The Washington times., 1894-09-02
AS THE CROWDS COME OUT.

| 1l0 people to Albaughs Grand Opera House,
where on Monday evening, September 3, and
all the week, with Wednesday and Saturday
matinees, they will present their supreme
! production of 1.-The Passing Show, the play
! that they have had running at their New York
| playhouse for the past several months. The
| Passing Show" is said TO be an innovation in
the way of amusements, and will prove
pleasing surprise to Washington theater-
goers. The piece is combination OF opera,
! burlesque, drama, comedy, chorus, and ballet
/ all rolled into one huge, entertaining mass.
Among the many peculiar things may be men
! toned Great Richards. the douDle-yoiced
vocalist who is in himself positive novelty.
| He impersonates both sexes, and is possessed
of not only high soprano but also rich
| barytone voice While rendering several Sc
| lections from different operas he appears al
| ternately in female costume, simply changing
his appearance by turning from one side to
| the other. The act is said to be a wonder.
There are also many other unique features,
and the audience is continuously kept busy
with a Kaleidoscope procession of novelties.
! =g Steele Mackaye's plays will always find
| a place in the hearts of the theater-
! going public His Hazel Kirk" will al
| WAYS be remembered for the beautiful love
story it tells. The versatility of the author
was shown when he produced Money Mad"
which even in its title impresses one with the
| intensity of its theme. and the half-maniacal
characters that were its central figures al
ways lett a shuddering impression with the
auditor In Paul Kauvar" his masterpiece,
he combined all the beauty and pathos of
Hazel Kirk and intensity of money Mad
| which formed a production that will live.
! Still unsatistied he wrote new version, call
| ing it 1.-The New Paul Kauvar," wherein hs
put all of his untiring energies, making
changes until they suited his own brilliant,
ell F1- hal
| lishments, grand scenery, and mechanical de-
vices. This is the production that will be
seen at Buffers New Biiou tomorrow, Mon
day commencing with special matinee Labor
Day, and continues with regular matinees
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
When the curtain rises at the Academy of
Music tomorrow night on the first act of "a
Jolly Good Fellow the auditors ears will be
filled with strains OF martial music and their
| eyes with blaze of color for the scene will
be Il mimic reproduction Of graduation day
at West Point. That this early promise of
! gayety will be carried out to the end the
scenes that follow should testify, as they
occur at a fashionable watering place, at
! Washington and London.
The company that will present the play is
headed by Mr.. Charles Dickson, Il comedian
who has endeared himself to our theuter-
goers by the artistic manner and breezy style
vincing at ali times. it is easy TO discern the
| reason of his rapid advancement as q star of
the first magnitude, and also of the favor
which his audience always evince for him.
/ His support, always a factor of his successful
productions, will again demonstrate that high
plane of excellence which it has ever been
Mr.. Dickson's boast TO maintain, and which
has been the means OF chasing it among the
| leading comedy organizations of this country.
"A jolly Good Fellow shows the life fol-
lies and loves Of u wealthy young society
man. During the course of the play Mr..
Dickson will have ample opportunity for the
display of a fine baritone voice, as he is to
sing three songs, two OF them part and parcel
of the play and the third interpoated. The
gowning Of the ladies OF the company is said
10 be exquisite and maryels of the fashionable
modiste's art.
The City Club Vaudeville and Burlesque
| Company, which has been seen here before,
will doubtless attract numerous admirers of
fair faces and shapely forms to the Lyceum
at the matinee tomorrow when they COM
Inence weeks engagement. The entertain
ment begins in a fairy-ike scene, where femi-
nine elves and mermaids deport themselves in
a fashion peculiar TO their kind. The girls
who impersonate these mythical folks are all
pretty. number of specialties will be given
The first on the list is Thomas Nolan in char
acter songs and limitations, then comes Ed
ward and Flossie Beaudet, described as
manipulators and equilibrists. Fannie Ever
EFT will follow with budget Of new topical
songs. Then will appear the great European
novelty duo, the Barnells, in a new entertain
ment reproducing classic and poetic gold
bronze statues. Bryant and Marion will be
on hand with an entire new act Bryant and
( SaYille the musical comedians will appear
in their mirth-provoking specially. Carrie
Fulton will sing her new march song. Lowry
and Hanloy the comedy kings, have new
sketch. Between each act in the olio will be
introduced a series OF living pictures. Then
comes a rollicking burlesque called 'The
Old Home-in-stead," which is said to be very
funny.
An evenings entertainment for IS cents Is
something which should catch the popular
taste i'll Washington. That is what the Ma
tional Lyceum Bureau proposes to give the
amusement-loving people OF this city in a
season of ten concerts and lectures this winter.
Popular-prlced lyceum courses have been sue
cessful in other cities larger or smaller than
Washington. No one has ever attempted
them here. They are the only truly ''popu-
lar" form of theater or hall entertainments,
for they put amusement within the reach of
the people of small means. If the experiment
this season is a success the National Lyceum
course will become a permanent thing in
Washington. But much will depend, of
course, on the encouragement given to this
initial venture. The managers of the course
opened a subscription to a limited number OF
season tickets to the entertainments, which
will be sold at S1.S0 each to subscribers only.
When the subscription books close single
seats to the entertainments will be placed on
sale at so cents to 3 each.
Instead of making up list of ten attrac-
tions the managers OF the course have made
a list ofthirty from which they ask their sub
scribers TO select ten. This will give popu-
lar vote, by which they will be guided in
making up the programme for the season.
All Of the thirty attractions are excellent.