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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1911
Page
10
The piece centers on Aleck and George, two lively mannikin comedians whose slapstick keeps McFadden's Flats afloat. Critics lampoon the weak script, yet the show thrives on their swift gags, with strong orchestra support enhancing the matinee and evening performances.
The Smart Set company will perform at the Grand next Saturday and Sunday with matinee and night shows. The Mayor of New Town is a musical comedy in three acts by Salem Tutt Whitney, featuring new music and novelty acts. Salem Tutt Whitney, Miss Ethel Marshall, Homer Tutt, and the Smart Set chorus headline a high spirited, entertaining production.
The article highlights Leo Fall Austrian composer of The Girl in the Train and Ida St Leon star of Polly of the Circus. It covers Fall’s education Berlin and Mannheim works and the success of The Dollar Princess and The Merry Widow anticipating Die Geschiedene Frau. St Leon, born 1892 in a circus family, debuts in Polly of the Circus and rises as America's youngest leading woman.
The fall season opens with a flood of first nights in New York. Julian Eltinge stars in The Fascinating Widow at the Liberty and Victor Herbert with George Hobart present When Sweet Sixteen at Daly's. Other highlights include The Passers-by at the Criterion and A Man of Honor at Joe Weber's, while critics temper praise for the season’s bold dramatic experiments and musicals.
The New Plaza theater opening moved from September 25 to October 1 due to missing essentials and delayed chairs and auditorium fixtures. The venue features indirect lighting by inverted ceiling fixtures, an Oderdonk mural over the proscenium, fourteen exits, and will host Augusta Glose with Exposition Four, followed by Maclyn Arbuckle in the second week.
The 101 Ranch hosts a Real Wild West show noted for its authenticity and realism based on western life. Owned by the Miller brothers who also run the ranch, it emphasizes education and entertainment over sensational gunplay.
Mort H Singer presents Miss Nobody From Starland in a musical comedy starring Olive Vail. The production comes to the Grand for October 15 16 with a large cast and chorus. The authors Adams Howard and Hough crafted a highly praised show popular with Chicago audiences during its Princess theater run.
The United States Marine band, noted as the largest and best equipped, has developed its orchestra under Lieut. William H. Santelmann. Historically a top band, Santelmann transformed it into an ensemble rivaling major orchestras, to be heard in San Antonio on October 14 under the Tuesday Musical Club.
Philadelphia dispatch describes Sallie Bonner and her twin Marie, one white and the other black, coping side by side in a crib at the Chestnut Street recreation pier. Physicians call it a well authenticated atavism and promise close observation under a nurse for the children, whose mother died at birth.
Classy acts arrive from south to headline at the Royal starting Sunday night. Lucille Tilton presents refined male impersonations with Egyptian gowns, George J. Stanley and Miss Lois Rice perform a blackface Old Southland, Alberto the Australian magician offers high class tricks, Alvino and Rialto showcase gymnastic acrobatics and dancing, while Ford and Miller provide engaging singing and talk.
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