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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1913
Page
34
The program lists performances this week featuring Weber and Fields in Hokey Pokey with shows tonight and midweek dates across Wednesday through Saturday including Modern Eve and A Butterfly on the Wheel in various matinee and evening slots.
Weber and Fields and their company bring the nonsensical musical absurdity Hokey Pokey to the Grand Opera House San Antonio for a final season appearance. The act, famed for its laughs and star lineup, heads toward New York after the tour ending in the spring. Supporting stars include Frank Daniels Bessie Clayton Walter Lawrence Flavia Arcaro May Boley Arthur Aylsworth and Edouard Durant.
The Daily Picayune previews two upcoming shows. A Modern Eve opens at the Grand Opera House next Wednesday and Thursday with stars Elizabeth Goodall and Frank Deshon praised for lively musical comedy. A Butterfly on the Wheel, starring Lewis Waller, arrives next Friday with a four act dramatic court scene and a noted English company.
The Grand Opera House offers The Red Rose a three act musical comedy by Harry B and Robert B Smith with music by Robert Hood Bowers. Zoe Barnett leads a large company praised for scenic and costume splendor and wholesome humor. The plot follows art student Dick Lorimer and model Lola amid a baron's daughter twist, with zany acts from Lillian Ashley and the Bounding Pattersons, all underscored by a clean minstrel sensibility and new features.
Neil O'Brien and his Great American Minstrels arrive at the Grand Opera House on Saturday March 8 for the first local showing of a new all fresh minstrel company. The star troupe, famed across Buffalo Pittsburgh Baltimore St Louis Chicago Cincinnati and other cities, brings a high profile showcase amid a renewed stage production.
The Plaza opens with Emma Carus headlining a top vaudeville bill A galaxy of guests includes Frank Rae and Company Ward Brothers Hathaway's Monkeys and Toretti and Bennett Each act offers musical comedy charm dance and novelty with Carus credited as a leading musical theatre star and the show touted as an expensive standout of the season
Valeska Suratt will star in The Kiss Waltz at the Grand Opera House on March 9 and 10 with a large touring cast. The operetta, promoted as the dancingest show, features Ziehrer music adapted by Edgar Smith with lyrics by Matthew Woo rd ward, and lavish gowns by Melville Ellis.
Louis Mann stars in Elevating A Husband a Clara Lipman Samuel Shipman comedy opening March 17 and 18. The play follows a young five cent store merchant who rises to wealth and marries to be elevated, with humor and tender moments. Emily Ann Wellman leads a strong supporting company.
The Grand Opera House hosts Jules Falk violinist and Arthur Fischer pianist on Tuesday March 4. Their program features a Mendelssohn concerto with Falk performing his $10 000 Stradivarius and showcases their acclaimed artistry for connoisseurs and music lovers.
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