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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1911
Page
8
The Majestic presents a modern morality play by Walter Browne featuring Fverywoman. Elsie Janis stars in The Slim Princess at the Colonial. The End of the Bridge runs at Castle Square with other acts on the bill.
Boston sees Henry W. Savage present the modern morality play Everywoman at the Majestic with a strong cast led by Laura Nelson Hall as Everywoman and Cooper Cliffe as Nobody. The production blends singing and drama with striking modern imagery and a potent moral about truth and love.
Elsie Janis stars as Kalora in a musical comedy adaptation of A Slim Princess at the Colonial Theatre. The three act production features Leslie Stuart’s score, Henry Blossom’s book, and a strong supporting cast headed by Joseph Cawthorn as Schloppenhauer and Oscar Ragland as Selim. Janis impresses with dancing and impersonations in a tale of an Eastern princess finding love in Washington with Alexander Pike of Bessemer, Pennsylvania, amid light comedy and sentiment.
The Blue Bird enters its fourth Boston week with a run of extra matinees at the Shubert Theatre. A crowded house greeted yesterday's curtain and additional weekday and Friday performances extend through November 25. Tickets remain available shortly before curtain, despite heavy demand.
The Plymouth Theatre run of Pomander Walk by Louis N Parker continues its successful third week with an all English cast. The audience is large and lively. Miss Lotta Crabtree will guest tonight with friends in a stage box as the group dubbed Lotta Night. Cast members George Giddens Maud Milton and Kate Phillips were noted by Lotta in London during her season there.
Last evening at Hollis Street Theatre Frank McIntyre began the second and final week of his appearance in the new comedy Snobs as Henry Disney. The crowd applauded frequently showing his continued popularity with Boston audiences. Maude Adams will star next week for a fortnight in Rostand's Chantecler with box office sales opening at 8 o clock this morning and expected to draw one of the longest lines at the house.
Tremont Theatre opened the fourth week of Madame Sherry with a large audience and three hours of lively entertainment. The story remains engaging with catchy refrains and melodies, including Every Little Movement Has a Meaning Of Its Own, enhancing the production's appeal and musical richness.
Park Theatre crowds roar with laughter as Get Rich Quick Wallingford enters its eighth week in Boston. The merriment grows with each performance and George M. Cohan receives high praise for the play and its strong cast including Hale Hamilton and William H. Boyd.
The South End Theatre presents a varied bill for the first three days of the week including Robyn the juggler, Darcy and Williams, Rothskeller duo, Burns and Kohl at the circus, Somers and Law, automaniacs, Roland West's players in Bil Jenk's Crook, Madge Maitland the comedienne, and Williams and Williams comedy cyclists.
The End of the Bridge resumes at Castle Square after nine weeks away with strong audience interest. Craig reprises Dr Garrett, Mary Young is the wife, Henrietta McDaniel shines as Peter, supported by Hassel, Walker, Colcord and Hickey as the ensemble. A second week starts next Monday.
Klaw and Erlanger present Ben Hur at the ton Theatre drawing larger crowds and high enthusiasm in its third week. The production is praised for stagecraft and spectacular effects with a reverent atmosphere around sacred scenes drawing praise from diverse faiths.
A lively Globe Theatre performance yesterday featured Mutt and Jeff in three acts with songs and encores. Roger Gray as A Mutt and Shorty De Witt as Jeff drew big laughs, aided by a colorful chorus and rapid action on a Saratoga lawn decked Insurgent and Nickadorian President sets. Bud Fisher, originator of the characters, was in the audience with a host of cast names including Louis Kelso and Anita Arliss.
National Theatre presents Cheyenne Days a novelty vaudeville act with five bucking bronches expert lariat throwers the greatest riding cowgirl sharpshooters singing cowpunchers and many more features billed as the biggest vaudeville act yet. Other acts include the Rossow Midgets Boxing Match Florence Modena and company Muriel Window Judge Morton and Edwards Doc O Neil and Tanakas juggling act.
The Milano Films Company completes a second week presenting Dante's Inferno at the Grand Opera House with strong scenic effects and capable cast. Afternoon and evening performances continue this week, followed by Daniel Boone on the Trail.
The Honeymoon Girls with the Otto brothers lead a strong cast of Steff Anderson Leela Malvena Virginia Ware Jimmy Hunter Leroy Berry and John Welch. Songs include In Panama Way Down in Colon Town and Sailor Boy.
Ruth St Denis headlines at B F Keith's Theatre with The Dance of the Five Senses a terpsichorean fantasy praised for vivid movement and Hindu worship imagery. Lucille Laverne supports with a comic sketch and a strong bill includes Scott and Wilson Harry Jolson James Leonard Richard Anderson Ward and Cullen and the Temple Four and the Russian quartet.
An advertisement touts Pinex as a powerful cough remedy promising relief within 24 hours for deep seated coughs and whooping cough. It promotes a pint from a 50 cent bottle when mixed with sugar syrup, highlights pine extract ingredients, and guarantees satisfaction with a money back certificate.
The Bowdoin Square Theatre drew large crowds as Cuban divers showcased new feats. The vaudeville bill impressed with Clayton Drew's travesty Othello Outdone, Lorimer Johnstone and Caroline Cooke in After the Ball, and Lucille Savoy as the modern Venus with songs and poses. Encores were demanded. Ribbins and Trenaman and Marie Hanley also delighted.
The old-time minstrel act from New Orleans entertains crowds at Austin & Stone's Museum this week. Colonel J. M. Moore manages the 14-person troupe. Curio halls display South Sea Island fire walkers and Professor Peak's wooden-headed family. On stage the Globe Comedy Four and Manhattan Maids perform, Cassie French and Dolly Clifford premiere acts, Flynn Tenny and company present a new sketch Going to the Ball, plus exclusive vaudeville numbers and fresh pictures.
Coronation pictures remain popular through four months at Tremont Temple. The programme still features the same performers week after week. Next Friday evening and Saturday afternoon an illustrated lecture on Old Nuremberg by Eugene Farnsworth will be shown, with a special school children’s matinee next Saturday morning.
The Orpheum presents Nat Carr the Hebrew comedian as headliner with Guy, Curry and Reilly, Rossner and Hillman, Jermon and Walker, Daniels and Jackson, and Onaip with Hindoo mystery. The rest of the week adds Robyn, Darcy and Williams, Burns and Kohl, Somers and Law, Roland West, Madge Maitland, and Williams and Williams in cycling acts.
The Scenic Temple audiences enjoyed a laughing show with Bruce Morgan and his Piccadilly Johns delivering continual merriment. George Barron delivered a standout monologue and Mintz and Palmer offered a clever sketch with song numbers and dancing. The overall program was described as very high class.
The Tiger Lily Burlesquers headline a bright afternoon at the Howard with Matt Kennedy as host. Acts include O Day Abroad, Sore Finger, Lena Le Couvier, Clara Gibson, Flossie McCloud, and a vaudeville lineup featuring Mabel Whitman, the Six Imperial Dancers, La Vier, Rice and Walters, the Melroy Duo, and Tucker the violinist.
Waldron's Casino opened yesterday with John G. Jermon's Columbia burlesquers presenting a two act musical burlesque titled A Parisian Temptation. The show promises light comedy song and spectacle in a lively premiere.
Leo Stevens stars in a lively comedy with Arthur and Matt Banta Frank O'Brien and Bill Armstrong as lead fan makers. Heltén Jessie Moore Mabel De Young and Nellie Florede headline the female roles with Florede outstanding in song. The Four Banta brothers appear with O’Brien and Florede delivering big musical numbers.
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