Florodora Enjoys Remarkable Boston Run at Colonial Theatre
The Boston debut of Florodora at the Colonial Theatre draws a large audience and praise for the chorus. Isadore Rush and Ricci standout with strong stage presence and vocal skill, while principals like Bassett Murray Smith Shields Ladd and Norman receive mixed reviews for singing and acting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricci
Lucia
Miss Ricci
Boston
Mr. Bassett
Edgar
Murray
Henry Ashton
Mr. Smith
Arthur Bucklaw
Mr. Shields
Miss Ladd
Alice
Henry Pugh
Norman
Ralston
Colorado at the Boston Theatre adapts a Western tale
The Boston Theatre opens a weeklong run of Colorado by Augustus Thomas with Charles Frohman presenting the original New York cast. The play, set in a Colorado mining camp, blends romance and high drama as Col Kincaid schemes with a gaming house keeper to seize Frank Austin’s mine managed by Doyle, Kitty Doyle, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frohman
Augustus Thomas
Colorado
New York
Boston
Rocky Mountains
Kincaid
Frank Austin
Austin
Colonel Kincaid
Tom Doyle
Doyle
Kitty
Wilton Lackaye
John W. Albaugh, Jr
Violet Rand
Kitty Doyle
Maude Hoffman
Nancy
Bill
Horace Lewis
Rose Cooke
Jean Newcombe
Henry Hall
J. M. Colville
Ned Staples
Francis Carlyle
Mr. Frohman
Tremont Theatre presents King Dodo comic opera revival
The Tremont Theatre staged King Dodo to a large audience last night as the season’s renewed hit. Gustav Luders conducts a lively score with bright dialogue by Frank Pixley and a colorful cast led by Raymond Hitchcock as the king. The production features strong singing from Cheridah Simpson, Gertrude Quinlan, Greta Risley, and Elea Ryan, with a lavish chorus and festive staging marking a return to traditional comic opera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodo
Tremont Theatre
Dodto
Gustav Luders
Frank Pixiey
Raymond Hitchcock
Arthur Wooley
Charles W. Meyer
Reginald Oberts
Cheridah Simpson
Gertrude Quinlan
Miss Quinlan
Greta Risley
Elea Ryan
Lucia di Lammermoor at the Bijou Opera House
The Bijou Opera House hosted Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor with Frida Ricci in the title role drawing an immense audience. Critics noted Ricci's coloratura voice and range though she showed some initial nervousness and the opera’s tale remains less pleasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donizetti
Bijou
Frida Ricci
Sins of the Night at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Bowdoin Square Theatre presented the melodrama Sins of the Night with Bert Lytell in top form and Loraine Dreux as Rosa delivering a standout performance. The bill also features Lew Wells novelty musical act to entertain patrons along with strong supporting turns by Virginia Thornton Corinne Cantwell Hale Gilmore Hammond Carl Fey and E D Denison.
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Bowdoin Square
Lew Wells
Bert Lytell
Lie
Rosa
Loraine Dreux
Bowdoin
Virginia Thornton
Cynthia
Corinne Cantwell
Dollie
Miss Hale
Jennie
Gilmore Hammond
Leslie Thorne
Carl Fey
Eri
D. Denison
Great White Diamond at Grand Opera House Excites Boston
The Great White Diamond, a four act melodrama by Walter Fessler, drew a packed house at the Grand Opera House last night. The plot centers on the Nyctalops a Hebrew villain and a South African diamond haunting England and the Rocky Mountains with Lola Brace and Robert Thorne amid dramatic rescues and a midair swing finale. Casts including Thomas Irwin Louis Howard Florence Huntley and Harry West delivered strong performances and special features with parody singing accompanied the performance. The run continues next week with the farce Happy Hooligan following.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Fessler
Grand Opera House
Boston
Nyctalops
South
Robert Thorn
Thomas Irwin
Robert Thorne
Louis Howard
Jan van Hock
Joseph Winter
Judge Brace
Florence Huntley
Lola Brace
Harry Wést
Jacob Loosefish
Louise Dempsey
Maggie Loosefish
Harry West
Park Theatre Debuts Yorke and Adama Vaude Villains
Park Theatre enjoyed extra gaiety as Manager Chamberlyn marked five weeks of Morocco Zound with Yorke and Adama a noted vaudeville team. They presented as detectives in the first act introducing the newcomers to the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gayety
Park Theatre
Chamberlyn
Yorke and
Adama
Vaudevillians
Musical comedy delights crowd with clever Hebrew specialty
The show featured an outstanding musical comedy and an enthusiastic audience. New topical verses by Philip Branson W Herman West and Sallinger drew praise. Clarendon's Wide Wide World song was encored. The Girl From Hindoostan and Miss Baker impressed. Dan Collyer and Inga Belle delivered popular comedy and dance numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Branson
W. Herman West
Miss Sallinger
Mr. Clarendon
Hindoostan
Miss Baker
Dan Collyer
Inga Belle
Power of the Press draws big crowds at Castle Square
Castle Square Theatre reports large audiences for The Power of the Press with strong advance seat sales. The success prompts a second week run before next Monday’s shift to the comedy The Nominee, reappearing in Boston after many years.
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Castle Square Theatre
Boston
Maude Adams Headlines Final Ollis Street Run
Hollis Street Theatre crowds last night for Maude Adams second and final week. Critics note her versatile Juliets and tender roles with Frohman’s strong company including Sydney Brough and Ida Waterman. Extra matinee granted tomorrow. tickets for the Irving engagement go on sale this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holli Louis Tree
Isaac B. Rich
Eve
Charles Frohman
Maude Adams
J. M. Barrie
Quality Street
Henry Irving
Miss Ellen
Terry
Ollis Street Theatre
Miss Adams
Shakspere
Juliet
Sydney Brough
Joseph Francoeur
William Lewers
George Irving
Frederick Spencer
Fred Santley
Ida Waterman
Marion Abbott
Helen Lowell
Sara Perry
Sarah Converse
Irving
Mack Stars in Moore Biography at Boston Museum
The Boston Museum audience packed the house for a Thomas Moore drama starring Andrew Mack. Critics praise his portrayal across scenes from schoolroom romance to garret poverty and royal court, noting Sayre's play captures Moore’s life with wit, grace, and historical atmosphere.
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Andrew Mack
Boston
Boston Museum
Thomas Moore
Ireland
Theodore Burt Sayre
Museum sale opens as Irwin to follow Mack in farewell week
The piece notes Mr. Mack's final week at the Museum and that May Irwin will follow on February 17, with seat sales starting this morning.
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Mr. Mack
May Irwin
Keith's Theatre Presents a Rich Vaudeville Lineup This Week
Keith's Theatre offers first class vaudeville headlined by James J. Corbett. Eva Williams earns artistic honors in Skinny's Finish with Jac Tucker supporting. The show also features the Vaidis sisters, Howard Thurston, Hill and Silvainy, De Bolien brothers, Frank Buoman and Rose Adelle, Fred Rose, and the American trumpeters. Audiences filled with afternoon and evening performances praise the energetic variety and call it the greatest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Corbett
Corbett
Eva Williams
Miss Williams
Jac Tucker
Eve
Keith
Vaidis
Howard Thurston
Hill
Silvainy
de Bolien Brothers
Frank Buoman
Rose Adelle
Fred Rose
Fanny Rice Headlines Boston Music Hall Vaudeville
The Boston Music Hall presents a laughing vaudeville week led by Fanny Rice a popular comedienne whose magnetism delights audiences Alice Beach McComas opens with a brilliant pianoforte number followed by Rice in a serious recitation that shows her range and promise
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Boston Music Hall
Fanny Rice
Vaudevillians
Alice Beach McComas
Miss Rice
Vaudeville bill delights with varied acts and novelty
Miss Rice performs a kinetic curtain reveal act with a dancing mannikin and new songs while The Arena painting looms in the rear. The lineup features Thorne and Carleton in a witty skit, Crawford and Stanley in farce, Lawrence and Harrington Bowery sketches, Valle and trained animals, Carmen sisters on banjos, and a mix of musical and magic acts delivering lively entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorne & Carleton
Crawford & Stanley
Mlle Vallecita
Lawerence & Harrington
Dailey & Lalor
Mitchell & Marron
Minstrel Boys
Carmen Sisters
Wilton Bros
Vitagraph
Miss Rice
John T. Thorne
Grace Carleton
Crawford
Stanley
Lawrence
Harrington
Mile
Vallecita
Carmen
Mitchell
Marion
Dancing Maids
C. T. Orville
Master Frank
Neil Litchfield
Bancroft
Professor Marten
Caponti
Transatlantic burlerquers open big Boston show at Howard Atheneum
Howard Atheneum in Boston staged its first glampses of the Transatlantic burlerquers with a musical burletta On the Yu- Con as the chief feature. The company showcased a large chorus of attractive performers and a varied program including The Fencing Girls Little German Band Alaska Soubrettes and a lively opening variety. The act list features Dayton sisters Rackett brothers Macart’s dogs and monkeys and many other acts praised as a winner from start to finish.
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Owen Hall
Leslie Stuart
Boston
Colonial Theatre
Atlantic
Casino
New York
Tweedlepunch
Hall
The
Colonials
Isadore Rush
Maude Lambert
Castle Square
Philippine Islands
Sydney Deane
William M.armstrong
Guelma Baker
James Kiernan
Manatamnent
Chary
Arthur Weld
Lottie Lewis
Maud Dayton
Sophie Stewart
Lilly Taylor
Amy Almer
Lizzie Blackford
Blanche Davenport
Little German Band
Jeanette le Beau
Ed Wrothe
Frank Wakefield
George Watson, Jr
Clara Douglas
Buck
Rackett Brothers
Macart
Arris and Walters
Robinson and Trant
Fred Stuber
Kannedy
Ooney
Porter
Charley Banks
G.sz
Billy Howard
Josie Evans
Klein and Herring
Howard
Sensational searchlights dazzle at Austin & Stone's show
Victorian performers face dangerous acts amid Oriental exhibitions at Austin & Stone's. A knife thrust into a frail-looking woman stunned medical observers as the Karmi programme showcased dramatic feats and a parade of acts including the Selby sisters and many named artists.
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Karmi
Austin & Stone’s
Selby
Imsieal Jerrold
Erin
Seaman
Monti
Harry Dudley
Wood
Ray
Tianitas
Sunderland
The Stowaway at Morrison's Grand Theatre
Yesterday's Morrison's Grand Theatre presenting The Stowaway a love tale woven with sea and land drama. Severin De Deyn leads as Tom Inglass supported by Choate Horn Beggs Havi Havi Cairnes Lyons Dokes Bloom Rainey Gerald Hastings Goundre in a balanced cast with engaging performances and stage effects including a real yacht and safe explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison's Grand Theatre
Severin de Deyn
Tom Inglass
Miss Choate
Athea Dale
Mr. Horn
Dickey Dials
Lee Beggs
Charlies Etherington
J. Butler Haviand
Percy Ewart
C. F. Cairnes
Charles &. Lyons
James Dokes
Charlies Bloom
W. Wells Rainey
May Gerald
Florence Hastings
Adelaide Goundre
Bostock's Great Animal Arena Attracts Boston Crowd
Esau the ape man at Bostock's Cyclorama in Tremont Street entertains visitors with comic cough syrup antics after a cold. The show includes Girard Leon's donkey act, Mme. Pianka with Rex the lion, and Cap tain Bonavita's trained wolves and bears with other exotic performances.
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America
Esau
Girard Leon
Darnum & Daily's
Bostock
Tremont Street
Boston
Captain DeLancier
Society Circus
Astock’s
Hese
Mme. Pianka
Rex
Mammoth Forest
Captain Bonavita
Brandon
Refined Entertainment Under Milo's Guiding Guidance
A richly varied and thrilling performance emerges under Milo's tutelage with Beaufort and others contributing to a refined, sophisticated entertainment experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo
Beaufort
Our Lady of the Proxy Widow opens Imperial Burlesquers
The Imperial Burlesquers staged Our Lady of the Proxy Widow last evening with strong comedy. John E. Cain Harry Stewart James Tenbrooke and John Barton starred with noteworthy performances including Stewart in a Hebrew impersonation and a lively group of tall chorus girls. The program also featured A Night of Cerror Canal Boat Sal and Or to the Front with brisk slapstick and musical numbers throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Cain
Harry Stewart
James Tenbrooke
John Barton
Stewart
Olio
Blanche Newcombe
Cain
Wendbrooke
Cerror
Edna Arline
Darmody
Corena
Barton
Ashley
Jearton
Henry Stewart
Elain Secon
Remarkable Show Draws Full House at Local Theater
Manager Walker presents a wide vaudeville and Western themed program with the Wild West acts, Nebraska Bill, Leaping Fawn, and a lariat display. The curio halls boast Billy Hill, Signor Sabatini, Alfred Heintz, James Burke, Martha Peters, a 603 pound attraction, an electric rifle range, and 101 features. Theatre offers two vaudeville companies with The Fieldings, Smith and Lewis, Barber brothers, Nellie Hartford among others in daily performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Western Plains
Nebraska
Signor Sabatini
Alfred Heintz
James Burke
Martha Peters
the Fieldings
Don
Mattie
Smith and Lewis
Barber Brothers
Nellie Hartford
Kreisler Recital at Symphony Hall Delights Audience
Fritz Kreisler performs a popular recital at Symphony Hall this evening spotlighting his violin mastery in a program chosen to please all lovers of the king of the orchestra with no admission prices listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symphony Hall
Fritz Kreisler
Harold Gauer Pianoforte Recital At Steinert Hall This Afternoon
Harold Gauer offers his third pianoforte recital at Steinert Mall this afternoon. The program includes Fantasia in F minor Mozart Studes Symphoniques five etudes Schumann Rondo apriceciso Mendelssohn Prelude in A flat Mazurka in F sharp minor Etude in C minor Chopin Anavsocie No 2 Liszt. Next Monday Josef Slivinski, renowned Polish pianist, will give a recital at Steinert Hall with an attractive program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Gauer
Steinert Mall
Mozart
Studes Symphoniques
Schumann
Mendelssohn
Chopin
Liszt
Josef Slivinski
Steinert Hall
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J. Corbett
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Vaidis Sisters
Mimie
Jag Tucker
Kinny
Wolf
Milton
Conley
Klein
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Tapper
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Lawrence McCarty
Lessee
Mgr
This Big Theatre
Wallack
ASIC
Hamilton Place
Winter Stree
Oxford
Fanny
Ezra Kendall
Boston Theatre
King Dodo
Esc
Bowdoin Square Theatre
BIO Opera House
Murray & Gilbert
Frida Rico
Paderewski
Loroco
Tremont Temple
Lincoln
Joseph Wheeler
Daniel E. Sickles
C. D. Howard Soles
Burton Holmes
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Siberia
Peking
Korea
Louis H. Mudgett
Ton Igest
L. H. Mudgett
Andrew Mack Tom Moore
Irwin
Henry T. Fink
N. ¥. Post
J. Huneker
Sun
W. F. Apthrop
Boston Transcript
Philip Hale
Boston Journal
Mason & Hamlin Pianoforte
Castle Eneavre
Tremont St
Tremont
Music Hall
Grand Opera
Matinee
Washington
Avtxioztin
Wonder Boy
David Robinson
Remont Theatre
Hollis Street Theatre
Robinson
Grant
Kennedy
Rooney
Wrothe
Wakefield
Bickel
Watson
Sandow
Charmion
Moxie
KINC
Cyclorama Bldg
Square Theatre
Revere House
Dewey
Manila
Palace
Haymarket
Keith’s Theatre
Howari
Howard Atheneum
Austin & Stone
Animal Arena
Lyceum Theatre
Nickelodeon
Kreisler
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