New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-14
Academy of Music.

! Academy Of Music.
There is no falling off in the attendance
at this place of amusement, though Mr..
Frank Gibbons, the daring and graceful
! gymnast did assume the character of a
falling star" the other night and came to
| the floor rather suddenly. There's many
a slip between the cup and the lip is an
| old and trite saying: but the slip that Mr.
GEbons gave danger the other nj ght was OF
-soS novel and astounding a character as to
| create quite a sensation, and his appearance
upon the street the following day has left a
still further impression that lie will soon be
able to go through with his astonishing fears
! again.
| 1t is now month since the doors of tho
! Academy were thrown open to the public,
| since the present theatrical season was inau-
| gurated with the Gazette ComiGue Special
ties" and as yet there is no apparent abate-
ment in the desire of our people to witness
them. The selection OF the present company
at the Academy to open with has proved Il
success. and has fully sustained the good
| Judgment Of the management in the past
in catering for the public taste in matters of
! amusement.
! The Academy is the place in this city
where the people expect to find this class OF
| amusements i'll their greatest perfection. for
| they have become a speciality with Mr..
| Bidwell. He meyer fails to secure the best
| talent in the line adapted for his establish
ment. and spares no expense to have the
| scenic effect grand, where it is necessary
| for the successful performance Of a play.
We do not recolect ever having seen an Old
| and faded piece of scenery used in the
Academy. Everything has a fresh and
bright appearance about this biou Of a
| palace. and all things work like nagic-even
to the shifting of scenes and the transform
ing of characters.
As we have said before. a most striking
| and pleasing feature of this establishment
is the rapid manner in which the actors
proceed from one performance to another.
i The audience is not compelled to tire of
long intervals between performances. Miss
Marie Zoel, in character songs and dances,
is easy and pleasant in her style of per
forming. She has hardly left the stage be-
| fore Mile. Elise Scott appears in a superb
fancy dance, which is well executed, and
| she disappears to make room for Miss
Jennie Engle in popular song Miss Ella
Wesner will then appear, and 60 through
with her graphic pictures of fast young
men of the present day. Then, perhaps, it
will be Billy Carter's turn to come, and he
will make it appear, before he leaves the
stage, that he is some in his peculiar line.
And so we go, from one gem to another,
until the audience finds itself confronted
with Diamonds of the Valley, with very
| large number of fairy like creatures who go
through with groupings, and other eXempli-
tications Of the poetry of motion, when all
at once there appears three other charac
tiers, more fairy-like, if possible, than the
rest, and they have yet more difficult parts
to perform. Mile. Theresa Antonino exc
cutes "Grand Pas" Mile. Catana '.Solo,"
Mile. Elise LA Grace" and Mile. Theresa
Antonno .L'Ensemble,' and the Apo
| theose Finale" is then executed by the
| principals and corps de ballet
| ances that precede this week the new and
| highly sensational fairy musical burlesque
extravaganza, that was all the rage in Paris
| before war became the rage. with new
scenery, costumes, music and novel effects,
| adapted for the American stage by Nh
James Barnes, and produced at Woods
Museum, New York with decided success,
entitled the white Cat and King Pippin."
| The piece is lively throughout, and, though
| taken from the fairy tales Of Old Mother
| Hubbard has dash about it that is calcu-
lated to please adults as well as children.
Miss Minnie jackson plays the character
of the White Cut, lovely princess, com
! PEELED to wear a cats skin through an edict
proclaimed by Old Mother Hubbard. Minnie
! looks charming enough in the character,
| and being a princess is no trouble to her.
| She is all princess should be. Miss Engel
plays the character of Prince Paragon, and
| is a paragon of prince. Mr.. A. B. Ken
nedy plays King Pippin, and is every inch
| king" Mr.. W. Eunice plays Touser,
! Dame Hubbards famous dog. and looks very
| like bear.
Mr. S. Collins plays lingo, the court fool,
and adds good deal to the interest in the
play with his fun; Miss Ada Boshell plays
Tube Rose, the fairy queen, and she is fair
enough to win lingo, while White Cat has
smitten his master, Prince Paragon. Miss
Palmer plays Old Mother Hubbard, and a
gay old mother she makes. The characters
are all well sustained, and the piece put
upon the stage with gorgeous scenery, cos
tunes. etc. Go and see white Cat and
King Pippin," and laugh till you are salts
| fed.
Rev. Mrs. Cutler recently occupied the