The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-06-28
NEW YORK SHOW PLANS.

sApoIIon Runs but Two Weeks More
Preparing for Tall Openings.
Apollo has but two weeks longer to
run at the New York Casino, and then il
will give way to ''Tne Grand Duchess. =
An even one hundred performances of the
latter opera were given in tho Casino last
year, and Lillian RusseIls success
in the title role was probably the
most pronounced Of any of that
lady's achievements. Rudolph Aronson
has cabled from Europe TO his Iieuien
ants here TO make the coming production
as nearly new as the limited time will
permit, and an extra force OF artisans IN
every department are working night and
day to get the opera in readiness Cast
will include the fun strength of the pres
emit company. Ferdinand Schuetz will be
the Fritz. The latest novelty on the gar
den is .sThe After Dinner Concert, " be-
ginning at half past seven O'Clock and
specially designed for the patrons who
depart on early hains for the suburbs
The distinguished fakir who sends out
advertising matter for the buzz saw
drama, s'Biue jeans" has always been
that pa ticipation in the saw mill scene
involved great danger. Unfortunately,
in court case hich related TO this play
testimony was brought out which proved
that man couldn't trim down his finger
nails with those terrible buzz saws be-
cause they were delusions Bu6 that
didn't discourage the advertising man.
He was determined 10 WORK on the nerves
of prospective audiences. He early dis
covered that nobody WAS much alarmed
when Bob billiard was bound upon the
saw Carriage because everybody knew
that If billiard was cut in two across the
middle, the set of his trousers would re-
fof nd a. FIJI
upon the dramatic stage won i'd
not be lessened IN view of these
facts, the fakir got the leading actress TO
pretend to sprain her ankle as she rushed
forward to rescue Bob; and the trick
worked well. All the papers printed tue
story. notice, in despatch from Chi
cago, that Jennie YeamRns, in the same
plav, and on the identical cue, has
spraiued her ankle in the same old way.
This shows distressing lack of original
ity. Let the advertising man take the
saw crrriage. ride himself, and have the
fur trimmed of the tops of his ears,
nightly, in full view OF the audience.
Fall plans for many of the New York
theatres are already announced. At the
Broadway wang" is expected to run
till October s. Francis Wilson's "Merry
Monarch will come on October 5. Man
ager Dunlevey begins his next season at
the Park Theatre on August 5. with the
first New York production of 1.-THE
Patrol" sensational melodrama On
the same date the Bijou is to throw open
its doors with Alexander Comstock's
company in spectacular farce
comedy called THE High Roller.''
This will be followed August 81
by ''Niote,n the comedy which is sue
c .eding very well in Boston. At Palmer's
Theatre, Marie Wainwright presents
Amy Robsart,' Sept. Z; and on the same
day Hermann's Theatre opens with
Charles Frohman's Company in an Eng
lish farce comedy 1.-The Solicitor Also
on September comes Frederic Paulding
TO the Standard, with 1.-The Struggle for
Llfe' The Madison Square Theatre.
now in the control of Hoyt and Thomas,
will open with one of Hoyt's comedies
in October. E. Fl. Sothern comes to the
Lyceum IN August. Days viii not open
It'll November