Breezy summer drama and vaudeville at Boston theatres
The Earl and the Girl at the Boston Theatre enters its second month with strong patronage and encores. Alexander Clarke as Jim Cheese and Georgia Caine draw applause while Victor Morley joins the chorus. The Castle Square Theatre opens its ninth summer season with The Senator and new cast members receive favorable notices. The Prince of Pilsen marks its 200th Boston performance at the Tremont with popular numbers led by Song of the Cities. The Tremont Theatre announces Kafoozelum opening June 26 with Dave Lewis and Elsie Fay headlining plus an eight incubator babies act.
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Boston
Alexander Clarke
Jim Cheese
Rector
Victor Morley
Georgia Caine
Burnside
Castle Square Theatre
E. L. Snader
Howell Hansel
Hannibal Rivers
Castle Square
William Humphrey
Count von Strahl
James L. Seeley
Baron Ling Ching
Mortimer Weldon
Richard Vance
Frederick Murray
Armstrong
Francis Ball
Schuyler
Lindsay Morison
Nick Sharpless
John J. Geary
Mr. Denman
Mary Sanders
Hillary
Marie Falls
Mabel Denman
Alice Riker
Josie Armstrong
Florine Arnold
Lucille Stanford
Prince of Pilsen
Tremont
Philadelphia
Miss Stanhope
Mr. DeLacy
Allen Lowe
George Rosev
Dave Lewis
Elsie Fay
John Park
James C. Mahowe
Toby Lyons
W. H. Clark
Mayme Kelso
Nena Blake
Bertha Blake
Bowdoin Square Theatre Delivers Lucky Ranch Revival
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Lucky Ranch a Western melodrama with a popular Lothrop stock cast led by Charles Miller in Frank and Reuben Faithful. T. F. Thomas provides notable comic relief, supported by Butler Haviland Wilmer Walter Edwin Denison Henry Alexander Harry Brooks and Thomas Russell. Annette Marshall and Pearl De Sousier finish the female lineup. The production runs one week with daily matinees and special bargains for afternoon ladies. Next week features Who Owns the Baby a domestic comedy drama.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lothrop Stock Company
Charles Miller
Frank
Reuben Faithful
T. F. Thomas
O'Malley
Mr. Thomas
Messrs
Butler Haviland
Wilmer Walter
Edwin Denison
Henry Alexander
Harry Brooks
Thomas Russell
Annette Marshall
Pearl de Sousier
Belle of New York Keeps Bloom In Empire Theatre Run
The Empire Theatre opens its cool auditorium for a warm weather diversion with The Belle of New York. The second week starts with strong audience approval for the melodies, wit, and stagecraft of Jack Martin and a capable company including Will H. Sloan Neil McNeil and Dorothy Hunting.
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Empire Theatre
New York
Jack Martin
Will H. Sloan
Neil McNeil
Joseph Natus
Frederick Knights
Dorothy Hunting
Edith Yerrington
Anna McNabb
Rimore Berwick
Martin
Ichabod Bronson
Young Men’s Rescue League
Adolphe Mayer
The
Empire
Aust in & Stone's Museum Show Delights Boston Crowds
Thousands filled Austin & Stone's Museum for a physical culture show headlined by Otis Lambert and Young Sandow two famed male models. The event featured cabinet posing, living statuary and feats of strength with a finale of lifting each other on one arm. Other athletes included Jacobs DeFaut Leavitt and Partington Lynch Riley White. Two stage shows followed with numerous performers and an original one act comedy The White Statue.
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Austin & Stone’s Museum
Otis Lambert
Young Sandow
Blacksmith
Hercules
Apollo Belvidere
Lambert
Sandow
Boston
Herr Jacobs
DeFaut
Leavitt
Richard
Curley
Partington
Lynch
Riley
White
Pearl Irving
Leah Lajoie
Grace Toledo
Kamachi
Tony
Agnes Maher
Violette Dale
Inez Bayard
The
Christy Brothers
Primrose Sisters
Darene and
Shurtz
Harry Powell
Tom Bryant
Tom Bateman
Clarence Foster
Powell Comedy Company
White Statue
Palace Theatre Stock Company Dazzles With Burlesque Features
The Palace Theatre weekly stock company draws strong crowds as it presents two burlesques The Wizard of Boston and The Electric Hotel with lively musical numbers led by Pearl Stevens May Bryant Pearl Foster Cecil Early Mae Taylor Hattie Mills Lillian Held and performances by Henry Waite the Valvena brothers Gardner West Sunshine and Little Sunshine. The show also features vivid acrobatics and varied singing and dancing acts earning multiple encores.
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Palace Theatre
Boston
Electric Hotel
John J. Black
Milton Shhuester
George Scanlon
Patterson
Kennett
Pearl Stevens
May Bryant
Pearl Foster
Cecil Early
Mae Taylor
Hattie Mills
Lillian Held
Henry T. Waite
Valvena Brothers
Gardner
West
Sunshine
Little Sunshine
Goldsmith
Hoppe
Burlesque at Lyceum Theatre Show Pleases All
The Lyceum Theatre stock company presents Billee Taylor with John Grieves as the lead. Bob Van Osten serves as principal comedian keeping the audience in laughter. Ethel Amarita Kelley extends her run with a new set of songs and dances. New vaudeville acts from Mackie and Walker Ward and Raymond Castle and Cogan Fisher and Clark and Dot Davenport entertain. The chorus shines in fresh costumes and remains highly popular.
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Lyceum Theatre
John Grieves
Billee Taylor
Bob van Osten
Ethel Amarita Kelley
Mackie and
Walker
Ward and Raymond
Castle and Cogan
Fisher and Clark
Dot Davenport
Keith's Theatre Thrills Crowds with Summer Vaudeville
Weather did not dampen attendance at Keith's yesterday as afternoon and evening shows featured seven numbers with an encore for every act. McIntyre and Heath drew the strongest ovation in a blackface vehicle while Lukens, Paulton and Dooley, and Stirk and lousan wowed audiences with daring acrobatics and bicycle stunts. The program also included the Ca dettes Orchestra and a Holland submarine biograph reel.
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Keith
Cadettes Woman's Orchestra
Laukin
Oberon
von Weber
Down South
Myddleton
McIntyre
Gilday
Fox
Lukens
Paulton
Dooley
Stirk
Lousan
Avolos
Susie Fisher
Hoyt
Burke
Holland
Walker's Museum Presents Patsy Bolivar and Variety Tour
Crowds flock to Walker's Museum to see Young Apollo famed as the hand somest man. The curio hall features Levigne the magician El Rana Dunbar Vashti the Mysterious and more. The theatre showcases the Girls in Red burlesque and Patsy Bolivar with Bobby Fields and Barney Fairfax. Amateurs invited Wednesday night.
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Apollo
Curio Hall
Levigne
el Rana
Dunbar
Vashti
Mysterious
Nellie Hartford
Tiny Davis
Patsy Bolivar
Bobby Fields
Barney Fairfax
William Cavanaugh
Hartford
Davis
Mabel Silva
Miss Dexter
Gertie St. Clair
Annie Walsh
Revere Beach Grows into Spacious All-Weather Amusement Center
Revere Beach retains its famed natural beauty while expanding into a large, covered entertainment complex. Despite rain and wind, vast crowds visited Sunday, as showmen and merchants marveled at the turnout and the enduring appeal of the resort.
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Revere Beach
Pioneer Amusement Enterprises
Met
Point of Pines Opens with Free Attractions First Season
The Point of Pines park prepares for openings on July 17 18 and 2 with 20 000 electric lights to be tested before the fi7th. Admission is 10 cents with most attractions free including a $1000 fireworks display. A renovated rustic theatre offers vaudeville and the Lynn Cadet Band will headline a free dance hall and band concert with a balloon ascent also free.
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Point of Pines
Great Park
City of Boston
Boston Common
Rustic Theatre
Lynn Cadet Band
Norumbega Park Opens Week With Diverse River Resort Acts
Norumbega Park enters its third week as crowds enjoy a full day of attractions along the Charles. The outdoor theatre features Brindamous the jail-breaker, Hacker and Lester on bicycles, the Italian Trio, and the acrobats Seymour and Hill plus other entertainments.
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Norumbega Park
the Charles
Woodland River
Brindamous
Hacker
Lester
Seymour and Hill
Ringling Bros Show Impresses With Greater Circus
Ringling Bros latest season opens to strong crowds in Boston with rain not dampening enthusiasm. officials praise more music horses animals and acrobats as the spectacle expands across three rings and multiple stages.
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Ben Hur
Ringling
Ringling Bros
Boston
Colonel Brady
Niagara Falls
Brady
New England
Paragon Park Opens With World Fair At Nantasket Beach
Boston crowds flock to Paragon Park the half million dollar World's Fair at Nantasket Beach. The free open air circus features the Flying Dunbars Clayton Jenkins and Jasper and the Baker family. Thirty shows on site include Johnstown Flood Wild West Asia and more. Palm Garden lagoon rides gondolas cuisine praised and a 10 40 pm boat offers late return.
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New England
Paragon Park
Nantasket Beach
Boston
Flying Dunbars
Clayton, Jenkins and
Jasper
Baker Family
Menchen
Johnstown
Colonel Kennedy
Asia
St. Louis Fair
Palm Garden
Opening of Lexington Park Adds Novel Attractions
Lexington Park unveils a first summer season on 48 acres with new attractions and exclusive novelties for holiday visitors. Vaudeville programmes will be presented, highlighting innovative entertainment not seen elsewhere in recreation venues.
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Lexington Park
Pop Concerts Featuring Guest Conductors and Harvard Night
The Pop concerts this week showcase soloists and the orchestra. Max Zach ends his baton role tomorrow while Gustav Strube conducts for the season’s remainder. Bank Officers' Association attends Thursday with pieces from Miss Simplicity Baron Humbug and The Filibuster. Harvard night on Monday the 19th welcomes the Glee Club, and graduates’ night on the 26th fills the entire floor with Harvard alumni.
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Max Zach
Gustav Strube
Bank Officers’ Association
Baron Humbug
Harvard
Glee Club
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