St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-03
TO BEPUT ON THESTAGE
Post Holiday Attractions to be Put On the
Boards Of New York Theatsrs
This Week.
The 5o0th Performance OF ssAdonis. p
and the Testimonial Ball to
Mr. Dizzy.
Amateur Actors and Playwrfghts--
ga Russian Honeymoon by Mrs.
Potter's Company.
Correspondence of the Globe.


NEW YORK, Jan. 2, lsS6.-Next week
we will have plethora Of attractions al
the theaters. What with the opening OF
German opera at the Metropolitan opera
house and the Inauguration OF opera By
American singers at the Academy Of Music
and several other important attractions at
the combination theaters. the New York
public viii have enough 10 do In attending
them all. ''Die MeistersingeI" will be pre-
scented In grand style at the Metropolitan
opera house on Monday night and will be
repeated on Friday evening. ''Tannhauser''
being given on the intermediate night OF
Wednesday. GertZ's opera. tine Tanning
Of the Shrew," which will be presented at
the Academy of Music on Monday by the
newly-organized company Of American
singers. promises to be one Of the most in
teresting events in the musical world. The
object of the American Opera company as
started by Mrs. Thurber is TO encourage na-
tive talent and 10 establish permanent con-
servatOry of music for improving this talent.
Mr. Theodore Thomas is the chief director
in both these enterprises and at recent
meeting of the faculty Mr.. Thomas aptly
remarked: I'VE want to engage the best
European instructors and Amer.canize
them and not send our students abroad and
have them un-Amercanized." Miss Mar
garet Mather, who has now played Juliet
for twelve consecutive weeks. will on Tues
day next appear In a very elaborate prOduc-
ton Of a new version of Leah Ia Leah the
Forsaken." Mr.. Hill is sparing no money
10 make the riyival quite as complete In all
its details as his grand production Of "Ro-
MO- and Juliet"
The 500th performance Of 'tAdoni - will
take place at the Bijou opera house on next
Thursday evening. and the occasion prom
ises TO be one OF great moment in the his
tory of theatricals in this city. 1t will be
the first time in the history of the drama in
New York that play has run for 500 con-
secutive performances, and il is quite re-
markable that Mr.. Henry Z. Dixey, the
talented comedian. has not missed a per-
Torrance. The prices of tickets for this
event have been doubled. making the cost
OF reserved seat SO instead of Sl.50. Stat
uettes of Mr.. DiXey, two and one-half feet
in height will be presented 10 each holder
OF ticket on presentation of the coupon
attached TO the ticket at any time that the
holder may choose to call Tor it. The in
crease OF S1.50 in the price Of admission
does not pay for the cost of statuettes, as
they cost Mr.. Rice. Mr.. Dixey's manager,
81 apiece at wholesale. Therefore 1t will
be seen that at the regular prices Of admIs-
sion the management Is losing 80 cents on
each ticket sold. or, In other words. reduc-
ing their nightly profits on this occasion
about so cents on a ticket Mr. Dixey is
one Of the most popular actors in New York
at the present time, and has made a host Of
friends among men about town. Mr.. Dlxey
attended an amateur performance at one Of
the theaters one afternoon of this week. and
he was overheard to remark to his
friend as he was coming out of the thea
ter II like to attend amateur per-
formances because they teach me what TO
avoid on the stage" The ball which will
be rendered Mr.. Dixey on the night of the
500th performance will be given at the
Metropolitan opera house on Jan. Z, when
the entire building will be thrown open for
the occasion. The ball will be very inter-
esting event. as Il will receive the patron
age of many distinguished people in this
city. socially and otherwise. The boxes
have all been sold with the exception of a
very few, and they brought $50 and $50
each. Mr.. Dixey is at present the lion of
the hour.
The Tooth performance Of 'Evangeline"
was celebrated at the Fourteenth Street
theater on Thursday evening. when the Or
chestra was enlarged and very handsome
souvenirs were distributed among the audi
ence. The burlesque went on with much
life and vivacity. Mr.. John A. Mackay
convulsed the audience as usual with laugh
ter and Miss Fay Templeton captivated
them by her charming WAYS and by her
singing OF the popular song. written bv her
self, called II Like It do"