Many New Bills In Town At The Park Theatre
The Park Theatre opened its season with Ezra Kendall’s Weatherbeater Benson, a light comedy with Kendall in the lead role and a strong supporting cast led by Lotta Linthicum Edith Taliaferro and Hattie Williams. Critics call the piece clean and engaging though uneven and urge updates to tighten the structure. The company also staged Eight Bells with the Byrne brothers thrilling audiences, Andrew Byrne praised for Daniel Mc Gozzle and Grace Wolvin for Madam Blatter. Next week features The Heart of Maryland and The Wizard of Oz returns next Monday with Montgomery Stone. The Boston Theatre marks its 50th anniversary with a ladies souvenir distribution and box office signups.
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The
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Weatherbeater Benson
Ezra Kendall
Benson
Rusty Bartlet
Wm. A. Hackett
Tickery Wigg Ns
Harry Hanlon Hollis
Eees Thurlow Bergen Brady Nevins
Joseph Slayter
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Cecceresensees
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Miss Moses
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Morton
Laura Almosnino
Piffles
Kendall
Worts
Ant
Mr. Kendall
Lota Linthicum
Edward H. Crosby
Byrne Brothers
Andrew Byrne
Daniel McGozzle
Madam Blatter
le Page
Maryland
The Girl from Kay's Opens at Hollis Street Theatre
Sam Bernard and Hattie Williams headline the Hollis Street Theatre season opening with The Girl from Kay's a musical farce praised as genuinely good. The plot follows Hoggenheimer a rich Londoner and Winnie a milliner assistant amid jealousy and romantic entanglements with a supporting cast including Chalmers Howard Fitzthistle and Norah Chalmers.
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Hollis
Sam Bernard
Hattie Williams
Kay's
London
New York
Thiet
Max Hoggerheimer
Chalmers Harry Gordon
George Howard
Percy Fitzthistle
Ernest Lambart
Theodore Quench
K. c
Arthur Elliott
Winnie Harborough
Norah Chalmers
Katherine Hutchinson
Ellen
Grace Dudley
Chalmers
Carrie Lee Cr
Winnie
Globe Theatre Opens Season with Shore Acres Drama
The Globe Theatre started its season with James A. Herne's Shore Acres a New England home life drama. James T. Galloway led the cast as Uncle Nat with Atkins Lawrence Frances A Denson and Elwyn Stevens praised for strong performances alongside supporting players. The production was directed by Mrs James A Herne and the next show will be Fred EK Wright's The Beauty Doctor.
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The
Globe Theatre
James A. Herne
New England
Shore Acres
Liddy Ann
Nathaniel Berry
Nat
James T. Galloway
Atkins Lawrence
Martin
Frances A. Denson
Helen Berry
Elwyn Stevens
Joel Gates
James Burrows
Josiah Blake
Burt Flansburg
Sam Warren
Bell Theodore
Ann Berry
Fred EK. Wright
Majestic Theatre Presents The Earl of Pawtucket
The Majestic Theatre opened a two week run of The Earl of Pawtucket with matinee and evening shows. Lawrance D Orsay stars as an English gentleman in disguise pursuing an American woman, whose former husband’s name he adopts. The cast also includes Jane Peyton Florence Robinson and Arthur Weatherbee delivering strong performances. The play is witty lively and well staged with scenes in Waldorf Astoria rooms.
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Earl of
Pawtucket
Majestic Theatre
Lawrance D'Orsay
Earl
D’orsay
Jane Peyton
Harriet Fordyce
Florence Robinson
Jane Putnam
Arthur Weatherbee
Waldorf-Astoria
Castle Square Theatre Presents Rose Michel Revival
The Castle Square Theatre revived the French drama Rose Michel with strong cast work. Lillian Kemble and Mary Sanders drew hearty applause while Leonora Bradley Mabel Frost Penny impressed as the Baroness de Vernay and Baroness de Bellevue respectively. Newcomers Monroe Salisbury Mark Kent Howard Russell and Edward Wade joined the company to favorable reviews as Pierre Michel Baron de Vernay and Andre. The production runs only this week before L Article 47 opens Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Square Theatre
Lillian Kemble
Castle Square
Mary Sanders
Louise
Leonora Bradley
Baroness de Vernay
Mabel Frost
Baroness de Bellevue
Yowell Hansel
Pierre Michel
Monroe Salisbury
Count de Vernay
Mark Kent
Baron de Marsan
Howard Russell
Andre
Edward Wade
Baron de Bellevue
Lindsay Morison
Moulinet
The Long Strike at Bowdoin Square Theatre
The Bowdoin Square Theatre presented Dion Boucicaults The Long Strike to strong audience praise. The ensemble included Miss Hunt, Charles Miller, Butler Haviland and Edwin Denison with Corinne Cantwell and others delivering solid performances. The week offered daily matinees with bargain prices for women. next week features The Slaves of Russia.
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Dion Boucicault
Bodoin Square
Miss Hunt
Jane Learoyd
Charles Miller
Jem Starkie
Butler Haviland
Moneypenny
Edwin Denison
Noah Learoyd
Wilmer Walter
Henry Alexander
Redfield Clarke
Harry Brooks
Johnny Riley
Corinne Cantwell
Eugenie du Bois
Rose Howard
Lillian Henry
Mary Hague
Bowdoin
Russia
The Sho Gun Opens Third Week At Tremont In Boston
Tremont Theatre packed with holiday crowds sees Ade Luders opera The Sho Gun enter its third Boston week. Audiences praise the witty book by George Ade and music by Gustav Luders with capacity houses predicted to extend the run. Charles Evans as the promoter delivers strong comic performance as the engagement, announced as limited.
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Tremont
Boston
Henry W. Savage
George Ade
Gustav Luders
Savage
Charles BE
Evans
Boston Theatre Presents Quincy Adams Sawyer Amid Record Audiences
The Boston Theatre hosts two large holiday crowds for Quincy Adams Sawyer with a stronger production this season due to new electric plant and switchboards. James Thatcher debuts as Quincy Adams Sawyer, Helaine Hadley returns as Alice Pettengill, and a notable cast includes Corliss Giles Arthur Hastings George F. Lockwood Obadiah Strout E. H. Stephens Samantha Lindy Putnam Mrs Putnam and several others as familiar roles.
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Boston Theatre
Quincy Adams Sawyer
New England
Lawrence McCarty
James Thatcher
Helaine Hadley
Alice Pettengill
Corliss Giles
Arthur Hastings
George F. Lockwood
Colonial Theatre Brings Second Week of The Southerners
Audiences at the Colonial Theatre applaud the second and final week of The Southerners with Junie McCree Elsie Fay Vinie Daly and a strong supporting cast. The Two Orphans revival follows Monday with an all star Boston cast including James ONeill Clara Morris Grace George and Louis James in a lavish production.
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Colonial Theatre
New York
George W. Lederer
Boston
Junie McCree
Brannagan Bey
Elsie Fay
Vinie Daly
Reine Davies
Albert Hart
A. M. Palmer
J. B. Dodson
Louis James
Clara Morris
Grace George
Keith's Theatre thrives with star power and vaudeville variety
Keith's Theatre filled to capacity as Lillian Lawrence and John Craig headlined a diverse show. The afternoon and evening program featured Romeo and Juliet, William Harcourt in A Dakota Widow, James Harrigan's spoof songs, Raymond Findlay Lottie Burke, Fred Dunworth, Slater Williams, Hoyt Burke, Albertine Melich with birds, the Fadettes, and a submarine boat biograph reel.
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Keith's
Lillian Lawrence
John Craig
Castle Square Theatre
Miss Lawrence
Mr. Craig
Helen Ashley
Sally Williams
James Harrigan
Nat Wills
Jim
Raymond Findlay
Lottie Burke
Fred Dunworth
Slater and Williams
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Burke
Albertine Melich
Boston
Fadettes
Biograph
The Maids of Slam Burlesque Shines With Vaudeville Acts
The two act burlesque The Maids of Slam features lively scenes with musical numbers dances marches and tableaux. A vaudeville interlude follows opening and closing acts with top acts like the Schaefer Trio Adelaide Marsden Pan American Four Ali Hunter and Ali and a travesty number by Phil Mills and Ruth Beecher plus the Barrett brothers Irish comedy act.
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Schaefer
Adelaide Marsden
Austin and Stone's Museum Creole show opens with Labor Day crowd
From the South comes a feature show led by Colonel Billy Washington at Austin and Stone's Museum. The Creole group wowed a packed Labor Day audience with new dances and latest tunes, accompanied by their own band. Other acts included Albertia the wire-hatred marvel and Lucie Wulfken contortionist, with a strong stage lineup of Irene Young Somers and Wibble the Marquands Carrolls Adams and White Ramir and others.
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Ourio Hall
Albertia
Lucie Wulfken
Ben Hur
Big Snake
Irene Young
Somers and
Wibble
the Marquands
the Carrolls
Adams and White
Clara Eller
Allen Cogan
Ramir
the Siddons
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Jolly Jimmy Jones
Mississippi Troubadours Delight House Crowd
The Mississippi Troubadours drew large crowds all day with a varied program. Professor Neuman the mind reader performed his mystifying tricks while Ray Robinson offered free-hand sketches and a contest among beauties. Theatre vaudeville featured Annie Walsh Jeane Worth Dolly Clifford and the team of Hume and Hone with Friday planned as amateur night.
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Professor Neuman
Ray Robinson
Annie Walsh
Coen Shouter
Jeane Worth
Dolly Clifford
Soubrette
Hume and
Hone
Norumbe ga Park opens with Labor Day crowds at Norumbega Park
The first week in September at Norumbega Park drew large Labor Day crowds to the rustic resort on the Charles. Afternoon and evening open air theatre shows will run the rest of the week featuring Professor Winston with seals and sea lions, Tenny and Murray, the LaNole brothers, Kennedy and Evans, Omeaga and Emerson, and a domograph with new motion pictures.
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Charles
Winston
Tenny and
Murray
LaNole Brothers
Kennedy
Evans
Omeaga
Emerson
Howard Atheneum's Week of Hilarious Vaudeville Treats
The Howard's show presents McIntyre and Heath in The Georgia Minstrels, a top burlesque act, plus Pantzer trio contortion, Harris and Walters eccentric sketch, O Rourke and Burnett dancers, Holdsworths banjo act, Gilder sleeve Townsend singing, Stanfords sketch, Gibney sisters, Bentons change artists, Hennessey Irish comedian, and new kinetograph pictures. The burletta In It features 40 girls and 10 comedians with song and comedy.
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McIintyre
Heath
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Georgia Minstrels
James” McIntyre
Tom Heath
Old House
Pantzer
Harris
Walters
Charley Harris
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Burnett
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Gildersleeve
Townsend
Stanfords
Gibney Sisters
Carroll and Baker
Bentons
Jim Hennessey
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Lyceum Theatres Burlesque Show Promises Top Entertainment
The Lyceum Theatre features The Blue Ribbon burlesquers with a lively mix of songs dances and parodies. The Blue Ribbon Girls offer strong musical numbers and scenic display. Also on bill Foxs Seventeen Blue Ribbon Zouaves Lew Palmer Ward and Bradburn Ira Kessner Stella Gilmore Le Roy and La Vanion William Kent and others.
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Blue Ribbon
Lyceum Theatre
Fox
Seventeen Blue Ribbon Zouaves
Lew Palmer
Ward and Bradburn
Ira Kessner
Stella Gilmore
le Roy
la Vanion
William Kent
Palace Theatre Burlesque Week Opens With Crowd
Phil Sheridan's City Sports company began a week at the Palace Theatre with crowded houses for both performances. The show features versatile comedians, strong vaudeville acts, and an appealing chorus of young, pretty girls in a lively burlesque program at popular prices.
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Phil Sheridan
City Sports Company
Palace Theatre
Crescent Gardens Opens Strong in Closing Week of Season
The Crescent Gardens rustic theatre opened with large audiences all day. Dixon and Holmes led with a 20 minute sketch and a lively Shore Acres scene. Walter Talbot, John P. Rogers, Musical Craigs, Leon and Bertie Allen, Joe Hardman and Colonial moving pictures entertained. The season ends Sunday.
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Crescent Gardens Rustic Theatre
Dixon and Holmes
James A. Herne
Shore Acres
Mr. Dixon
J. K. Emmet
Walter Talbot
John P. Rogers
Craigs
Leon
Bertie Allen
Joe Hardman
Alabama Troubadours Shine At Lexington Park
The Lexing ton Park closing week opened with holiday crowds as J. W. Gorman's Alabama Troubadours entertained in a lively show. Mme Flower the Bronze Melba joined the program alongside back and wing dancing and cake walking as expert banjoists played lively tunes.
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Lexington Park
J. W. Gorman
Alabama Troubadours
Mme. Flower
Revere Beach Offers Final Summer Week Attractions
Revere Beach highlights a peak late summer lineup with a continuing musical festival from yesterday through the week. The First Corps Cadet Band performs daily with vocal and instrumental solos, and the illuminated beach front provides nightly entertainment for crowds.
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First Corps
Revere
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