The record-union., 1895-04-01
AMUSBM ENTS.

Manager Todd says he is solicitous to
please ater-goers-therein the interests
of the houses he directs are involved.
Hence change and variety he has been
determined shall be made as often as
public taste demands. The dramatic
season of the Higgins Waldron Company
was closed, not because of any dissatisfac-
ton with that company, for there was
none, but TO vary the entertainments at
the Clunie Opera Therefore, be-
ginning Tonight short season of The
variety, low comedy and extravaganza,
Will begin with Stewards Comic Players
in the Laughing festival entitled "U
and l.' which was produced here some
two years ago at the Metropolitan Thea
ter to crowded houses, and 10 see which
0O cents ana 81 was charged. The present
company Is said to be strong one and it
has been secured by Manager TODD at
unusual expense, but not withstauding
he proposes to play the troupe at the
present prices OF no. 20 and 30 cents. His
IDEA Is that IN the Capitol City one theater
should be continuously open, for our own
people and the transienls, who are be-
coming more numerous as the trade of
the city expands and extends more
broadly over the country. Unquestion-
ably most visitors in the city on business
or pleasure desire to visit place of
amusement. and therefore an open thea
ter is business gain. The manager saws
he is thankful for the liberal patronage of
the last six monts which has enabled
him to keep the Opera-house open with
out missing night, and he has
faith that he Will be able to do
likewise for the next half year. With
confidence that support will be given
he has made extensive improvements
by constructing two retiring-rOoms on
the level Of the gallery floor, that there
may be no need for guests to 90 out of
the building during an evenings per-
tormance, and to put both floors of the
house on level III point of accommo oda-
uons. The Intention is, he says, to main
tain the standard of past excellence in
stage productions without advancing
prices, and this assuredly justifies his
expectation of support ly the people of
the city. The Stewart "U and ~ Com
pany is what is known as repertoire
troupe; in other words, q company with
more than one play and with specially
people. ~ and y introduces George +.
Murphy and James +. Post as ing
blatz and Innes." the star parts There
are nineteen musical mum bers, of which
the dancing trio is the most ''catchy."
Truly Shattuck, the contralto, is one OF
the attractions. May Ashley. klttie Kur-
sale, and Jean barrow are equally versa
Il. y
Chester, John Dasha, Maria Pfeiffer.
Julia White and Florence Cosgrove are
OF the company, and each has special
variety business. There are three acts in
the farce, with many songs and dances
and choruses. The action is quick, the
dialogue witty, the situations funny and
the whole play absurdly grotesque and
!aughabIe. The piece ran 80 nights in
New York, 100 in Boston, 100 in Chicago
and has been played steadily ION the
road" for three years and over.
Marie Burroughs is announced to ap-
pear at the Metropolitan Theater Thurs
day night. The box office will open for
reservation of seats Wednesday morning
at $50. Miss Burroughs Is Californian.
beautiful woman, and has developed as
an accomplished actress OF marked oripi-
nality. She will appear here in Pinero's
melodrama The Protligate." The San
francisco Chronicle thus spoke of her
and the play, when a few weeks ago she
opened with it at the Baldwin: "The
young Californian actress sustained her
position as star more than creditably.
and ahowed that experience, success and
encouragement had given her self-couti-
dence to use the ingenious resources
which are al her command and specially
suited to the leading part in The ProtIi-
one ofthe triteSt of dramatic propositions,
one which has, even in melodrama, been
so worked out that no matter ho4y il ia
dressed up 1t is received by an audience
with an inward smile Of old acquaint-
ance.
The honors of the performance go to
the acting, and especially to Miss Bur
roughs. She has not lost the lack of force
IN her enunciation, which gives her a
constant attribute of youth and simpIic-
Ity. 1t made her part in Saints and
Sinners most sympathetic. 1t suits this
new part admirably, for no girl could be
more simple and guIleless than Leslie
Brudeneu. She is graceful in her acting.
absolutely without q marring manner
ism otherwise, and the role in the
Prohigate' could ask no better exposition
than she gives of it,"
Ihe san Francisco Call at the same time
SAID: "As the heroine Miss Burroughs
achieved a great success. She was so
tenderIy sweet, SO trusting, so confidinp
that pity became akin TO love. WITH
many OF the characteristics of her former
success as Lefty in Saints and Sim
ners,' her work last night rose far above
the other parts, and showed her great
improvement In later years. There were
no stage outbursts Of passion, no ye-
hemence, no palpable acting in her per-
fOrmance; II was all supremely natural
The rendition of the part makes Miss
Burroughs prominent among American
actresses, but the manifest evidences of
her great talent show her as destined for
very prominent place on our stage.''