the troupe remains strong.
Hollis Street Theatre gears up for its season with box office opening next Thursday for seat sales. May Robson opens the year with her production A Night Out, transferring to Hollis after downtown engagements to continue the Boston stay.
The Shubert Theatre opened with Over Night a revived farce about two mis matched bridal pairs. Francine Larrimore Ada Stirling Thoms Emory head a strong Boston cast delivering lively, clean humor. The company includes Florence Earle Emily Calloway James Ford and others under Brady management.
Keith's Theatre presents Henry E. Dixey in A Monodrama vaudologue featuring 20 characters and sleight of hand. Mrs. George A. Hibbard debuts with The Queen's Messenger, supported by Wyrley Birch. Also on bill: John C. Rice and Sally Cohen, Sully and Hussey, Apollo Trio, Ben Linn, Adele Ferguson Edna Northland, Lavan Trio, and the Four Musical Gordon Highlanders.
Boston playgoers plan the gala opening of the St James Theatre at Huntington and Massachusetts avenues. Langdon Mitchell's society comedy The New York Idea leads the bill with a star stock company including Katherine Grey Kate Ryan Beth Franklin Ethel Grey Terry Robert Haines Dudley Hawley Theodore Friebus Sydney Riggs Carl Stowe and Charles Abbe.
Last evening a Park Theatre audience packed the house for the second week of May Robson in A Night Out a work she wrote with C T Carey. The comedy drew continuous laughter and matched the strong supporting company seen in The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary. On Labor Day Rose Stahl will debut her new play Maggie Pepper with tickets on sale.
The Greyhound will go on sale at the Boston Theatre this morning. The play has drawn monster audiences for six months at Wagenhal and Kemper's Astor Theatre in New York, and audiences savored its melodrama of American life, proving strong demand for such dramatic entertainment.
The Quaker Girl seat sale begins Thursday morning at the Colonial Theatre. Mail orders with checks will be filled promptly in order of receipt. Due to production arranging difficulty a Labor Day matinee will not be scheduled. the show opens with the evening performance.
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