Howard Atheneum Burlesque Night Delights Patrons
A lively crowd at the Howard Atheneum enjoyed a bohemian burlesque program led by Miss New York Jr. The Ocean Under Subway impressed with brisk humor and novelty. William Brennan and Carrie Thomas drew praise, with Abe Reynolds and Dave Ferguson among standout acts. The bill featured girl musicians, Jennings and Renfrew encores, and appearances by the Johnson sisters, the Drummer Boy of Shiloh and a cast of singers, dancers, and comedians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Miss New York, Jr
Subway
William Brennan
Carrie Thomas
Abe Reynolds
Dave Ferguson
John Hart
Messrs
Nelson
Oswald
Berger
Bissett
O'Brien
Belle
Harriet Mayhew
Priscilla
Carmen
Nellie Goodwin
Beatrice Loftus
Boston
Jennings
Renfrew
Blanch Baird
Johnson Sisters
Millair
Shiloh
Bruces
Delmars
Mark Cobden
Howardscope
Scenic Temple Returns Star Lizzie B Raymond Headline Review
Lizzie B Raymond the famed character vocalist opened her return engagement at Scenic Temple two weeks after creating a furor. Ira Kessner the tenor returned this week, performing new illustrated songs. Thomas Potter Y Punne travesty artist received a warm reception alongside Art Fisher cowboy mimic and Edward Dillon dramatic lecturer whose moving pictures impressed audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lizzie B. Raymond
Old School
Ira Kessner
Thomas Potter Y Punne
Art Fisher
Edward Dillon
the Temple
Keith's Theatre Burlesque and Variety Bill Delights Crowd
Keith's Theatre features Peter the chimpanzee performing humanlike feats and a lively burlesque by Fred Ray's troupe. The Noblest Roman of Them All, The Village Lawyer, Wyoming Whoop, and Depot sketches mix with Oscar Loraine impersonations. Carnes and Cadets De Gasconne juggle acts, and McNish Penfold and the Vivians close strong with sharpshooting feats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Keith
Fred Ray
Will Cressy
Blanche Dayne
Wyoming
Oscar Loraine
Bowers
Walters
Crocker
Carnes
Cadets de Gascogne
Keith’s
McNish
Penfold
Vivians
Pastime Theatre Delights Patrons With Encores and Popular Pictures
Patrons at the Pastime Theatre express high satisfaction with this week’s bill as encores from performers grow in number. Two to four encores have been demanded at successive performances. The pictures continue to please all audiences.
Many New Plays Open Tonight in Local Theaters
The Hollis presents On the Eve, the Majestic shows The World and His Wife, the Park hosts A Gentleman From Mississippi, the Tremont features The Candy Shop, and the Colonial presents The Chorus Lady among other offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis
Majestic
Mississippi
Park
Tremont
Colonial
Hedwig Reicher Stars In On the Eve at Hollis Street
The Hollis Street Theatre opens with Hedwig Reicher in On the Eve, a revolutionary Russia tale by Kampf and Morton. The English adaptation trims the harsher details, focusing on Teploff’s treachery and the doomed uprising, with strong performances by Reicher Keenan Davenport and Crawford and a capable supporting cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Crosby
Hollis Street Theatre
Hedwig Reicher
Russia
Leopold Kampf
Martha Morton
Germany
Thalia Theatre
New York
Miss Morton
Czar
Teploff
Vassili
Anna
Lot
Miss Reicher
Frank Keenan
Harry Davenport
Edna Archer Crawford
Grand Opera House Debuts Charlotte Temple Theater in Boston
Theodore Kramer's dramatization of Mrs Rowson's Charlotte Temple opened at the Grand Opera House Boston last night. The tale, set around the American Revolution, follows a English girl deceived by a captor who deserts her in America before she returns to her distressed parents with help from kind strangers. Miss Sweet leads the cast as Charlotte Temple praised for her portrayal of life in that era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Kramer
Trinity Churchyard
New York
England
America
Charlotte
Miss Sweet
Charlotte Temple
Austin and Stone's Museum extends minstrel act run
The Negro minstrel show at Austin and Stone's Museum begins its second week amid nonstop entertainment. New sketches headline the regular stage show with Frank Van Etta Ed Keane Tom Bullock and the Manhattan girls presenting Frank Van Ettas Boarding House. Fostell and Emmett mark their 26th consecutive season with Dutch talk and humor. Other acts include George Whalen Bowman and Terry and Tom Bullock in illustrated songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dixie
Austin & Stone
Frank van Etta
Ed Keane
Tom Bullock
Fostell
Emmett
George Whalen
Bowman
Terry
A Gentleman from Mississippi lights up Park Theatre
The Park Theatre presented Harrison Rhodes and Thomas A Wise drama in four acts to a large, enthusiastic crowd. Wise and Fairbanks delivered strong performances as Senator Langdon and Bud Haines. Ruth Shepley Lola May and the supporting cast provided solid portrayals, with the play delivering a moral about public trust and political life in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Theatre
Mississippi
Harrison Rhodes
Thomas A. Wise
Wise
Fairbanks
Washington
William H. Langdon
Langdon
Bud" Haines
Congress
Senate
Langford
Mr. Wise
Bud’’ Haines
Douglas Fairbanks
Ruth Shepley
Lola May
Ogden Stevens
Ernest Baxter
W. J. Brady
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Laura Butler
Agnes de Lane
Karen Wielsen
Dewitt Newing
Hub Theatre Presents Novel Comedy Bill This Week
Field and Hanson lead a lively bill with Lor ette and Latina and Leo and Chapman for the first three days. The last three days feature the Bordley trio with a minstrel opener and Les Bollengers, European rag-timers, while Field and Hanson continue as the main draw through the remaining days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field & Hanson
Lorette & Latina
Hub Theatre
Leo & Chapman
Charles T. Bordley
Les Bollengers
Theatre Comique Presents Cameraphone with Clarice Vance
The Theatre Comique features Clarice Vance with the Cameraphone hit and a pretty Indian novelty number Wild Flower. A laughable sketch Fun in a Business Block tops the performance. Also showing The Marble Heart When Women Hate The Construction of a Balloon and comedies Fresh Kid Oh What a Beard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Theatre Comique
Clarice Vance
Tremont Theatre Opens The Candy Shop Musical Comedy
Tremont Theatre presented The Candy Shop under the Charles Dillingham banner for a short engagement. The cast featured Frank Lalor Maud Fulton William Rock Annie Yeamans Douglas Stevenson and Ethel Millard with strong performances and lively dance and song numbers. The play includes a scene in a candy salon and an open trolley car bound for Coney Island with water chutes and amusement rides showcased in the third act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Dillingham
Tremont Theatre
Coney Island
Frank Lalor
Maud Fulton
William Rock
Annie Yeamans
Douglas Stevenson
Ethel Millard
The Spoilers at Castle Square Theatre
The Spoilers produced by Mr Craig at Castle Square promises excitement and romance with a snowy Alaska setting. Roy Glenister and the villain Firebus duel as Joe Dextry and Cherry Malotte provide vivid character contrasts amid mining camp lawlessness. The United States flag rises over a dramatic icebound backdrop signaling triumph of law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polar
Craig
Castle Square
Alaska
United States
Roy Glenister
Firebus
Alexander McNamara
At the North Pole at Bowdoin Square Theatre
The Bowdoin Square Theatre offered a timely production of At the North Pole by a stock company. Scenes of Eskimo life and polar dangers impressed management and patrons, with strong performances by Charlotte Hunt and Frederick Van Rensselaer and lively comic turns by Hartley, Shearer, and Brooks. A motion picture display accompanied the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Pole
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Richard Warden
Charlotte Hunt
Frederick van Rensselaer
Florence Hartley
Tommy Shearer
Harry Brooks
Hal Brown
Harry Humphrey
David B. Gally
Frank Harding
Eva Wheeler
Sadie Hilton
Lucy Craton
Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at Globe Theatre ends week two
The Globe Theatre presents Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch in its second and final week with Helen Weathersby as Mrs Wiss, praised for warmth and optimism. The ensemble earns high marks and the wholesome, humorous play appeals to both children and adults. The Lion and the Mouse starts a two week run on Monday afternoon September 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Globe Theatre
Majestic Theatre Presents The World and His Wife in Boston
The Majestic last evening showcased The World and His Wife under the title Il Gran Galeato. William Faversham Julie Opp and H Cooper Cliffe head a strong cast delivering powerful, brilliant performances with Faversham praised as among the era’s best. Morton Selten provided a capital British diplomat portrayal. After the second act Faversham made a brief speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose Kehergary
William Faversham
Julie Opp
H. Cooper Cliffe
Mr. Faversham
Morton Selten
Faversham
American Music Hall vaudeville opens second week with varied acts
The American Music Hall presented a diverse bill with Freeze brothers tambourine, Josephine Davis songs, Midgely and Carlisle skit After School, Mazus and Mazette The Tramp and the Lady Beatrice McKenzie Walter Shannon More Ways Than One Billy Ek Wells Hebraic humor, Billy Montgomery Florence Moore act, Edwin Latell impersonation, Young brothers acrobatics and Ameriscope closing an excellent show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Music Hall
Freeze Brothers
Josephine Davis
Carlisle
Mazus
Mazette
Beatrice McKenzie
Walter Shannon
Billy Ek
Wells
Billy Montgomery
Florence Moore
Edwin Latell
Young Brothers
Ameriscope
Parisian Widows' company at GAiety Theatre weeklong run
The Parisian Widows company opened a week at the Gaiety Theatre with The Actors' Boarding House and Fun in a Department Store. Ben Pierce led the first comedy and the troupe featured Margie Hilton Ike Wall Emily Miles Mae Rose and performers Niblo Spencer Bennett and Bentley with a lively chorus and novelty acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Pierce
Margie Hilton
Southern Rose
Ike Wall
Emily Miles
Mae Rose
Niblo
Spencer
Bennett
Bentley
The Gay Hussars End Run At Boston Theatre
The final fortnight of The Gay Hussars began at the Boston Theatre with chief hits by Bobby North Anna Bussert Muriel Terry and Florence Reid. The work is praised for its musical and dramatic strength and is seen as likely to become a standard light opera due to its intrinsic merits and engaging romantic plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Hussars
Boston
Bobby North
Anna Bussert
Muriel Terry
Florence Reid
Gay Vassars
Theatre premier presents A Lonely Villa and The Mountebank's Son
The Humonoscope at Theatre Premier features A Lonely Villa with The Mountebank's Son and comedies Caught in His Own Trap Suitors Competition Winning a Dinner plus the drama The Story of a Rose. Music is by Edna Leader Grace Palmer and Gordon Richards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Leader
Grace Palmer
Gordon Richards
The Chorus Lady at Colonial Theatre Opens Strong
Rose Stahl stars as Patricia O'Brien in The Chorus Lady at the Colonial Theatre in a two week engagement. The performance draws cheers and curtain calls for its witty dialogue and stage life scenes, with strong supporting turns by Isabelle Goodwin, Alice Leigh, Wilfred Lucas, and Stanley Jessup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Theatre
Besgan
Rose Stahl
Patricia O’brien
Miss Stahl
Norah
Isabelle Goodwin
Patricia
Alice Leigh
O’brien
Giles Shine
Patrick O’brien
Dan Mallory
Wilfred Lucas
Stanley Jessup
Dick Crawford
Georgia
Kenyon Bishop
Claire Lane
Sylvia Simpson
Lillian O’neil
Beatrice Brown
Annie Ives
Suzette Gordon
Helen Dahl
Florence Grant
Columbia Theatre Big Review Impresses Boston Audiences
The Columbia Theatre hosted the Big Review with striking costumes and standout performances. Clem Bevins delivered a lively town constable act while Eddie Foy and other Broadway impersonations drew laughs, with Frank Heath and Nellia Floredo leading the female numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Big Review
Boston
Clem Bevins
Bevins
Harry le van
Eddie Foy
Ward and Vokes
Raymond Mitchcock
Harry Lauder
Eva Tanguay
Blanche King
Blanche Bates
Frankie Heath
Nellia Floredo
Pat Connolly
Jim Comstock
Food Fair Showcases Tuskegee Institute Work in New England
The New England Food Fair and Home Furnishing Exposition at Mechanics Building begins next Monday at 10 o clock. Tuskegee Institute students will sing plantation melodies while Charles Winter Wood performs and Booker T. Washington may attend to discuss his plans for uplift and past 25 years of progress. Last year exhibitors return with new firms joining under the Massachusetts Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee
Alabama
New England
Mechanics Building
Institute
Charles Winter Wood
Messrs. C. H. Green
E. J. Rowe
Massachusetts Retail Grocers and Provision Dealers’ Association
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