Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-01-31
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

The new play Of SAN the Rage by w. d.
Eaton, is favorably spoken OF and is to be
brought out in Brooklyn, next week.
The orchestra at our theaters when they
play any of the popular music of the day,
never fail Of an encore, no matter how artistic
a rule, have no use for the classical style, and
the sooner the musicians discover the fact the
better.
g-,The Kate Claxton Combination this week
will visit Xenia, Springfield, GAINESVILLE, Lam
caster, and Columbus, Ohio.
Tourists in an Emigrant Car is the last
new play that is shortly to take the road.
Charles W. Chase is the author.
AT the Fifth avenue Theatre N. Y. the cry is
''Still they GOMEZ Seats must be engaged days
in advance, unless purchased from the specula-
tors. 1.-The Pirates Of PenZance" promise to be
very profitable to the management. Four
companies. under the direction Of Mr. D'Oyley
Carte, are being organized to take the road.
An exchange, says: Frank Frayne and
Annie Ward Tiffany have been playing in
Uncle Toms Cabin" Call away the dog and
Frayne will shoot the whole Topsy from ''uncie
Toms" head without ever-hardly Eva-making
miss
The Philadelphia Mirror very truthfully
observes: 1 see it going the rounds that the
Widow Bedott" NaSby'S Widow is the cheer
full delight of high-toned theater-g oerS. Now,
Locke is a good fellow, a very good fellow, in
deed but his play is not a refined article, and
it can only please people OF very low tastes
j. II. Haverly has recently taken lease of
the Fifth avenue Theater, New Yo1k, and at
present he is the manager OF the following
amusement enterprises, quite enough to claim
the time and attention OF half dozen men:
Haverly's Theater, Chicago; Hayerlys Theater,
erlys Church Choir, Pinafore Company, Hav-
erly's Juvenile Pinafore Company, Hayerly's
Mastodon Minstrels, Haverly's Genuine Colored
Minstrels, end the present tour OF our Majesty's
COmnaDV- He is also nrODriptOr of the
Chicago Jockey Club, an organization which
contributes largely each summer to the amuse-
ment OF lovers of field sports.
Such audiences as assembled, to witness
the performances, at Wallack's Theatre. n.
during his season of standard comedies have
not been seen there for long time. The pre-
sent generation of theater gOerS should avail
themselves OF every opportunity to see e, NE ME-
when he may at any moment decide TO retire
from the stage. One OF his most delightful i'm
Preen in INV Awful DADS The piece viii be
Kept on the stage only four nights, "London
Assurance and s'She Stops to Conquer" filling
out the rest Of the week. On Monday evening,
Mr. Boucicault will play farewell engagement,
which must necessarily be limited to few
nights. He will appear in the ''Shaughraun."
while George Lingard and Minnie CaQde
were in Louisville young society man fell DIES,
and followed them to Pittsburg. He is now
walking home.
1.-THE Tourists" at Haverly's Theater, are
coming money They expect before the end of
their New York engagement, to divide among
themselves $4,000
A report reaches us that Miss Zelda Seguin
is so Ill that she will be unable to appear again
this season.
Verdi has just set to music ''Pater' and an
save" to Dante's words, and they will be pro-
duced at Milan next Carnival, on condition OF
the proceeds being given to the town charities.
Twenty-Five new operas have been pro-
duced in Italy during the past year. Only one,
Success. and the Others have Already BASED into
oblivion.
From London it is learned that Messrs. Gil
bert and Sullivan are expected to return to that
city and bring out their "PfrateS OF Ptzance"
about Easter.