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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1911
Page
31
The Plaza Theater launches a varied program headlined by the Golden troupe with a Russian feature, comedy sketches, and musical acts. Audiences are promised strong featured performances including singing and dancing, plus a hoop rolling novelty as part of the bill.
The Plaza theater presents a seven act vaudeville bill led by Golden Troupe with Russian troubadours performing The Prayer of the Lone and impressive solo dancing. Bowser and Co. headline with Superstition, Nichols Nelson troupe circus hoops, LeFevre and St John wit, Delmore and Light piano duo, Victor and Gerard one act sketch, Seamon and Killian Tailor Made Girls, and the Plazascope closing with films. Bargain matinees Tuesday Friday and school guests Saturday. Shuberts rehearse Lehar operetta The Man With Three Wives after holidays.
Henry W. Savage presents a major touring production with a ten-car train for scenery and a company of fifty musicians plus five casts of principals. The Mizuno troupe from Japan features balancing feats and acclaimed jugglers. Sprague and Dixon, Bailey and Larkin, and Temple and O'Brien bring popular acts to complement the program.
The Mizuno Troupe of Japanese gymnasts leads the Royal Theater program with Sprague and Dixon, Bailey and Larkin, and Temple and O'Brien also featured on the bill.
Richard Carle stars in Jumping Jupiter a multifaceted show to be seen at the Grand starting January 8 and 4. He adapts a Sydney Rogenfeld farce into a modern musical comedy with music by Karl Hoschau. The production recently enjoyed a long Boston run.
Grand presents The Bohemian Girl January 1 2 with 150 performers a grand chorus trained horses acrobats and elaborate scenery Henry W Savage stages Puccini The Girl of the Golden West in English highlighting tempo rubato and dramatic action set in California 1849 Music adds quick tempo shifts and sudden retardation enhancing arias and unrestful scenes
Aborn Opera company presents Balfe's Paris production at the Grand with an elaborate scenic environment and realism. The show features real gypsies horses acrobats ballet and other novelties to heighten the spectacle.
The Star presents top tier vaudeville from the Pantages circuit including Harry Fisher and Miss Gilbert the hobos on wheels Professor Corrigan's Educated Goats clown pig West and Asquit and Dallas on Fort Worth. The program features nickel scenic and educational film reels with matinees Sunday and Monday at 2:30 and 4 pm and night shows starting 6:45 pm. The Shuberts plan a February revival of The Pirates of Penzance.
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