The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-09

the singing has been good all along. and the
IL not yet dimmed. "Rob Roy"is well balanced
In the relative importance OF its roles, and SO all
concerned In the representations have an incen-
tive 20 do their best, the result being a uniform
The Academy of Music has come IN the front
with. n strong example of Knockout melodrama
N The Cotton klng,, with a genuine sruncher
and rescue Of the villainousiy pursued heroine,
though old enough 10 matter, have n novelty Of
machinery, that academy audiences take excit.
bns nrst-rate scenery.
The Fourteenth Street IS possessed by /" The
Brownies" In which. entertainment a new thing
is the aerial ballet. forming n part Of the final
transformation scene. Like all entertainments
fuli of singing and dancing, changes of detail
are frequent and tho songs are varied from
week to week. Nobody knows how long THE
days, and possibly until the end Of the season.
Ing = present indications. in T" a MIk White
Flag" George Richards, long a comedian in
Hoyt plays, but who has lately been starring"
has Joined the home company and plays the role
tempt for the amateur soldiers is one OF the best
things in this, piece. and a balance for some OF
The Garden hes shortened the title Of It's bur.
lesque 10 Little Christopher because nearly
out BY livelier material, and Columbus was a
wornout subject anyway. The Entertainment
has become a vaudeville show strung on a thread
for the holidays. including the Tortajada troupe
Of spanish troubadours.
- AZ ptO0NW 10 ~ blllC UDtTa IN
the form Of " Prince Anenias," performed by
the Bostonians. Every piece sung by this COM
voices i in T good 'S Soasdlii d@n L Il /, U Customary no s to alt sne
nate singers In the more iatiguing OF the, roles.
the part OF the soprano heroine. This is Miss
Hanilton's week. Jerome Sykes has been en-
gagged 70 divide, work with MI: Bernsbec.
Generation." in which life in one OF the now OBJ
literated shsntS towns q this city is grotesqpe-
caricaturing sort, takes the part OF a jovial and
eccentric Irishman; who gets rich through big
pipe contracts and becomes a legislator. OF
course he sings and dances.
The Grand Opera House has q bolsterously
ton" repiete with grotesqueries and fetching
vaudeville, making a sure appeal to Eighth ave-
nue. audiences: In these pieces may usually be
found the latest jokes, tunes. and dances,
grabbed promptly from more pretentious enter
tainments. and delivered, perhaps, with more
force by the imitatorst than the originators.
Sundays arc becoming lively with entertain
ments at the theatres. Various concerts are de-
scribed elsewhere as to be given this evening.
The Tiffany Chapel is advertised to be open
every day except Sunday with q display Of Fa-
vrille glassware.
The Academy Of the Dramatic Arts will give
dress rehearsals' of new plays a week from
next Wednesday at the Berkeley Lyceum. The
programme includes Duke Lorenzo's Ward"
by Alfred Young. and "The Light Weight" by
Sedley Brown. The actors will be Mr.. Sar-
geant's pupils.
The Empire Theatre Dramatic School will give
three new plays q week from Thursday after
noon. The pieces are Charles Barnard's Make
piece JOY" Frank g. brakes Ell Pueblo and
wheatcraft has made up casts from his adj
vanced students.
Three new mechanical figures have Just been
fact, taken with the recent general renovation
OF the concert hall and the other wax figures,
fhR Qfnhl manN haffn y-nrfh IN Nfa
than ever. Two musical programmes are rem
dered daily by Dsnko Gabor's gylsy band.
ney'" was announced until n few days ago for
production at Palmer's, and then the fact was
American. Charles Klein and Harrison Grey
Ffske, the authors, said yesterday that they
ana Becoming insst satisfied MIrt d'i that iey Nr. P palm s" con,:
pany was unsuitable to tho requisite acting. 4.
Henry. French has agreed to engage II special
Palmer in a letter TO Mr.. Fisse, "of actors and
actresses who can properly portray tho local
and although I think more careful rehearsnls
them to grappie with the parts in a satisfactory
manner, l am nevertheless conscious that a
sD { EHlr, ssie Stsst set i Of People Sill do the Sm Pi "a.
lpctant to do 1t, yield to your request and give
Il was long ago demonstrated that the Madi-
son Square Garden amphitheatre was too big for
stage performance; soin the Toy Fair
U U bthkth. Oh tdNh u WtlCn hIltl |
show goes on continuously. Sargent, the wizard,
e the most conspicuous peTformer engaged on
is John Manning, the countrymen who
years ago drove his milk wagon, through the
Dnsstss. q No sshna%.s w ssnssiii a and P Maif Russell m9 are
Frank Lstons leads of and is followed by Sienor
Mime. Geretta, and Fitzgerald and
Henderson,. while the eastern stage has the
for first choice, with these contribu-
Waller and Waller. Prot. White, and the Ash
The specialties are. for the most part
there is altogether enough OF them to turn a
youngsters head.
The difficulty of protecting original devices In
The vaudevilles, the novel twists that give dis
Effectiveness to specialties and constitute the
essence of their value, is an evil of which bright
performers complain. Roster d Bial have for
evenings performance a singer who
Is an exception to the rule that makes a
performer suffer from imitators.
several years ago. vanoni sang George"
but her taking French accent, though as
was never equalled by the imi-
tators. At last they were compelled to fall
back upon other songs in which the singer made
TO the musicians Of the orchestra, and
70 hot was the race that ditties which men
Toned the player Of a different instrument in
zach stanza have been sung even in the %continu-
BUS shows. where only u piano furnishes the
music. Jules Levy. the cOrnetist, is the only
'ther newcomer at this house, these performers
II last week being retained 40. Duncan, Chel-
4, tho Forest brothers,, the Tschernhoff dogs,
he Bruet- Rivieres. the ROssow dwarfs, and Eu-
renie Petrescu.
Bertoldi is an exception to the rule OF weekly
change at the Union Square, and remains for
six days. The chief newcomer is Sc
Terus Schaffer, a versatile performer, who will
display his skill at juggling, and the rest of the
abOunds In favorably known names.
These are listed; The NawRs, Brandon and Re
,amora family, Price and Carlin, the yidocls,
- Clair and Leslie. the FremOnts, the johnson
rio. Bessie Gilbert. the Ammons-Clerise trio,
iealy and Saunders, Tambourine Mccarthy.
nd half a dozen others.
At P~roctor's a new living picture Is entitled
Beyond Repair" and shaving an old cObbler
Il his bench. The change of specialists is com
,lete. Press Eldridge is the conspicuous joker;
10 is followed closely by McAvOy ana May, and
hese entertainers make up the remainderoft the
ill: Lenton brothers., Vic Ruthden, Dukes and
Made, Lizzie and Winnie DAILY, Karl Michaels,
lie Ahrens. Brown and HARRISON, Addie smith,
lark and Temple. the Dawsons, Harry Rickett,
lack and Golfer. LOttie T.. Raymond, Chantrell
nd Schuyler, and the Fonte- BOni brothers.
George Thatcher will be at Pastors. and in his