New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-05
THE NEW DRAMATIC YEAR
FEW CHANGES OF BILL AT THE THEATRE
THIS WEEK

| Of the production of King Richard I'LL that has
been manifested The receipts said 70 be increas.
| ing surely and steadily. and the New Years Day
| matinee was an especially good one The cost Of the
| production great that many doubted at hrst
whether it would be possible for IL to succeed fnan
! cialy.
The demand for seats for the first week OF "The
Gondollers7 at the New Park Theatre has been
thing enormous. The house entirely sold for ths
opening night before the box Office had been open
hour and there have been large sales for the other
| nights.
Mr.. Days production Of GAS You Like Its has
charmed everybody who has it, and the more ID
is seen the more charming it becomes. Its attractive
ness seems equal TO its intrinsic merits and the au
diences have been growing in size. At both per-
fOrmances New Years Day every seat in the house
was taken.
The Metropolitan Opera House will begin the week
| tomorrow night with "Lohengrin.7 on Wednesday
The Barber Of Bagdad' and The Doll Fairy will be
! given, and Friday Tristan and Isodc7 will havs
its first performance for the The double bill
OF Wednesday Will be repeated on saturday afternoon.
Downtown theatre goerS will be deprived OF one OF
the three shakespcarian revvals after this week, as
| this viii end Miss Marie Wainwrght's engagement
! at the Fifth Avenue Theatre. The reception which
Miss Wainwright and her play have met here has
been entirely gratifying.
The Brlgands' will return to the Casino tomorrow
! night after its long tour about the country Miss
Lillian Russell Miss Fanny Rice Miss Isabelle Urqu-
hart, Miss Anna OKcee, Fred solomon, George OHM.
Henry lIalam, Max Lube and r. +. Carroll are stili
| in the cast. Rudolph ArOnson has prepared some
novelties for the return, new costumes will be worn,
| new songs sung and new humor, new dances. AND
| new effects introduced for the first time.
Not much can be said about "The Charity Ball.
except that it smoothly and evenly and that the
theatre IS well filed every night. There Is small
chance of a change Of bill this winter.
Miss Annie PiXley ended her stay at the Grand
| las
and Ioey will occupy the stage Of the theatre and
viii hold it for the rest OF the week
Little Lord Fauntleroy' has left the Madison
Square Theatre and Aunt jack and "A Man Of tho
World have the house to themselves. The facs
already announced that The Pillars of Society' Is in
preparation does not indicate that these two plays
are nearing the end Of their and they Will have
10 become much less attractive than they are now
before they taken from the stage
Another week of The seven Ages at the standard
Theatre will bring the play to its Tooth performance
which will take place on January 49, The prepare
ton Of souvenirs began long time ago and 1t IL
promised that they will be something elaborate
"Kalanla7 finishes its prosperous run at Niblos
Garden this week. Dancing and acTobatlc feats nave
done the most 10 interest and please the many who
have seen piece already and they are likely 10 De
attractive for the short remainder % It's stay
shenandoah will soon reach its 1j0th performance
ot Proctor, Twenty third street Theatre, but 1t VIII
not stop then. 1t has now been arranged To Keep
the play on the stage at this house through February
This has been made possible by changes In Johh
,te,on's plans FOR his Eoson Theatre where Shenah'
doah7 was next due.
The weeks work at the AmDerg Theatre VIII be TO
place before the equenters of the house the follow"
Ing programme: Monday. Car stretmann IN Inc me
GYPSY Baron Iuesd1y, ,OfpnyN33 ~ timc ' Johann
str,n..., ou,a \ Night in Venice" with all tho
leading arl,, in the Ga,t ineuG NIgnt in Venice
The race scene IN Tie County fdlf, AT ule Onoh
square Theatre Is more eieIHsei{ tb o,nion Of
than before, or at least tnat = .e Up{" me
those most familiar with IT, Inc msdhths oi une
piece throughout Is in fact especially Ieal III sppe
fantasma' has had week at the fourteenth re nn
street Theatre and il Will have one more, INC hom
features tnat have been added 70 tS % 1850
since its last appearance IN the city nave iictess
It's attractvcnc,>. The piece has stood long 'eS'
one Of Charles H. Hoyts arce-comedies yieds 70
another at the blou thede ,i1 Comes IL is
hardly necessary say OF farcecomedy Una. new
features nave been added to 1t since II Was iSs 'e'"
IL is announced that people who want to see Mlss
Fanny Davenport in q" La IOsca' must see her az 'e
Star Theatre tls week. Her engaSemeht loses ON
>atusday night. and when she ION, Zones 10 Ne"''"'
Nl,, Florence It. John has shown herself one OF
the attractive features OF taust 70 Dav AZ
,nn- d.r.tbe amount Of commentator. ana they ana
the rest Of the company Will be III Town iof Just Two
From the way people h9ek to see The old Home
stead az tine t'ad'my OF S91c , i nay Ia nnmbe- Of
times the winter in the place OF " Nist 70 eie th
try u the summer. FoF ptope Vl t.iO0u 'n0'' wv
plan might at an events DC Vol" ~ - Fifth Avenus
$500 FI"I'Ns"r M, Ia 81, =. Tba .nanlsb American
Capitals" including to-e 81 MeA,D, re'o u, mi ~
Argentine Republic and the tinted states Oh bTaEn,
This week Miss Rose Coghlah presents Jo'e!h
I'm the large cities Of NeW-l OrA cla' Io'i l''e Wv,
Globe Theatre IN Boston NCvh i.O A. the
nl-hl Ml9' 'o."lal j.. ~ 80 Pa; ,rntb ,lbeu She will
Fourteenth street Theatre eAt n ', MN n5 pss
Doe seen IN "Jorcyn, Forget '4e -Not' anu 10
Violin tiOn.' , ,, ,,s,o.,.
Tomorrow night EnWin b'o'h anu h.c jul I 70
their toursln PROVIDENCE anu, "t''I ~ We ., -,
that city, are II h seilcnt' u" ga, ta' - To- a
England TOW Us, Iea' .iHs Do''ol ." '"'"''' w. ~
season al Two Wteh,' A., 49,. ..i.,. hi, ,oal,b
LaW.tacc barrett Is l|puY Ic.oNgS'.uF ~, oi 49, o.,
lie goes TO- Europe te t,l'r Ptr' % 'n i Hao IN -,
an extended vac 'toh' Ftli'l- a." III. 80 .a",r