The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-16
STAGE NOTES.


/ Rss being made in the way Of alteration
! Upairs and general preparation for the theatr
al season, now 80 near at hand.
I'm GLOBE Manager Kittredge is maxim
EaNiA pro 7ress in the work Of rc-inodellng an
changing the auditorium, entrances and sta
Of his theatre Already the carpenter work
Aaiahed. and the painters are now en- gagged i
adjoining the interior. The removal Of th
boxes and STALLS and the substitution Of CON
Portable chairs, is a great improvement
md with the lipht and neat rail
ing separating the dress circle from
tho parquette, very handsome and show,
auditorium is obtained In the course Of
few weeks more the Globe will be in complete
trim and ready to throw open its doors. On
the opening night we predict the many frierd
! Of tie manager will see as pretty and com
Portable theatre as there is in New Orleans
Mr.. Philip Greuiin2 will have direction Of thu
orchestra.
!: ACADEMY OF Music. - The improvement
. and alterations of this popular place o.
! amusement have been completed. We learn
!; fren Mr.. Johnston, of the Phoenix, who has
. besn I'D charge of the work during the sum
Des, that Mr.. Bidwel is now in New York.
and h busiIy engaged in closing up
. time for the amusement season here.
Ihs Academy will open early in Sep
tenber with q strong and attractive vari-
ETY. combination, and will give season OF
eight weeks Of combination-en engagements
having been made with five different compa-
nies. each varying in their attractions.
In November large and well balanced
dramatic company will occupy the Theatre,
d1xing which time both sensation and drs-
natis stars will appear. Following this we
are to have combination and variety business
fw four or six weeks
b Mr. NJ p. Short, formerly the advance
agent of the Lydia Thompson troupe,
whose experience in both st. Louis
nd Memphis for six or eight years,
Win make him an efficient, and we doubt not
. popular officer. The interior Of the Acade-
my hes been improved by the extension of
TIE upper gallery. which enables it now to
nsaf about six hundred persons, making the
sntire 20 ting capacity Of this theatre nearly
twenty six hundred
Yn ST. CHARIRs.-In the course Of a week
q % the carpenters, painters and decorators
yin sot TO work upon the "Old Drury," ard
q - & the benefit of their skillful labor Its
proF rstOr, the jovial and rotund Ben DeBar
sesz,s to be at work just now preparing for the
speninR of his theatre in st. Louis. We OBJ
serve that he has secured as his stage manag
and leading nun Mr.. John w. Norton, 80 well
known here. and 80 popular among the ladies'
Tor bis excellent qualities as an actor and
handsome personal appearance. The Misses
Crisp are also members of the St Louis com |
yany.
Tho following is list of the engagements
Daa0 SO far for the St Charles: Leading.
Ar. MITCHELL first low comedian, Mr.. Harris:
suvenile. Mr.. Stuart ; old man, Mr.. Ward
Ladies': Miss Virginia Buchanan, leading
hdy: Miss Parker, soubrette; Miss Andrews,
ID woman
With the exception of Miss Andrews all of
~ above names are new to US and let us in
iHl4e the hope that they will pore more
in dramatic talent and more
deserving Of public support than the COM
panies that have held the boards of the st.
2srles for the past three OF four years.
No theatrical manager or proprietor has
ssonger hold upon the people of New Or |,
Sans than Mr. DeBar. He is personally
'opaAlr, and his theatre would be lber lily
ntrOnized If companies Of nod rate taeat !
'srs engaged and the plays put on the Stage t
\ An attractive style !,
but our old friend has been laboring under a
he delusion that the people of this city wonld
o to see him, regardless Of the interiorlty of n
= companies and the shabbiness of his stage Q
,ttine. +
fhe experience o. the last two seasons 1
owever, has snlightene him upon this point, r
Id we believe he is determined to profit nv :,
10 lesson. With the superior ut rlction Il
isSAi by the Varieties the Academy and the
lobe, Dir. De Btr VIII be compelled to pI
axe AZ" innovations upon his old style of
AnaSemenf, If he expect to compete with -,
O-AcA PmSeS VI amusement. we Ot1pr To
90 suggestions with the kin lest feelings
d for the real benefit Of an old favorite of
~ Orleans. whose success and prosperity it ial
''h be our great pleasure to record
TIM VARIETIES. The door. of the C,ral
rect Theatre are Theoretically sealed and ms
:. Owens has no authorized agent here TO
present him, we have been unable to learn
ything Of his movements
IKE OPERA House. Mr. Canonce, the mar
er. IL still in France, and we ARE without
intelligence fir M him. We have it re-
TED. however, that he had engaged bo.h Sta
chct and Dumestre. whose great gu .t.es. 90
lenOr and b ,ritone, are familiar To all of our
'rA goers- Further. We know nothing. s
grand summer nights festival will be given I
- Magnolia Gar len on Wednesday. August the
b, 1874 A there will be a spl,n,ld illnmiro ~