Amusements Preview New York Hits at Sugar's Theatre
The 1908-09 season triumph A Gentleman from Mississippi opens this afternoon in Sugar's Theatre. Cast includes Robert A. Fischer and Hans Robert with a large company. Babes in Toyland opens tomorrow with twenty principals and sixty chorus. Chas. A. Sellon leads a strong cast in a lavish production with elaborate costumes and notable dancers.
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Victor Herbert
Glen MacDonough
Sugar’s Theatre
Toyland
The Cat and the Fiddle at Sugar's Theatre Next Wednesday
The Sugar's Theatre offers The Cat and the Fiddle on December 15 a fantasy musical featuring magic spirits elves gnomes fairies and a tale of the Isle of Eye. It promises to please even the most fastidious recalling Babes in the Wood Mother Goose and the era’s Little Nemo.
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Sugar’s Theatre
Isle of Eye
What is Required in Producing a Play
Henry B Harris describes the massive labor behind staging a play from manuscript to set. Key tasks include scenery models, furniture, draperies, pictures, props, lighting by an inventive electrician, and obtaining period accuracy. He notes most American productions cost under ten thousand dollars, with a few reaching ten to thirty thousand.
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Charles Klein
Atlantic City
Henry B. Harris
Klein
Harris
Mr. Harris
A Gentleman From Mississippi Sets Two Year Run Records
The play originally slated for actor star Brady pivoted to Wise who chose not to perform. The production ran in New York then Chicago, setting two calendar year records with 201 performances. Robert A. Fischer and Hans Robert lead the cast for the current engagement.
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New York City
Mississippi
Sugar’s
William A. Brady
Joseph R. Grismer
Chicago
New York
Harrison Rhodes
Thomas A. Wise
Carolina Langdon
Depeit
Senator Langdon
Robert A. Fischer
Hans Robert
Checkers” Fame
Bud” Haines
W. F. Canfield
Wm. Forestelle
Mr. Wise
Hidden Dangers Warn Citizens of Kidney Trouble
A period ad touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for kidney illness. It cites back pain as a warning sign and features a testimonial from W. F. LeRosen of Shreveport, la. The ad notes the product sells for 50 cents and is distributed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as U.S. agents.
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Bright
Dean
W. F. LeRosen
Bouregard Street
Shreveport
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Arthur E. Ebbetts
James Gordon
Ernest Evers
Harry DeForrest
Wil Chatterton
BE. H. Bender
Samuel Howard
George Palmer
Leon Baker
J. M. Dyer
Henry Gibson
Charles Johnson
Louise de Rigney
Leah Baird
Jane Farnley
Sophie Petrayer
Jane Otey
Lute Adams
Genii
Circe
Mystic Island
Elfland
Chas. A. Sellon
Petite Comediennes
el More
Lawrence Geatthard
Johann Kerthleson
Shubert Standard Opera Company
Geo. E. Wakefield
Florence Willis
Theresa Miller
Mort Infeld
Hunt’s
A. B. Richards Medicine CO
Sherman, Texas
Sunnybrook
The
Sunny Brook
U. S
Sunny Brook Distillery CO
Jefferson County
Kentucky
C. H. Godwin
Monroe
Mnanny Brown
SKEY
Walker Bros., Ltd
Pater
Walkers Bros., Ltd
Cavat
Lotus
Chas.a. Sellon and
the el More Sisters
Box Office
Sugar Theatre
Ine
A. Brady
Jos. J.erismer
Rhodes
Wise
Boston
Chorus In
America
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