Omaha daily bee., 1889-10-06
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

M B. Leavitt's new pantomimc burlesque,
"Spder and F'ly,' has made a big hit.
Jeffreys Lewis is negotiating with capl-
talist to take her out in La Belle Russe.'
Augustn Daly's great production this sea-
son will be rival of LAS You Like It.n
Mrs. Dion Boucicault No. 3 will return to
the stage as member of one of the New
York Lyceum companies.
"SheDandoah," Bronson Howard's latest
play is great success at the star theater,
New York 1t will be seen in the west later
in the season.
Minnie Milne and George Edgar will begin
their starring tour on October 7, appearing
in ''Old Toms Wardn and prudence Rudd u
supported by good company. Both plays
are by james ShonDerg.
Miss Maude Adams the Dot Bradbury of
"a Midnight Bell" whose bright, vivacious
work is one of the most attractive features
of the piece is vet in her teens, but is one OF
the cleverest ingenues on the stage.
Daniel Bandman has authorized Gustave
Frohman TO open negotia tiOns with Mrs. ID.
z. Bowers for ten weeks engagement in
the great Shakespearean Festival to com =
mence at Helena, Mont, in December
A new triumph has been discovered or in
vented for Mary Anderson by the newspa.
pers. She is now said to have made the
wearing of low-healed, broad .soled, English
shoes, fashionable among her fair compa.
triots.
beSSle bellWOOu mas received q Warnln Q
from the London police for the rankness of
one of the popular songs she sings. Lord
Mandville, who travels with her and gets
her salary, is said to be the author of this
ballad.
John A. Mackay has made success in
The Stuffed Dog' at Boston, but the critics
of Modern Athens say that "such sense
less insane, pointless mass of hodge-podge
as rhe Stuffed Dog has seldom been seen in
any frst-class theater.n
Manager j. c. Duff is organizing comic
opera company for the road, to play reper-
Mate" and "Paola." Digby Bell, Laura
Joyce Bell and several other good people
have been engaged. They Will go as far
west as San Francisco.
Work has been started en- the new scenery
and costumes for 1.-The COrsiCan Brothers -
in which Robert Mantell will. be seen in New
York at the Fourteenth Street IL eatre.
Manager Pitou promises an elaborate and
costly production and says that u number of
novel features will be introduced.
The handsome theatre in Brooklyn,
formerly called the Amphion academy, will
hereafter be known as the "Amphion."
Manager Knowles, who is trustee of the
actors fund, is busiIy engaged In getting up
a benefit 10 ''1he Actors Fund of America"
TO be given in the Academy of Music, Brook
lyn, October II, in the afternoon.
Jessie Millward, who appeared in "Roger
la HoGte' in New York, yesterday will be
recalled by the excellent work she did in
Henry lrving's company, on his first visit to
this country, and later still when she created
the difficult part of Pauline in "Called
Back" Previous to joining Irving's COM
pany Miss Millward was leading lady with
the Kendalls and Genevieve Ward.
Victoria Vokes is training IL pet canary to
perform part in her new play, entitled
1.-The Doctress." The bird now performs
his part of swoopinG down upon the come
dians, piping shrilly and chasing various
characters about the stage with great skill.
The only fear is that it may suffer from stage
fright when the noise and lights OF the first
performance are encountered. To provide
for this, two other birds are now in training
by the stage manager of the company, 80
that understudles can pe substituted rapidly.