Bohemian Girl staged with Aborn Company at Majestic
The Aborn Opera Company opened the Majestic Theatre season with The Bohemian Girl in spectacular form. Arline dreams of marble halls while gypsy life comes alive on stage with acrobats, jugglers, and a lively chorus. Performances include Vera Allen and Jane Herbert with strong vocal numbers and elaborate staging. The two week run features notable scenes such as the La Gioconda dance.
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Majestic Theatre
Balfe
Abord Opera Company
Arline
Thaddeus
Develshoof
Bos- Opera House
Hasan
Vera Allen
Jane Herbert
Kornton D. Urquhart
Lavigne
Florenstein
Joseph
Philadelphia Woman Keeps Resinol On Hand
A Philadelphia woman praises Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment as effective skin remedies. She reports using both products, citing quick action and steady results for complexion, scalp health, and minor skin injuries. Samples are offered free and products sold at drugstores nationwide.
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Philadelphia
E. M. Kirk
All Drug Resinol Chemical Co
Bailti
Globe Theatre Thurston Opens Two Week Engagement
Thurston, the Globe Theatre marvel, begins a two week run as a star succeeding Kellar. He debuts Spirit Painting Phantom Piano and The Great Abbott-Detroit 30 Auto Mystery, with new tricks like The Lady's Hat and The Levitation of Princess Kuarnac. Shadowgraphy by Theodore Bamberg and Beatrice Foster assist, as audience roars at the egg smash finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
Thurston
Kellar
Mr. Thurston
Princess Kuarnac
Canton
Theodore Bamberg
Beatrice Foster
Over Night at Shubert Ends Seventh Week
The popular comedy by Philip Bartholomae, presented by Wm. A. Brady, finishes its run at the Shubert Theatre with next Saturday night’s performance. Original New York cast favorites Margaret Lawrence Anne Crewe Ernest Truex and Robert Kelley keep the show lively as hotel clerks of Boston attend by invitation. Next week’s attraction will be The Musical Revue of 1911 at the Winter Garden New York featuring 30 stars and an ensemble of 150. Box office opens next Thursday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Bartholomae
Wm. A. Brady
Shubert Theatre
New York
Margaret Lawrence
Anne Crewe
Ernest Truex
Robert Kelley
Boston
Arthur P. Ayleworth
Winter Garden
Mlle
Dazie
Tempest
Sunshine
Barney Bernard
Hess Sisters
Billie Taylor
Yvette
Arthur Cunningham
Signor Bonfilo
Mildred Elaine
Lilbury Ryder
Doris Cameron
Harry Fisher
Stella Mayhew
Round Up thrills Boston theatre crowds
Edmund Day's drama of Arizona life The Round Up draws overflowing audiences at the Boston Theatre. The third week opened last night to unbounded enthusiasm as every show was packed and warmly received.
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Edmund Day
Arizona
Boston
Orpheum Theatre Celebrates First Anniversary Show
The Orpheum Theatre marks its first anniversary with a top bill featuring Bigelow and Campbell, Walthor Trio, Luba Meroff, Fennell and Tyson, May Elwood and company in The Girl From Yonkers, Ben Cox, Harry Sylvester, Una and Wardell, Poole the magician, Ed Raymond and Vera Hall, Wai man, the three O Connor sisters, Franklyn Ardell and The Suffragette, La Ports aerial act, and more.
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Orpheum Theatre
Bigelow
Campbell
Walthour
Luba Meroff
Fennell and Tyson
May Elwood
Girl From
Cinderella
Harry Sylvester
Una and
Wardell
Orpheum
Great Poole
Ed Raymond
Vera Hall
Waiman
Three O’connor Sisters
Franklyn Ardell
Tremont Theatre Draws Full House for Excuse Me Performance
Tremont Theatre last evening drew a near capacity audience to watch Excuse Me now in its fifth Boston week. The cast features romantic pairs led by Philip Staats Jacqueline Blaney and Charles Abbe Lydia Dickson with Joseph Vanner Geraldine O'Brien and a strong supporting group including George W Day Lou Hendricks Charles Hermann Harry Kernell Marguerite Skirvin Lalive Brownell and Alonzo Price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Theatre
Boston
Philip Staats
Jacqueline Blaney
Chicago
Charles Abbe
Lydia Dickson
Ypsilanti
Joseph Vanner
Geraldine O’brien
George W. Day
Lou Hendricks
Charles Hermann
Harry Kernell
Marguerite Skirvin
Lalive Brownell
Alonzo Price
Ten Nights in a Bar Room at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House opens a one week engagement with Ten Nights in a Bar Room. Holden and Edwards present a temperance melodrama with modernized staging and strong comedic moments, followed by The Man Between after the week ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Opera House
Messrs
Holden
Edwards
Plymouth Hub's Newest Playhouse Opens Saturday
Plymouth Theatre on Eliot street opens to the public next Saturday evening September 23 with the Irish Players, a new organization. Liebler & Co will present elaborate productions with Fred E. Wright as local manager. The 1600-seat house features brown decor, Numidian marble, fireproof construction, multiple exits, modern heating and ventilation, a large stage, and advanced electric lighting for its time.
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Boston
Plymouth
Eliot Street
Irish Players
Liebler & Co
Fred E. Wright
Plymouth Theatre
Hauteville
van Rensselaer Place
Beverly of Graustark at Castle Square Theatre
The Castle Square programme features Beverly of Graustark with Beverly Calhoun cast by Miss Mary Young as Beverly. Prince Danton is played with force by Mortan Wallace, while Miss Binley and Mabel Colcord also star. the run continues to next week with Why Smith Left Home.
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George Barr McCutcheon
Castle Square
Beverly
Graustark
Balkan Mountains
Beverly Calhoun
Washington, D. C
St. Petersburg
Mr. Craig
Mary Young
Mortan Wallace
Prince Danton
Miss Binley
Princess Vetive
Mabel Colcord
George Hassell
Robert Middlemass
George Broadhurst
Smith
Hitchcock’s Hed Widow Wins Boston Audience
Colonial Theatre hosted Raymond Hitchcock in The Hed Widow last evening drawing a full house. The lively musical comedy provoked constant merriment with Hitchcock praised as perfectly suited for the role. Sophie Barnard captivates as Nihilist beauty while Gertrude Vanderbilt plays the extreme vivacious Yvette among a cast including Jean Newcombe Augusta Lang Clare Schroeder Joseph Allen George E Mack and Theodore Martin.
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Raymond Hitchcock
Boston
Hed Widow
Colonial Theatre
Mr. Hitchcock
Sophie Barnard
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Yvette
Jean Newcombe
Augusta Lang
Clare Schroeder
Joseph Allen
George E. Mack
Theodore Martin
Waldron's Casino Presents Queen of Bohemia Burlesque
Waldron's Casino opened a week’s engagement featuring Countess Rossi as the Queen with a strong soprano voice. Sam Sidman headlines the comedy alongside an capable supporting troupe. The burlesque is stylishly staged with very attractive chorus girls and lively performances.
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Waldron
Max Spiegal
Countess Rossi
Sam Sidman
Gaiety Theatre Presents The Passing Parade Comedy
Gaiety Theatre stages a bright musical about a week of performances. James Rowland and Will H. Sloane headline as Irishman and German with Lew Dunbar and Frank Garfield in supporting roles. May Belmont leads as Mile Fifi with a lively cast delivering catchy songs and spirited paces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaiety Theatre
James Rowland
Will H. Sloane
Lew Dunbar
Frank Garfield
May Belmont
Mile. Fifi
Miss Allen
Gwendolyn Meyer
Libby Blondell
Daphne Conwell
Carrie Behr
Park Theatre Stages The Nest Egg At Park Theatre
Park Theatre enters its third and closing week of Anne Caldwell’s comedy The Nest Egg. Zelda Sears as Hetty Gandy shines, supported by Mary Mersch Julian Barton and others. Next week brings Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford starring Hale Hamilton Frances Ring. Seat sale opens this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Caldwell
Park Theatre
Zelda Sears
Hetty Gandy
Mary Mersch
Julian Barton
Lola Fisher
Frances Warde
Pell Trenton
Charles Gotthold
Walter Young
Margaret Armstrong
Charles Lane
Cohan
Wallingford
Hale Hamilton
Frances Ring
Helen Ware Shines in The Price at Hollis Street Theatre
Helen Ware proves a popular star as she opens the third week in The Price at Hollis Street Theatre. A strong company and an eager crowd marked last night with notable performances by Harrison Hunter Warner Oland George W Barnum Jessie Ralph Margaret McWade and Gertrude Dalton. Louis Mann heads to the Hollis next Monday in Elevating a Husband written for him by Clara Lipman and Samuel Shipman. Seat sales begin this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Ware
Hollis Street Theatre
Harrison Hunter
Warner Oland
George W. Barnum
Jessie Ralph
Margaret MceWade
Gertrude Dalton
Louis Mann
Hollis
Clara Lipman
Samuel Shipman
Scenic Temple and Boston Film Highlight Weekly Attractions
Scenic Temple presents one of its best bills this week headlined by the American Cowboy Four a renowned quartet. Bowdoin and Quinn entertain with a comedy musical act while a top motion picture from Rose Pitonof features a famous New York swim. Aviator Atwood performs a cross country flight and Buffalo swimmer Niagara Falls feat is re-created. Lenna Howe's Union Orchestra opens with a US 4 prelude and provides instrumental music throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scenic Temple
Clio
Bowdoin and Quinn
Boston
Rose Pitonof
New York
Hattery
Goney Island
Atwood
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Lenna Howe
Union Orchestra
Plymouth Theatre Opens Box Office For Inaugural Night
Seats go on sale this morning for the Plymouth Theatre on Eliot Street west of Tremont. The opening night program on Saturday September 23 features Synge’s The Shadow of the Glen, Murray’s Birthright, and Lady Gregory’s Hyacinth Harvey with brief address by W B Yeats on Irish drama. Gregory and the Irish wave are in Boston from Dublin aboard W.
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New Plymouth
Eliot Street
Tremont
Shadow of the Glen
J. M. Synge
T. C. Murray
Lady Gregory
Hyacinth Harvey
William Butler . Yeats
Mr. Gregory
Boston
Dublin
Force in Doors of Theatre Delays Opening Premiere
A crowd of nearly 3000 surged against the doors of the National Theatre last evening to witness the opening performance of the largest vaudeville house in America. The doors broke under strain and a police detail of 25 men restrained the crowd including women and children.
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New National Theatre
America
Opening of Boston theatre draws record crowd
About 3800 people packed the new Boston theatre for its opening, far surpassing expectations. Police were stretched when tickets sold out and crowds surged past doors, a splinter from one door being saved as a souvenir. The night featured a free outdoor concert by the National Boston consolidated minstrel band and a singing of The Star Spangled Banner by 9800 attendees at intermission.
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John B. Driscoll
Ryder
Boston
National
Boston Consolidated Minstrel Band
Big Borneo and Imperial Attractions Dominate Austin & Stone’s Museum
The Big Borneo orangutan, purchased last week, drew a monster audience to Austin & Stone’s Museum. Visitors surrounded the creature in a large exhibition cage as Sir George the English giant and Electra the electric girl drew crowds. The theatre offered Cassie French in Lena Rivers, La Lolita’s sensational Oriental dances, the Manhattan Maids musical number, Walsh and Flynn in a comedy, and the Williams’ new motion pictures to close the diverse lineup.
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Austin & Stone
Borneo
Ourang-Outang
Colonel Stone
Austin & Stone's
America
Sir George
Electra
Bastint
Curlo Hall
Cassie French
Lena Rivers
la Lolita
Manhattan Maids
Walsh and Flynn
Williams
Bowdoin Square Theatre Vaudeville Thrill Draws Crowds
A large crowd enjoyed a Bowdoin Square Theatre vaudeville show with acts by Rice and Walters in a country nostalgia sketch by Dolan and Boyne. Danny Mann and the mirthmakers Many Hawkins impressed, Carr and Harding sang and danced, and Pharmody juggled with skill. Kimball brothers delighted as premier banjoists with classical and patriotic tunes alongside an engaging moving picture display.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Rice
Walters
Dolan
Boyne
Danny Mann
Hawkins
Carr
Harding
Kimball Brothers
Coronation Pictures at Tremont Temple Entertain Twice Weekly
Coronation pictures continue through a seventh week at Tremont Temple with new views added frequently. The display invites repeat visits and offers ongoing entertainment as the program is shown twice.
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Te Tremont Temple
Houdini Captivates Boston Fans With New Submersion Escape
Harry Houdini dazzles at B F Keiths Theatre in Boston after three years away. He submerges in a water-filled galvanized can inside a locked chest, the cover secured by six locks, and escapes before a large audience. The bill also features The Fool House, The Halfway House, and several acts including The Three White Kuhns and Meehan's dogs in a strong supporting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houdini
Four Huntings
Perkins Fisher
Landon-Lucier
Corinne Francis
Howard Atheneum Burlesque Show Delights Audience
A bevy of charming high school girls known as the High School Girls thrilled yesterday at the Howard. Carl Henry stirred excitement with a lively admission act while Nellie Francis and Kittie Mitchell led a bright chorus. Joe Dixon, Charles Stevenson, Joe Mills, Fred Reese impressed, and Helen Lawton with Bessie York made the Peninsula district stand out. The burlesque kept a fast fun pace with striking costumes and strong musical numbers. The continuous show by the house drew commendation.
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Howard
Carl Henry
Nellie Francis
Kittie Mitchell
Joe Dixon
Charles, Stevenson
Joe Mills
Fred Reese
Helen Lawton
Bessie York
Peninsula
Burlesque Show Delights With Dainty Marie And Parody Stars
A burlesque program features Dainty Marie in a pre sented act, Joe Flynn as a top parody singer, Foster and Ogden in a humorous duo, Ellen Richards on high wire, Kaisers Dogs in The Playful Kennel, Mlle. Carrie with musical bells, and Cody and Lynn along with Grace Lamb in illustrated song. The audience responds warmly and Marie contributes garments to spectators after her act.
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Dainty Marie
Charmion
Joe Flynn
Foster
Ogden
Ellen Richards
Kaiser
Carrie
Cody
Lynn
Grace Lamb
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