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PRICE, 10 CENTS THEATRES^ CIRCUSES FAIRS ~ MUSICIANS Aroerica!& Weekly Volume XVH. No. 18. CINCINNATI—NEW YORK~C HIC A G O May 6,1905. HARRY VON TILZER, The Popular Music Publisher of New York Tire Billboard that tills part of the act, which consists of • double leap the chasm and loop the gap Is MAY BRITTON as far as the double chasm Is concerned, scien DRAMATIC MINSTREL tlflcally Impossible. I do not know now, whethei they will attempt to put it on again or not. VAUDEVILLE BURLESQUE It is a great show under canvas. The events MUSIC OPERA are rapid and sensational. The reserved chairs, with foot rests, have been Install again this season. Two years ago they we on Broadway, in the Baroness Fiddlesticks, found too heavy to carry, but I believe sor in which she iniule a personal hit, notwltlistund spi-eliil arrangement has been made so tb ing the fiasco of the production itself. Miss they can be retained tills season, possibly by BROADWAY-GOSSIP. II King Is always popular on Broadway, Her .•HI i in- out the parade piniraphernalla, as My Irish Molly O was encored time after time. I la ;reap ts will t>e given. Miss Fltzhugh Is not given the opportunities Things Theatrical in the Metropolis, she might have for singing, as she reully has The Hippodrome continues to turn away people at every night performance, and and Bits of General Interest an excellent voice. The cast includes Frank Daniels. Alfred Hlekman, Snllle Fisher. Clar; the seats are still sold from two to three weeks Discussed on the Rialto. Belle Jerome. A nun Fitzhugh, Klphie Snowden, in advance. The circus program will be change*] Mary Clayton, Myrtle MefJraln, Irene Cameron, weekly, which will give an extra Incentive The penitential season is over and Claire Leslie, Majory Goodwin, Delia Connor, for patrons to visit the show frequently. its passing was marked by a distinct and mate- (ireta Burdlck, Walter Perclval, Xace Bonville, rial increase In business at the theatres. The James Reany, Lawrence Wheat. David Bennett. Miss Antoinette Walker has renewed first week following Lent marked the close of (ieorgt* Lestwq, Gilbert Clayton, Harry Mc- her part In the cast of the Music Master at several of the season's successes, among them, lior.oiigb. Ida Gabrlelle, Sally Daly, Leavltt the Bijou, and was given a very warm re- Mrs. Leffii)gwells' Boots at the Lyceum; Miss James, Leslie Mayo, and Blanche Ring. ception upon her return. Apropos of the Music Annie Russell, In Jinny, The Carrier, at the •*•*+ Master, it will run well Into June, accord in;: Criterion; It Happened In Nordland, at Lew The first rehearsal of Trilby, which to the last anno mi cement of the management. Field's Theatre, You Never Can Tell, at the will IK- produced under Wtn. A. Brady's man- and will undoubtedly continue to draw big Garrlck, and The Darling of The Gods at the agement nt the New Amsterdam Theatre May houses. It Is n not her attraction that will open Academy of Music. These final weeks were all s. witli the original cast, was Jield in this house at the same house early next season. It has marked by exceptionally good business. Monday. April ii4. It Is the purpose of the certainly been a winner for Mr. Belasco, and management to give the attraction as nearly lias Incidentally placed David Warfleld In the after the original in business and technique first rank of stars. With Aristocratic Tramp Co. us season. The openings last, week were only as. possible, and It was Interesting to note the two in number, The Proud Laird, a Scotch efforts of tlie company to carry out the idea. Mr. Chas. Stow, the well-known comedy, by Chas. Cartwrlght and Cosmo Ham- press agent, who is now connected with Mel- Hope. Kngene O'Brien, Edna (loodrich, Geo. The following people are In the cast: Wilton Odell. Flora Prince,, Armand Cortes, Belle ilton, at the Manhattan; and Sergeant Brue, Lnckaye. Virginia Harned, Burr Mclntosh, ville B. Raymond's attractions, has a very a new musical comedy by Owen Hall, Liza n nil 11 ir acrostic printed on his card. It is Ashlyn. ,1. H. McCormack. Phyllis La Fond, and Frank Olendennlng, Douglas Fairbanks, Ed. W. Marie Kellar. Sydney Rosen f eld lias written Lehman and J. Hickory Wood, at the Knicker- Morrison, Leo Dltrichsteln, Rosa Rand, Mathllde reproduced here: bocker. Notwithstanding the lateness in tlu1 Called by the "stars" from earned obscure re- the play and \V. T. Francis lias contributed rottevelly, K. W. Walton, Herbert Ayllng, muny new and original ninsiciil number!*. It Is season both attractions opened to successes that Fred. A. Thompson, and Howard Boulden. pose, promise to carry them far into hot weather. Here at your door solicitous I pose; intended that the production sluill run at the The Proud Laird engagement constitutes a sup- Awaiting like a hundred more a show, Herald S<|imre Theatre all summer. Indeed, plementary season at the Manhattan, following The Barnum & Bailey Show opened Right off the reel to inundate and blow. it is the first of a series of summer evening Mrs. Fiske and her Manhattan Theatre Stock under canvas in Brooklyn last week and played Light literature to bring of art divine. entertainments that Charles Froluuau will pro- Co., which has been one of the financial and to exceedingly good business. On Tuesday night Easily cl n I in ing preference In its line; vide for New Yorkers, He purposes to give artistic successes of the season, and of which the house was comfortably lllled. The perform- Squibs of a smartness worthy double lead, an ample spread of fun and melody to these I have had occasion to remark several times ance is substantially the same as that given entertainments, and In The Rollicking Girl Mr. at Madison Square Garden and will be kept Seiisiitious plied upon Sensation's head, Bernard, Miss Williams, Miss Angeles, Sydney previous. The Proud Laird Is not an over- To fill your aching void with columns bright. whelming success, either In conception or in up to this standard. The ne\v canvas looked de Grey and the others are provided with the very pret ty on the l«t. which, however, was O'er which the groundlings pose with delight. fullest iMissible scope for their mirth-provoking production. It Is founded on Shakespeare's While you, though tortured, strive to be polite. Much Ado About Nothing, and has a great not sufficient in extent to accommodate the > \vers. deal of merit of its own, endued to It by its whole outfit. The horse tent being some blocks present authors or adaptors. The company IK away from the main show. Miss Belle Gold writes that she will Jinny, The Carrier, at the Criterion A new feature tills season under canvas is <•!,.-:«• a very pleasant and successful season of Theatre, with Miss Annie Russell in the title excellent. With a more meritorious vehicle thirty weeks as principal comedienne and one they would score one of the pronounced success a blacktop. In which a picture show Is given, •ole, closed last week. Too much can not be and several small side shows with wagon if the features of Hanlon's Superba Co. She said of Miss Itusst'H's work In this play, and in, achievements of the waning season. The prin- is negotiating for a P tarring tour next season, cipal parts are In the hands of Robert Loralne fronts. The entire outfit Is lighted with acety- fact of the work of each Individual member of lene gas. which lias replaced the electric ap- but lias not signed as yet. Several good offers iin- company, hut the Interest was lost In a lot and Dorothy Donnelly, two celebrities of whom have Ueen made to Induce her to try vaudeville, much Is expected and who give much. The paratus formerly carried. if badinage, to such an extent that even one The performance runs very smoothly now. but she is undecided as to whether she will ir two very clever scenes were not potent to play deals with the efforts of a Scotch com- accept the propositions. munity to unite In marriage an impecunious Particularly Is/ this Improvement noticed In the >ave It from fiasco. It Is deplorable, too, as Scotch nobleman and a vivacious American ease of the nn i ma Is, which have become ac- dr. Zangwlll Is capable of much better work customed to their work. The Todd Judge The Prince of Pilsen has made such and more astute judgment. Jinny, The Carrier, girl with a $10,000 a year Income. The comedy a sin-cess at the New York Theatre that Its situations are well chosen and worked out Family's act, consisting of foot balancing, pass- had few of the characteristics that made for with great finish. Naturally, In a Scotch ing from the back of one camel to a not tier, run has been prolonged until the last of this he success of Merely Mary Ann. The play Is play, there IB much that Is droll, and the Proud has been greatly Improved by the increasing week. It is the first time this attraction has siI-Mined and the dialogue Is not particularly steadiness of the an in a Is. •ii seen on Broadway at popular prices, and brilliant, although It is the success of Merely Laird keeps up to the standard In this respect. in.' attendance Is excellent, considering that Many of the situations are convulslngly comic, The Itoyal Viennese Troupe have added several Mary Ann.