The Devil at Flollis Street Theatre in Boston
Critics praise Molnar's The Devil as a stark study of temptation with Dr Miller as Satan. Edwin Stevens leads in a bold portrayal while Jane Oakes and Paul McAllister support a two week Hollis run.
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Flollis Street
Boston
Simon
Kranz Molnar
Opery House
Miller
Satan
Dr. Miller
Faust
Goethe
Molnar
Edwin Stevens
Jane Oakes
Paul McAllister
Marion Lorne
Ethel Clayton
Fay Foster burlesquers at Columbia show high class singing
The Fay Foster burlesquers and California Girls at the Columbia present a lively program with operatic arias rendered in a light burlesque style. May Orletta and Fred W. Taylor shine in two appealing numbers amid strong comedy, acrobatics, and a bustling cast.
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Fay Foster
California
Columbia
Chelsea
Ben Cook
May Orletta
Tred W. Taylor
Elva Grieves
Grace Orma
Globe Theatre Seals Three Weeks of Lew Dockstader Acts
The Globe hosts Lew Dockstader and company for a three week run ending Saturday. Neil O'Brien sketches The House of Rest while Al Jolson debuts with Boston success. Doekstader’s Politics Under Water lampoons Taft. George M. Cohan’s Forty Five Minutes from Broadway opens Monday matinee with Isid Burns starred.
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Globe
Lew Dockstader
Neil O’brien
House of Rest
al Jolson
Golden West
Doekstader
Boston
Doekstaders
Taftis
George M. Cohan
Broadway
Scott Welsh
Isid Burns
Tremont Theatre Glitters in The Follies of 1908 fourth week
The Tremont Theatre presents The Follies of 1908 a sparkling musical comedy in its fourth week. The show features a dozen topliners including Harry Watson and Billie Reeves with referee Jacek Norworth and Arthur Deagon the Rajah of Broadway. Nora Bayes Annabelle Whitford Nell Brinkley Girls and Mlle. Dazie headline with lively dances songs and amusing acts including a German comedy sketch.
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Tremont Theatre
Harry Watson
Billie Reeves
Jacek Norworth
Arthur
Terpsichore
Little Nemo to Open at Colonial with Star Cast
Boston audiences await the Colonial Theatre premiere of Little Nemo produced by WKlan and Erlanger. The company promises a spectacular, all American spectacle with a strong cast including Master Gabriel Joe Cawthorne Billy B. Van and others. The engagement is scheduled for Monday evening and will be limited.
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Boston
Colonial Theatre
New York
Wklan & Erlanger
Master Gabriel
Joe Cawthorne
Billy B. van
Drury VT
Nemo
Theatre Comique Sets Week of Juvenescent Talent
Wee Laddie Waddell, famed juvenile Scottish singer, draws encores at Theatre Comique this week. Mildred Simerson and Eva Young charm patrons, while Carry Kelley debuts as tenor. Films include The Criminal Eryptnotist and Married Twice, with The Pride of the Gamekeeper and The Guardian Angel among strong features. A Hot Remedy provides comic relief and travelogues feature Maine hunting scenes and big game.
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Wee Laddie Waddell
Theatre Comique
Mildred Simerson
Eva Young
Carry Kelley
Maine
Scenic Temple Crowded Evenings Despite Weather
The Scenic Temple remains crowded each evening regardless of fair or stormy conditions. This week features a laughing entertainment with bright humor and strong comedy. The motion picture exhibit includes several unusually funny films. The show’s program is varied and well balanced, with an operatic interpolation by the orchestra providing a musical treat.
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Mike Donlin
Mabel Hite
Bradder
Miss Hite
William Rising
Phileas Nares
Martha
Fred McGrath
America
Edith Ray
Elenora Levvanthan
Dainty Mraulein
Rita Fischer
Bertha Renck
The New Lady Bantock at Park Theatre
Fanny Arnold the actress marries Vernon Bantock and enters Bantock Hall as Lady Bantock, facing initial shock from relatives before love and wit triumph. Fannie Ward shines in Jerome Ix four act comedy with strong support from Cartwright Dean McGrane McWade Repton and Grey.
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Fanny Arnold
Vernon Wetherell
Lord Bantock
Bantock Hall
Lady Bantock
Fanny
New Zealand
Jerome Ix
Jerome
Fannie Ward
Park Theatre
Bantock
Ward
Charles Cartwright
John W. Dean
Tord Bantock
T. J. McGrane
Robert McWade, Jr
Leila Repton
Margaret Grey
The Cowboy Girl at Grand Opera House
Review lauds Sue Marshall in The Cowboy Girl set in New Mexico. Marshall shows versatility as Gyp Clyde with H Leburn Richardson and eight girls in song and comedy. The ensemble delivers fine voice and acting with Turner as a convincing villain. overall, a clever, strong troupe worth seeing.
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New Mexico
Sue Marshall
Gyp Clyde
Marshall
Turner
Bearded Scot Alistair MacWilkie Headlines Curio Hall Show
Alistair MacWilkie the bonny Scot with a vast beard showcased at Austin and Stone's Museum along with Randion the armless three legged horse and Zip the bulleted head freak. The day featured bagpipes, Scottish airs, variety acts, moving pictures, and a lively music comedy by the Manhattan Girls with Powell and Steele.
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Alistair MacWilkie
Austin & Stone
Randion
Zip
MacWilkie
Sam Cohen
Cannons
Eddie Fox
Monologist
Cohen
Mack
Tom Bullock
Evans Trio
Manhattan Girls
Harry Powell
Ted Steele
Elsa
Campbell
Red
Lottie Blanchard
Misses Steele
Shaw
Franch
Gray
Rose
Hub Theatre Presents Budget Vaudeville and Pictures
The Hub Theatre in Boston offers a low price bill with The Great Roland as headline illusionist for the week. Black and Grant and Murthy appear for three days, with Spaulding and Maud Weston headlining illustrated ballads. The picture program features varied emotional, sensational, and comic films and a ladies orchestra provides instrumental numbers. A new Thursday program combines vaudeville pictures songs and singers.
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Boston
Hub Theatre
Roland
Black
Grant
Murthy
Spaulding
Ladies’ Orchestra
Little Nemo Comes to Boston Colonial Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger present Little Nemo from the Sunday Post on January 2 at the Colonial Theatre Boston. The stage adaptation of Winsor McCay’s Slumberland tales features Nemo Flip Dr Pill and others with a strong patriotic theme and elaborate scenery. The production, praised in New York and Philadelphia, stars Gabriel as Nemo and Billy B. Van and Harry Kelly in key comic roles. The show blends spectacular stage effects with an American tale and promises a lively, all-American musical comedy experience.
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Colonial Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger
New York
Philadelphia
Little Nemo
Slumperland
Sunday Post
Flip
Dr. Pill
Missionary
Princess
Candy Wid
Harry B. Smith
Joseph Cawthorn
Nemo
Gabriel
Post
Herbert
Boston
America
Wklan & Erlanger
Polly of the Circus Opens Third Week at Colonial Theatre
The Colonial Theatre presents Polly of the Circus with Mabel Taliaferro in the title role ushering in the final week. The rural comedy and circus world unfold with Taliaferro's charming performance and strong dramatic moments, praised for its scene design and overall charm.
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Colonial Theatre
Polly
Mabel Taliaferro
Orpheum Vaudeville Heads Into Second Week
Wiarry Lauder is held over for a final week at the Orpheum Theatre with his songs stories and Scottish brogue. Grace Hazard charms as a sailor boy and lassie while Eddie Girard and Jessie Gardner debut a fresh Officer Dooley sketch. Veas Deas Fred Rivenhall the Stewart Sisters Piottis Revel & Derry and other acts fill the bill with lively routines and the Rose story praised.
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Orpheum Theatre
Wiarry Jauder
Mr. Lauder
Grace Hazard
Miss Hazard
Eddie Girard
Jessie Gardner
Mr. Girard
Officer Dooley
Mr. Gi
Circus Girl Dominates Castle Square in Boston Run
The Castle Square Theatre opens another week of The Circus Girl with Mary Young as the central figure and the John Craig stock company delivering lively musical comedy. Gertrude Binley and the supporting cast receive praise as the show continues to attract eager Boston audiences.
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cCastle Square
Boston
Mary Young
John Craig Stock Company
Gertrude Binley
Miss Ryan
Mr. Meek
Mr. Ivarts
Mr. Firebus
Castle Square
Heith's Theatre: A Night of Vaudeville Acts and Comedy
The program at Heith's Theatre features Kyrmack the chameleon comedian, Clarice Mayne with James W. Tate at piano, Verx artistic singing, H l urvrigan the whimsical tramp juggler, and Howard and North with a sketch titled Back Home. The Brothers Byrne acrobats, Birdland by Jesse Lasky, Nichols sisters blackface act, Frank Whitman dancing violinist, Reed brothers gymnasts, and Worthleys also perform alongside a balloon Paris photoplay.
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Mr. Kyrmack
Keith
Mr. Jilmack
Clarice Mayne
James W. Tate
Vaude Ville
Vesta Victoria
Vesta Tilley
Lloyds
New York
Byrne
Worthleys
Paris
Knights of the Red Garter at Palace Theatre
Rice and Barton’s Rose Hill English Folly company staged the Knights of the Red Garter burlesque at the Palace Theatre. George W. Rice and T Ff Thomas lead with John E. Cain Andy MelLoud and Harry DeShon. Trdvila Viner stars with Beatrice Wheeler Flossy Galer and Blanche Newcomb. The vaudeville bill features Blanche Newcomb The Kid John Ff Cain James Bogard Nina York Idylla Viner and a Star Quartet.
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John E. Cain
Andy MelLoud
Harry DeShon
Trdvila Viner
Mlle
Beatrice
Henriette Wheeler
Flossy Galer
Blanche Newcomb
Kid
John Ff. Cain
James Bogard
Nina York
Idylla Viner
Andy Meloud
Nonologue
Star Quartet
Champagne Girls Present at Howard Atheneum Audience Raves
Fred R. Doherty praised the Howard Atheneum show as the Champagne Girls delivered two parlor pieces by Charley Nichols titled Gay Coney Island and On the Frontier. Marie Croix led the chorus with strong voices as Bessie Steiger Wis and others starred in musical numbers and various acts by Keula Walton, Murphy and Frances, and the Armstrongs. The program included trapeze stunts by Silvern and Minerie and a lively mix of comedy juggling and singing.
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Fred R. Doherty
The
Old Howard
Charley Nichols
Bessie Steiger Wis
Marie Fisher
Olga le Marr
May Arthur
Keula Walton
Honan
Kearney
Charley McAvoy
Armstrongs
Silvern
Iminerie
Murphy
Frances
Jeans
Careno
Ryan
Douglas
St. Clair Brothers
Henderson
Thomas
George F. Whalen
Eddie Fox
Bowdoin Square Theatre Recovers Charlotte Hunt in The Stowaway
Bowdoin Square Theatre patrons enjoyed Charlotte Hunt back in the lead as The Stowaway played by a strong stock company. Hal Clarendon shines as Tom Ingliss and James Barrett as Hetherington with Rose Tiffany as the desert ed wife. The production runs one week with matinee and evening shows amid cheerful motion pictures.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Charlotte Hunt
Charles Hetherington
Althea Dale
Hetherington
Tom
Hal Clarendon
Tom Ingliss
James Barrett
Rose Tiffany
Parisian Widows at Gaiety Impress With Aerial Feats
Weber and Rush present a lavish bill at the Gaiety Theatre with the Parisian Widows, featuring six men and two women in a remarkable acrobatic display that drew wild applause. Ben Pierre and Margie Hilton headline alongside Kelso Leighton Hawley Bentley, with "All Nations" finale and "You're Just the Boy for Me" proving popular with audiences.
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Gaiety Theatre
Weber & Rush
Hight I Wellings
Ben Pierre
Tie
Margie Hilton
Kelso
Leighton
Hawley
Bentley
Miss Hilton
Varied program charms at Linus Theatre show
The Linus Theatre offered a varied yesterday program that kept the audience engaged. Professor Belton, a new addition to the entertainers, gave a striking lecture on The Sergeant's Stripes. Other films and songs drew favorable note from attendees.
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Linus Theatre
Belton
The
Star
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Opening Dates Tentative for 1909 Baseball Schedules
In Cleveland on January 18, President Harry Pulliam and Ban Johnson led a schedule committee from the two major leagues to compare tentative 1909 season dates. The opening slate includes American League games such as Boston at Philadelphia and Cleveland at St Louis, with several conflicts yet unresolved. The plan calls for a Chicago meeting with club representatives in a few weeks to finalize the schedule.
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Cleveland, CO
Harry Pulliam
National Baseball League
Ban Johnson
American League
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Cleveland
St.Louis
Detroit
St. Louis
National League
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Proposal to Bring Adrian Anson Back to National League
Chicago January 18 captain Adrian Anson may be connected to the National League again at the spring meeting. President Murphy of the Chicago clubs says Anson should be appointed supervisor of umpires.
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Chicago
Adrian Anson
National League
Murphy
Anson
Gebhard Recital At Steinert Hall Impresses Critics
Pianist Heinrich Gebhard presented a varied program including Brahms Waldstein and Franck Prelude. The performance drew a large audience with nuanced tempo, though some moments missed peak intensity and the scherzo received playful criticism for tone.
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Heinrich Gebhard
Steinert Hall
Brahms
Waldstein
Beethoven
Cesar Franck
Faure
Jardin
Debussy
Chopin
Eilelen Hopekirk
L'Idan
Sofiata
Frank
NOYES CONCERT AT STEINERT HALL FEATURES MISS PATTEN TRIO
Judith Noyes presented a program in Steinert Hall including songs and piano pieces with violin cello viola and voice. Performers Nathalie Patten and Marjorie Patten played violin and cello while Alice Rice Edith Woods and Jemile Ferrr sang and played. The reviewer notes a melodic style a hint of MacDowell and praises the Miss Patten string players though finds the trio opening work too long.
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Mme
Judith Noyes
Steinert Hall
Frio
Paul Verlaine
Highlands
Venezia
Versailles
Whitman
Guy Mannering
Cathedral Pines
Alice Rice
Edith Woods
Nathalie Patten
Marjorie Patten
Mis
Jemile Ferrr
George Parker
Noyes
Yiieces
Edward MaccDowell
Patten
Tev
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Frank Rushworth
Herbert Cawthorne
Herr Schwindle
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Lawrence Wheat
Robert O'Connor
David Benentt
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George Boniface, Jr
Henry Norman
Louise ‘Tozier
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
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