The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-15
1BIs WEEK ar rms TnEArnEA


Plays are moved about like checkers on
honrd to win continuance Of prosperity l
docs not seem TO be fact that any one sec
tion OF tho city demands steady thing Of on,
| particular sort The weekly changes OF bill
give to each theatre very striking contrasts II
| the succession OF pieces performed. Thus, tn,
Bowery gets Lady wIndermers's Fam at tn,
Peoples. where the superficial observer might
presume that a satirical comedy Of an intel.
lectual grade would not find keen apprecia.
| tion. Recent experiments there. however. have
proved that Dowery audiences know what II
good in any line Of theatricals and so " Lady
| Windermere's Fan" IL likely to be successful
at the Peoples.
Tho American has mate judicious selec-
tions in the current entertainment since that
theatre became omJinatlon house" The
comic opera Wang" goes there now with
Edward Stevens and his company to make the
most OF It's elements OF buriesque. travesty,
and music. This Is tho play. 1t will be
remembered. In which tho chief comedian
does lot OF good fooling with big imitation
elephant, and in which his talen. at Glowing
gets broad opportunities.
The farcical comedy that goes to the Four
teenth Street for q week is THE Rising Gen.
Grafton" in which William Barry has COM
mended himself during several seasons 70 the
multitudes who arc fond OF fun pertaining to
Irish American life in this city. Mr.. Barry
represents n parsonage OF Shantytown. and
the entertainment takes In number Of
speciaties. so that IL may DO said to contain
considerable OF a variety show. A half dozen
new songs will lie introduced.
No finer melodrama than Tho Two
Orphans has been seen on tho American stage
since that D'Ennery play made its great sue
cess in the pnlmy days OF the Union Square
stock company 1t lie romantic. spirited. and
at the same time possesses an abundance ot
heartfelt interest. II may DO seen again ut tho
Grand Opera House. with Kate Claxton the
blind orphan ms Of yore and with what should
prove reasonably effective company.
The bis. spectacle Anne erica =. which became
Ing the time u tho FAIL, and was su 6s.
9uently brought to our Metropolitan Opera
stage OF that theatre is spacious enough to
hold n multitude of ballot dancers. military
a EsHS "isrs aid 2Ssr things
SrSTFi .o%l Pete. \. bailey sSd Nay irwin 4
Mack. and John q. sparks all OF whom have
i ,nereassd their value az puhlic entertainers
is Promised that the Harlem performances
will he ireshened by new songs and dances
Counting The long ssason Of The Country
sport at the Bijou and its subsequent weeks
IN other New York theatres. It must hc chroni-
One of the best Of the tank plays. so called
because they contain boating scenes with
real water A., Is The Paymaster, which had a
be reproduced ut the Columbus in Harlem.
foremost figure in 1t. physically II rot men;
SAMPSON with ~. He u sandow sol OF
athlete. and has challenged that muscular
" Ss enacted saS BY D psrS Il,
Harrison. the author OF the work
weekly Visits OF ia9iar PIsys but to yo9sq
night 1t will not only present n brnnd-new
work but this will be the oniy unknown piece
lyn. The title Of this play is Rush City" and
y is from the pen Of Gus IIeege. who has un-
Of Western boom cities; great deal OF fun
will be undertaken. the ludicrous ,conse..
Of extrayagantly drawn characters is likely to
:, one q ths iarclesl survivors is The Hps-
kernell again in the role o, the impecunious
1rishman; There is considerable vaudeville
Cooks aGrobatic trayesty, OF tramps, and a
comic rally Of Salvation Army singers An;
Coxry's army on the march.
Those intensely fnrcicHl comedian Hslisn
glib and easy sort and the other an irresisti-
lily droli and extrayagant cnricaturist are
Idea" into which have been put about as
many different things as the time OF the per-
iormanse VII hoii: tonlea! song about tho
Breckint tdEe-Pollard lawsuit is to be sung
this week.
1t for the public to decide how long some
OF the plays will remain where they are. the
managers intending to continue them Just SO
far as large audiences assemble. The dura-
ton OF The Girl Left Behind Me" at the
Academy OF Music remains uncertain. The
term originally planned was six weeks. but 1t |
is sure to last twice as long as that.
There is nothing new or strange at the |
Lyceum in the continuance OF The Amazons."
which now goes into its third m onth with the |
theatre still 100 small to hold those who try to
get In. An interesting and com m nda BILE fight |
Is being made at tho Lyceum against the fraud |
and nuisance OF peddlinG tickets on the side
walk at advanced prices.
IF the TSya iaP% si5 Of sPHn as
In a statuette to be given away at the 5O0th
week from tomorrow night.
nssF' m Il aGs M hold to hs sass a. B
> The news from ttopia. Iimiied." at the
! 10 stop; Thus far it, has had plenty q at
entlon from the public. Isabel Reddlck.
SoiSs and inability to act have A dis'nsulshed
ler as the pTimn donna OF the company. has
vas member Of a com pany which travelled
through England with Utopia, Limited" 1t
sHd that shs is to have Leading part in Mr..
The season OF Mounet-Sully aud SECOND
y eber will End with the week at Abbey's and
epetitlons oi Hamlet" "Gdipe- Roi. Her
lani" and :" Ruy Bias"
Perhaps there Is no marvel In the fact that
rowds go year after year. the same people
yer and over again. to see Zip Van Wlnkle"
or the delightful aeting 81 Joseph Jefferson is
perennial aud his Individual popularity can
lot be worn out. So Rim Van Wrinkle" is the
lay with While he returns to tho star. and is
he only one he will use during the two weeks
his visit.
The weeks variety programmes are strength
ned by performers who now appear here for
he first time. and by entertainers who come
D vaudeville from grand and comic opera. aud
rom minstre!sy ana farce Tagliapietra and
ydia leamans, who were the chief singers in
no Union square continuous" show last
eek. remain. An addition to the company 10
arroll johnson. who has until recently head
q company OF his own. Others on the bill
re: Ralph Terry. yanola. ". J. Mills. F. l..
uested. Thorn and Carleton, GRAY and Con-
az. William Vino brandon and Regina. How
y and Doyle the Fremonts. the Ryans and
NINA Wood and Rawson.
There Is engaged in the continuous