Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-27
The Programme,

Mr.. -Zag"comes to the Bijou
Theater this week. "Zig-Zag'' has been played
in all the principal cities of America. 1t
abounds in fun and song and dance. There is
no end to the comedy surprises The mytho-
logical minuet introduced In the third act is
pretty feature. The whole of the stage is
draped with massive black portiers while the
classically costumed dancers glide through the
graceful minuet Miss Anna BOYD sustains
| the part of Fiirt with charming abandon. Her
songs are all sparkling and her dancing
ssprightly and exceedingly clever. Miss Marie
| Bockell is favorite vocalist and actress while
Miss Alice Vane makes very austere Mrs.
iayest Of jays from Jaysvflle. Then there is
Mr.. Alfred G. Wheelan whose Roaring Bill is
bit of character acting Messrs. Frank
Fisher and George Clark's "Phantom Stair
KYLE Is a quiet comedian, and Mr.. Charles
Phillips in the role of Bertfe Stdley,
and Mr.. Will II. Bray as
Euernsont, the author. sing and dance
with remarkable ease. Miss Anna Boyd's
costumes are elaborate, and nothing like them
has ever before been seen out OF comic opera,
it is said The Philadelphia Times said few
weeks ago of this play: "Ttllotson's Comedy
Company returned to the Walnut after an
absence of year, and the bright sayings pretty
costumes and lovely girls captured the large
audience from The beginning. Zg-Zag Just
bubbles over with fun throughout the three
acts, and has proven itself worthy of the sue
cess achieved throughout the country Miss
Anna Boyd as FlfTt the incorrgible won many
friends by her charming singing and dancing,
and Samuel Reed in his quaint character Of
JGggs Green, the country cousin, was exceed.
ingly funny. Alfred c. Wheelan as ROARING
BilI, the bowling cowboy from Tombstone,
looked savage enough to frighten stouter hearts
than that of Jdg0s. An interesting feature of
the programme was the NEUROLOGICAL dance of
Apollo. Venus. Mercury, Hebe, Helios and
Minerva"
Mr. ROLAND REED, an actor of excellent
reputation and one of the leading exponents OF
refined comedy now upon the American stage,
will make his first appearance here after an
absence of nearly three years at the Grand
Opera House on Monday evening, when he will
present what has proven the greatest of his
many popular successes, THE Woman Halter"
an eccentric comedy from the pen of that
clever dramatist, the late David D. LLOYD, for.
merly an editorial writer on the New York
Tribune. A play that can play to the capacity
of the theater in New York, Boston, Philadei-
phia and Chicago aud receive universal com
mendation from the press of those cities must
necessarily possess merit The story of the
play deals with the adventures of one Samuel
Bundy (Mr. Reed), supposed woman hater.
who in reality adores the sex and it needs no
stretch OF the imagination to discover that any
amount OF amusement is to be gotten out of
the ENHANCEMENT that Bl1dy gets into when
he becomes engaged to no less than three differ
ent women at one time and his final carving
of to private lunatic asylum by mistake and
| in the hands of thoroughly competent com
| the play Mr.. Reed introduces a number of new
musical numbers including topical parody
from the prolific store of Sydney Rosenfeld.
In Mr.. Reeds company is young Penusyl.
vania girl, Miss Isadore Rush, who made her
| debut recently in Boston with great success
She is said to be talented and quite attactive.
AT Harris Theater the tavorite Gray and
Stephens Company will be the attraction this
week. For Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
THE Old Oaken Bucket will be given, and
Saved From the Storm"for the balance of the
engagement Miss Minnie Oscar Gray, who
appears as Messenger Boy Ls in the first named
play. IA a great favorite in this city. and is
without doubt one of the best impersonators
of heroic boys now before the public. She has
decided to cOnfne herself to that line of bus-
ness; therefore she has had the popular au-
thor Frank Dumont rewrite Saved From
the Storm" in which she will play the boy
hero. Miss Gray has surrounded herself with
an entirely new and very strong company, in
GLIDING three clever singing comedians. Messrs.
]. c. Harrington, Joseph Coyne and Charles
Eastwood. Special scenery is carried for both
plays and every attention paid to details Mr..
to the tuition Of his dramatic dogs, and they
are. Ii is said, more wonderful than ever, and
are potent factors in the unrayelling Of the
plot
AT the Academy of Music the attraction
this week will be Gilletts World On Wheels
Vaudeville Company, Its members present,
besides capital variety performance, unique
and remarkable exhibition of what can be done
on the bicycle. The dexterity and grace with
with which the five members of the Gilett
family ride the bicycle is astonishing, and fas-
cinating as well. In other specialties the COM
pany includes the Midgleys Emerson and Cook,
Smith and Post Agnes Atherton, Ripley and
Rlsbee and Others
THE Worlds Museum on Federal street,
Allegheny. continues to attract large audiences
day and night. This week Manager Geary an.
nounces that he has good minstrel company
and the only original ossified man. But there
are fifty other attractive features in the muse
um's programme.
Stage Whispers.
DLEY's Seven Ages" appear to be 60.
MAGGIE MITCHELL is now Mrs. Charles
Abbott.
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