Fascinating Flora Opens Majestic Theatre Season
The Majestic Theatre hosts packed opening nights for Fascinating Flora with lively dancing, musical numbers, and bright action. Notable performers include Miss Ritchie Ada Lewis Sedie Jansell and Sam Edwards others provide leading roles, while Four Sunbeams deliver a noted dance specialty. The show runs three weeks with constant high energy and audience demand.
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Majestic Theatre
Casino
New York
Boston
Comediennes
Flora
Bull Frog
Miss Ritchie
Ada Lewis
Caruso
Sedie Jansell
Anna Held
Sam Edwards
Edwin M. Favor
Harry Davenport
Phyllis Rankin
James Sullivan
Boston Theatre Opens 54th Season With The Pit
The Boston Theatre opened its 54th season with a gala matinee and evening crowd praising the new stock company. Wilson Melrose surprised critics as lead Curtis Jadwin delivering a triumph that stands among recent years’ best. Alice Harrington showed dramatic intelligence as Laura Dearborn, while Lucille La Verne impressed as Mrs Wessels and Theodore Friebus as Corbell.
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Boston Theatre
Morison
Wilson Melrose
Curtis Jadwin
Melrose
Alice Harrington
Laura Dearborn
Lucille la Verne
Wessels
Theodore Friebus
Belle of Mayfair Returns to Hollis Street Theatre
The Hollis Street Theatre opened its second week of The Belle of Mayfair with a holiday matinee. The cast features Julia played by Countess Olga Von Hatsfeldt with dancing and singing, supported by Harry Butcher Charles J. Stine Fletcher Norton Lora Leib and Margaret Rutledge. The Gibson girl poses and the song Why Do They Call Me a Gibson Girl? highlight the lively performance praised for wit, beauty, and sparkling music.
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Hollis Street Theatre
St. George's
Olga von Hatsfeldt
Julia
Harry Butcher
Charles J. Stine
Fletcher Norton
Lora Leib
Margaret Rutledge
Mayfair
Boston
Theatre Premier offers mix of western drama and art
The Theatre Premier shows Two Thousand Miles Without a Dollar about a man’s homecoming after estrangement and a troubling West incident with cowboys. Also on view are The Rivals about two sisters in love with the same man and Modern Painters a black art number. A Temperance Story depicts a man driven to delusion by liquor.
The Spell Opens Park Theatre Season With David Kessler
The Park Theatre opens its new season with David Kessler in The Spell by Samuel Shipman. The Russian Jewish banker Benjamin Miller and his wife Emily Miller face passion and intrigue amid a three act melodrama that may be improved with cuts. Miss Ida Conquest stars as Emily, supported by Muriel Hope Charles Dixon and Ralph J. Look, with Walter D. Greene as the villain and a strong ensemble. The Spell runs two weeks before William Collier presents Caught in the Rain.
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Park Theatre
David Kessler
New York
Samuel Shipman
Benjamin Miller
Ida Conquest
Emily Miller
Boston
Miss Conquest
Muriel Hope
Charles Dixon
Grien
America
Rarph J. Look
Walter D. Greene
Emily Rigl
George Staley
the Park Theatre
William Collier
Rork Company Charms Boston With New Song Play
The Colonial Theatre hosted George W. Hobart's Coming Thro the Rye with the Rork Company. Frank Lalor led the cast as a crowd pleaser, supported by Miss Stembler as songs and dialogues delighted a full house despite cold weather.
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Colonial Theatre
George W. Hobart
Boston
Popular Playhouse
Frank Lalor
Lyceum Theatre presents The Gay Morning Glories show
The Gay Morning Glories at the Lyceum yesterday featured two burlettas and an olio of specialty acts. The opening burlesque Pleasures of Paris and the closing Forbidden Fruit led to a lively seaside skit with Snitz Moore headlining a one act playlet A Woman. The vaudeville lineup included Clara Raymond, The English Belles, Healys, James and Lucia Cooper, and Smith and Brown with songs and dances.
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Lyceum
Paris
Snitz Moore
Clara Raymond
Europe
Healys
James
Lucia Cooper
Smith and Brown
Not Yet But Soon at Globe Theatre Delights Audiences
Hap Ward and a merry company stage the second edition of Not Yet But Soon at the Globe Theatre. Lucy Daly shines as Mary Wise with standout songs I Got Next and Innocent Amelia drawing big applause. Hap Ward as Bill Nerve delivers brisk humor while an Italian song by Ward surprises fans.
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Hap Ward
Globe Theatre
Professor Nutt
Bug+ House
Hudson
Lucy Daly
Mary Wise
Amelia
Bill Nerve
Ward
Orpheum Vaudeville Draws Packed House and Praise
Hundreds turned away as the Orpheum offered a strong vaudeville bill. Sterling and Revelle opened with a brisk English acrobatic act, Olga Lorraine impressed, and Captain George Auger’s company sparked laughs with Jack the Giant Killer. Remixed jokes, Will Cressy’s Stage Manager, and Foy and Clarke drew big chuckles, with Rice and Cady and the Six English Rockers adding acts plus a Boston at Last film. Jack the Giant Killer matinee announced.
Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl at Grand Opera House
Large crowds filled the Grand Opera House for yesterday’s two performances of Bertha the Sewing Machine Girl a four act melodrama. The plot follows a poor sewing girl caring for a blind sister while fending off a treacherous villain as a dramatic fire scene and authentic stage engine display close the second act.
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Grand Opera House
Bertha
Theatre Jolliette Delights Holiday Audiences With Comedy
Theatre Jolliette drew hearty applause as holiday crowds filled performances. The bill features The Adventures of Palcinella The Lost Umbrella and The Robber Robbed with pictorial ballads like When the Firemen Face Their Foe. Performers include Joe Roth Mabel Foster Harry ONeil Maude Fenton William OConnell
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Theatre Jolliette
Palcinella
Joe Roth
Mabel Foster
Harry O'Neil
Maude Fenton
William O'Connell
Ed C. Mahoney
Grace Milliken
Blanche Wharton
Frank Robbins
P. J. Payson
Nantasket Line Keeps Busy For Autumn Sailings
Despite foul weather the Nantasket line ferries shuttle between Rowe's Wharf and Pemberton Nantasket Beach during September. Night trips end. hourly daytime voyages run with final boats at 6 20 from Boston 6 40 from Nantasket and 7 05 from Hull. Excursionists still have weeks to visit Boston Harbor and famed resorts.
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Nantasket
Pemberton
Nantasket Beach
Rowe's
ROWE
bSundays
G. P. Cushing
Keiths Theatre Season Opens With Star Studded Bill
Keiths Theatre launches its fall and winter season with a strong lineup headed by Robert Hilliard and his company in The Man Who Won the Pool. The Blonde Typewriters Johnny Stanley act, Cliff Gordon Ethel Levey and Gallagher and Barrett receive strong notices for singing, dancing and comedy. Hassan Ben Alis Arabs and the Permane Brothers provide tumbling and comedy interludes as the program showcases novelty and variety.
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Castle Square Theatre
William C. Masson
Castle Square
Spain
Clara Lane
Yvonne
Lane
Davies
Lopez
Jack Henderson
Duke of
Sana Cruz
Mr. Murray
Alvarado
Mr. Shields
Romero
Miss LeBaron
Dolores
Miss Ladd
Keith's Theatre
Robert Hilliard
Johnny Stanley
Cliff Gordon
Ethel Levey
Gallagher and
Barratt
Spencer Kelley
Frederic Rose
Hassan Ben Ali
Permane Brothers
Mortimer
van Schuyler Club
Mr. Hilliard
George Cohan
Eddie Foy
W. T. Powers
Keith's
Keith
Gallagher
Barrett
Vulcan the world's strongest man performs at Columbia
The great Vulcan wowed Columbia yesterday in two shows on stage and street acts on Mott Street lifting a horse off stage and carrying it up a ladder. The Nightingale Burlesquers offered two lively burlettas with music, dancing, and witty routines led by Tony Kennedy and Ted Evans. Anna Yale, a Boston favorite, drew attention with high standard singing and dancing.
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Vulcan
Columbia
Hercules
Mott Street
Nightingale
Tony Kennedy
Ted Evans
Anna Yale
Boston
The Master Workman at Bowdoin Square Theatre
Jay Hunt presents The Master Workman a melodrama of labor and love at Bowdoin Square Theatre. The plot centers on a steel works manager courting his employer’s daughter with a rival foreman stirring riotous plot and a dramatic hammer scene. strong cast led by Charlotte Hunt Clayton Legge and W H Starkey.
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Jay Hunt
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Great Steel Works
Charlotte Hunt
Florence Slaytor
Clayton Legge
Ais
W. H. Starkey
Rodney Wade
Florence
Edwin Denison
Cornelius Slaytor
Harry Brooks
Palace Theatre Opens Fall Vaudeville Run With Travel Show
Crowded Palace Theatre opens the fall and winter season with traveling burlesque and vaudeville. Charley Waldron features continuous performance with Behman show and Frank D Bryan's Congress of American Girls. Notable acts include 17 Zouaves drill by Captain Jacob Fox and a lineup of comedians and specialty acts led by Pete Curley and James C Morton.
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Palace Theatre
Charley Waldron
Behman
Frank D. Bryan
Congress of American Girls
Mollie Williams
Lola Bigger
Marion Moore
Helen Williams
Jacob Fox
Pete Curley
James C. Morton
Tommy Glenroy
James Ixendis
Ned Dandy
Rienzi A. Breeze
Frank I. Magnee
Caruso
Bones
Frank and
Carson Brothers
Hub Theatre Presents Paul W Greenwood in New Illustrated Songs
Paul W. Greenwood, appearing for the first time at Hub Theatre, received strong applause for his illustrated songs. Lil lian Clancy and Miss May White also sang well. The program features new animated photography pieces including Modern Painters Rival Sisters and Just Married. The show continues until Thursday. Advertised goods remark ends the notice.
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Paul W. Greenwood
Hub Theatre
Miles Brothers
Lillian Clancy
May White
Brush
Tremont Theatre Opens With Advanced Vaudeville Regime
Tremont Theatre greeted a large audience for its inaugural advanced vaudeville run. New chairs, red leather in the orchestra, updated decor, carpets, and foyer retouching welcomed patrons. Acts included the O Kabe Japs, the Mere dith sisters, Maud Hall Macy, Carleton Macy, Frank Bush, Pandora with Townshend, Edna Aug, Karno’s English pantomimists, and moving pictures. The bill repeats daily at 2 and 8 for the current week.
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Tremont Theatre
O'Kabe
Meredith Sisters
Germany
Cafe Chantant
Paris
Maud Hall Macy
Jay
Miss Macy
Carleton Macy
Frank Bush
Pandora
Miss Townshend
Florenz
Edna Aug
Karno
Tremont
Howard Atheneum Holiday Bill Delights Crowds
A holiday crowd packed the Old Howard for a lively bill led by the Avenue Belles. The cast included Toma Hanlon Andy Rice Tom Barry Nat Wixon Burt Eaton Madge Hughes Al Davis and the Dolly sisters with a strong chorus and strong musical numbers. George B. Alexander the Hobo King headlined with songs including Ann Hueser. The Lovitts impressed with acrobatic stunts.
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Avenue Belles
Toma Hanlon
Andy Rice
Tom Barry
Nat Wixon
Burt Eaton
Madge Hughes
al Davis
Church City Quartet
Dolly Sisters
Howard
George B. Alexander
Ann Hueser
Lovitts
Robertson
Fanchette
Murphy
Andrews
Collins
Russells
Tenney
Howardscope
Frothingham
Denham
Alice Into Wonderland Opening Delayed By Weather
Wonderland presents the inaugural entrance of Alice Into Wonderland postponed last evening due to rain. Tonight at 8:45 she appears in a grand procession, then tours the park in an illuminated electrical chariot before her court on the tan-bark arena stage.
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Wonderland
Orpheum Vaudeville Delivers Record Laughs in Boston Show
The Boston audience crowded the Orpheum for a great vaudeville bill headlined by Stelling and Revelle the new European act. The Kinetograph added laughter with Old Home Week in Boston scenes. Other acts included Foy and Clark Captain George Auger Co Howard and Bland Rice and Cady Le Roy and Woodford Olga Lorraine and six English Rockers Nellie Floredo and a Jack the Giant Killer reception. Matinee 2% cents Evening 25 50 cents tickets.
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Boston
Orpheum
Stelling & Revelle
Foy and Clark
George Auger & Co
Howard and Bland
Rice and Cady
le Roy and
Woodford
Olga Lorraine
Nellie Floredo
Jack
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Grand Army
Saratoga Springs
Boston & Maine Railroad
Sterling and
Revelle
George Auger
Ernest Rommel
Bert Howard
Leona Bland
Will Cressy
Nat LeRoy
Minnie Woodford
Foy
Jack the Giant Killer
Keith’s Theatre
Columbia Theatre
the Palace Theatre
Howard Atheneum
Zarrells Villers
Lee Browning
LE van
Ward Company
Kiddo
Cecil Spooner
Ory
Washington
Dover
Miles Bros.’ Moving Pictures
Inquisitive Cohen
Family Circle
Aiac Behman
Sewinc
Lottie Williams
Mats
Stars of All Nations
Jonn B. Schoworth
Klaw
London
Maude Hall
Macy & Co
Karno’s Pantomimists
Great
Okabe
Edna
Dan McLeod
Ee Jenkins
Prokos
Nightingales Burlesquers
Oiston Teteatre
Lindsay Morrison
Ree
the Serenade
Winter Street
Geo. Alexander
Susie Smithers
Fall River
Providence
New York & Ret
Van’s
Washington St
Main
Pilgrims
Provincetown
Staunch & Elegant
Bay Line
Atlantic Ave
Rowe's Wharf
Telehone
Fort Hill
A. Moody
Gen
Anager
King Philip
Fdward W. Dixon
Commercial Wharf
al Uja
Gloucester and
Cape Ann
Round Central Wharf
Tone Tate Pen
Gloucester
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Mgr. Borior
American League
Huntington Avenue
Park Street
Ational Leagu
Columbus Avenue
Philadelphia
Connelly & Burke
Adams House
Cashin
Young's
Parker’ S
Boles
Washington Street
Washington St. Y Hha
Limeabies
Suluers B
Thomas W. Ryley
Leslie Stuart
Charles H. E. Brookfield
Cosmo Hamilton
Gibson Girls
Adele Ritchie
Entire Casino Company
Teibatre
D. & Sat
Imuel Shipman
Revere Beach
Cyclone
Herr Granada
Alma Fedora
Nautical Garden
Pere
Ocean
State Boulevard
Aige
N_WONDERLARD
Greatest Zoological Garden
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Boylston St
Park Square
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