The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10

the Oriental piysn, and The roof garden, thr..
Monday night viii bring slight change in
lawyer. and the VitascOpe- = recent novelty.
The other entertainers are Herr, erals and his
belevlne., 4 matinee, Thursday afternoon will
employ Chevalier and the .Nltascope among
Others, and a score OF stage celebrities have been
inyited to view the performance; -. -
and May Mountford. Gilmore and Leonard, Eva
Tnnguay. anu charles Puscy are stu retained
done 6yp smith and COOK. the Donates. aud
beslie's jumping dogs.
Papuerotte. Is again on the Ttccadero's bill,
and among her companions are Nhlescn, the
Bland sisters, AID the Manhattan -Four. The
bur;esuue OF Fra Diavolo." which Is soon 70 DO
Mnehl. Madeline Marshall. Josie Gregory. and
a score Of less conspicuous ones.
company. with burlesque and apeclalties.
Two wax figures that have recently been put
into the front ranks Of their respective groups
Holmes and OF the late Shah OF Persia,
view its horrors at The Casino chambers.
Muscle 10 at a premium at Huber's Fourteenth
Street Museum; One Of the performers Il Mile:
teeth. and another is young Samson" who
is professionally brawny. Beside s these and tho
there Is a variety show in the theatre. Huber's
Eighth, Avenue has George, the turtle boy. and
us bfiut ho wv CtnbTh IKuTbs " hIITNCLlU1 vi
this It's last week OF the season. Huber's Four
teenth street will be kept open all summer.
nounced for to-day at Proctor's Pleasure Palace
and at Proctor's Twenty-third Street, and an
evening entertainment at the imperial.
We come at last to the end Of some Of tho
PLAYS that have long been current In New York.
The Heart OF Maryland" which was adver-
tised to close last night ut the Herald Square,
did not seem TO have exhausted the demand for
It, and so II will be continued through the pres
ent week. Herbert Kelley and Grant Stewart
are new members of the company. and Mrs.
Carter remains as the tragic belle OF the bell.
This Is the last week of TOO Much Johnson"
the revival Of which at the Empire ends that
theatres season with laughter. William Gil
lette, the adapter of the farce and the actor of
is principal character. has prospered we'll
with IL. The Empire will be closed after his
departure until late in August, when another
season will begin with John Drew in a new
comedy, followed by other things, and a return
OF the stock company.
Another play which Is to stop on Saturday
night is that hilariously demonstrative bur-
lesque, The Lady Slavey." at the Casino. 1t
has run merrily beyond q hundred repetitions.
The house will be shut only. Cor a week. In which
the new annual review. "In Cav New York"
will continue to DO rehsarsed, for production on
the ensuing Monday. The fads and follies OF the
past season are to be parodied In the new piece.
One week more Is required to finish "Chimmie
Fadden" at the Standard. During the past
four months, at this theatre and another. the
Bowery play has provided diversion by means
OF sketches Of typical New York scenes and
characters worked into n more or less serious
story. and enacted with skill by Mr.. Hopper.
sent on q tour next season for the instruction
and amusement of other cities.
Two weeks remain to Tho Widow Jones' at
the Bijou. The performers In that jolly con-
Rlomeratc Of farce and vaudeville give no signs
OF being tired out. The %unctuous mlrth OF May
Irwin does not wane, and tho audiences still
show a keen relish for her negro songs, although
they have become very familiar. Mr.. McSally
will be seen when she returns to the Bijou next
winter.
The fun Of Thoroughbred" ia holding out
at the Garrick. Mr.. Dixey has rather
mayor who becomes a turtle. Mr.. Edeson puts
good humor into the millionaire American in
courtship of an English girl. impersonated
heartily by Miss Miller. and all the rest Of the
directed efforts Of a moro than competent COM
The imported but thoroughly Americanized
play at the garden. His Absent Boy" is pre-
scribed as a cure for the tired despondency q
late spring. 1t now passes into a sixth week
with no diminution of laughter and with a pros
poet of continued prosperity for a consid erable
time to como. Mr.. Bond. Miss Coe, and their
vice in the cause of good-humored entertain
ment-
The only example of comic opera In town is
"El Captain" the new piece with which De
weeks ago: His stay seems likely to be pro-
longed well into or even clear through the sum
mer. The Sousa marches are a potent factor IN
the success. and they are surely enlivening.
formance. and the piece is very ornnmentally
produced.