DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, JANUARY TO. 1908. 2 NEW-YORK AS TO THEATRES. STAGE AFFAIRS. Much Is promised, from time to time, relative ta a flee theatre In New York. In which, while the ACADEMY OF MUSIC. business department is conducted with commercial discretion, the artistic purpose will U minate. Not Mr. Belasco's etlrring drama. "The Ro.«>e of much has been accomplished toward fulfilment jthe Raiicho". will remain at the Academy of Music THE of that promise. Perhaps the aaaaai «\u25a0 ar- §until next Saturday night, January and then THEATRE aaa 25. the "New fffll taken "on the road again, la order la rive when Theatre" becomes establishes. be Rumor, at one time, proclaimed for "The Girl of the Golden West." that Mrs. Flake make room was to occupy a fine new theatre, I•who, in person of Miss Blanche under the man- the ever welcome agement of Mr. Harrison Grey Fiske Bates, appear at the Academy on Monday. and •erself. I .will The announcement made in yesterday' Tribune, January 27. Miss Frances Starr. Mr. Richman and 9 of the alliance betwef n Mr. Belasco and Mr. their associates have given pleasure to many per- Fiske Indicates the passing of that prospect. Last year by their sincere, vigorous acting. sons announcement was made that a handsoma n»v ASTOR THEATRE. theatre, bearing the name of the great tragedian. "The Booth," be built, and, under At the Astor Theatre, to-morrow night, Miss waa to man- of E. H. Scthern. would |Viola Allen willmake her re-entrance on the local agement ly the of Mr. Sothem and Miss etage, appearing, under the management of Messrs. on part Marlowe & Co.. in a new play by Mr. Anthony P. to tho best plays and the art of acting. That. .Ike Webler many rosy projects, Whartcn. called "Irene Wycherlc-y." Miss Allen's other theatrical has prov»d appearance ben is always an Important event. On to be "such stuff as dreams are rr:.t.i» of." The name, this occasion, judging from the published accounts certainly, was propitious. Edwin Booth e« and, of her play, she seems likely to come as a pre- tabllßhed a great theatre though customarily Allen is an able and popular mentioned as a failure, it was. in . ceptor. Bat Miss ters, actress, and In whatever pulse f-he may appear really a success: the collapse resulted from the manage- Bhe is cure to be received with warm welcome ana adverse Influences affecting business ment. Perhaps, tini^, "business" considerate attention. at this wh>n dominates and acting meekly plays ".second fiddle." EELASCO THEATRE. oertain views of that great actor and noble gen- The Warrens of Virginia" remains at the tleman. Edwin Booth, respecting hm Art and his Belasco Theatre. The excellent impersonation of Theatre, may not be without Interest. General Warren, by Mr. Frar.k Keenan, has de- Booth's Theatre was managed by him for over served end has received the cordial admiration of four years, and almost everything th-it he present- the public and the earnest praise of every thought- ed upon its stage was accepted and sustained by ful judge of the art or acting. When that great the public. The net profits of the house, during actor, E. L. Davenpon. Trent to England, "sup- Its first year, were $102,000: during ita =ecnnd year porting" Mrs. Mowatt, the eccentric manager, 185,000; during Its third year, J70..*0. A r: Knowies, attended the lirut performance that was of $100,000 was lifted. Tha floating iU-bt w p!ven in hi3theatre, at Manchester, and Inline- | duced from J66.000 to C4.G00. The d. diately announced to Davenport, "You are the j celpts was due to a r.atur.. star—not S^rs. Mowatt." and straightway he com- curiosity with reference to a novel manded that Davenport's name should be "starred" j Booth retired from management i:i J. in the bills. When "The Warrens of Virginia" ] cause he had grown weary, and because h!s i announced for production. Miss Charlotte , equally body of mind, was surf- •was well, of and Walker, who plays the heroine and plays her the strain of care. Booth thereafter r • • •sras Indicated as the central personage in the play. come, from rents of the Theatre, at Time.— and Mr. Keenan,— have corrected that error. | rate of J73.000. Long after his theatre waa There is no BwawJea now as to the prominent fig- ; when he was In Knglar.l \u25a0 vre in "The Warrens." , undersigned: BIJOU THEATRE. "Isea that a Rev. Mr. Somebody has been: abus- RICHMAN. actors, etc., refers, frequently done play, Comet," siill ; CHARLES ing and as is Mr. Johnson's dreary "Tiie WILLIAM FARNUM. Rancho," tha and my \u25a0 Kotlnq the at by persona, to failure of Booth's diffuses gloom the pleasant little Hijou fn "The Rose of such the over Acting "Society Bulldog." at Daty*e to Union.' When occasion According rumor, however, that lumi- in and the Academy of Music. letter The Christian Theatre. to Theatre. offers, you would sal them right, nary will, within a lew weeks, pass from observa- again Iwish may by positively that Booth's MasTS1 was tion,—in which case perhaps Mme. Nazimova stating owing sol«-ly to his ignorance of finance, and not to clean drama. She is a clever turn her attention —been finely set and splendidly acted. An ethical VARIETY THEATRES. moral' theatre— which was a actress,— though not nearly as clever as evidently on account of bis purpose may. or may not. be involved in the play. success, for the financial mismanagement. she thinks herself to be; she possesses a piquant, but Ethical meaning can be deducted from it. and so my letter was not directed against tha manner; she can use pretty little feminine wiles ALHAMBRA THEATRE. Also that fading of a rote or the setting of theatre, against class of managers way to please amuse the spectator: she :it can from the but a certain in a and ; Meanwhile, for the Ooldln, a magician of known ability, will Uisiikes to have the sun. the essential fact Horace and plays. Several times these allusions have been Is young (though, apparently, she does not ob- the Alham- mentioned); her public is that "The Witching Hour" be the chief performer this week at made, in support of their falsa doctrines. If th* that advantageous fact and dlCacticlsm, suggest i and does not inflict bra Theatre. Mr. <Joldin has plea.->ej large audi- couple of hundred thou- emerge:, :r. |ii y that would not the trude "a aeon" theatre had cost but a a a \u25a0 halls, \u25a0 interesting more In action than music It never would or the lunatic asylum might afford but He an story, ences by his performances in other sand. Instead of over a million. enamel-house In words, and. in doing that, portrays character. doubt a cordial reception awaits him to- legitimate reason for admiration. j and no have changed hands." It be seen by every lover of good drama morrow afternoon ut this tlitatre. T.iomas J. Ryan to "The Christian Union.'* to which ! should Booth's letter BROADWAY THEATRE. pood acting. will present an amusing refers, was written in reply to a request for j and and Mary Richtleld he This is iha last -week here of Mi?3Anr.a Held HOUSE. sketch called "Mag IlBgg«lj~a Father." There an article on the drama, and was published In the January 77 a new HARLEM OPERA furnishes a.nd "The Parisian Model." On to-morrow, appear Cunliffe, "Jo^" Welch. Christmas number of that paper. It a ; At the Harlem Opera House, htcemu. will also Whit called "The Waltz Dream." will be Carson, Al- that both scribbling actors, and news- musical piece, and Proctor will produce a new play called Maldle Scott, Feter Donald and Nettle suggestion brought Broadway. No thoughtful observer Keith VIOLA ALLEN. papers publish scribbling, \u25a0\u25a0**\u25a0 poa.!er to the "Grausiark," by Miss Grace Hayward, on clde Capltaine and the Blnns. that their the excess of tinkling musical j made Theatre. can believe that tale, if the same name, by Mr. Acting in "Irene Wycherley," at the Astor to advantage. "shows," apparent on the local 6tage. is bene- jthe basis of s COLONIAL THEATRE. "Dear Sir:—On my arrival here Ifound yo«r now Georse Uurr ftlcCUtcbeon. It is another of several or to society. On the other Mr. Williams has arranged a bill of uncommon Ist but have been prevented ficial to the Theatre productions \u25a0euueut on Mr. Hope's brilliant story, favor of the Inst.. hand, it is certain that those fabrics of frolic and ; for presentation this week at his Colonial answering it until to-day. B*ay.—"The Prisoner o$ Ztnda." The new Interest from music, trivial, so long as they are clean, j —and NOVELTIES OF THE WEEK. players will be Eva literary ability whatever, Imust however piece is said to contain romantic !ncliJ»nts ar.d to Theatre. The principal "Having no vastly preferable to the morbid, specious dis- popular Vesta Victoria. your flattering invitation; nor do Iknow ere illustrate perils and pleasures in "the course ,cf Tanguay and the ever deciine cussions of mental depravity and social iniquity so the bill, those how to aid the worthy ca«?<j you advocate. Could true love," which "never did run 6mooth." Mr MONDAY NIGHT. Were there- no other performers in obtruded on public attention. The name " audi- so, be assured it should te freely done. frequently John '"riiic and Beatrice Morgan will assume Wychertey cheerful entertainer* could succeed in amusing Ido pretty: Perhaps the piece itself _ Bliss ASTOR THEATRE—VioIa Ali^n.