The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-20
PARADISE ALLEY" oom,se.
VIII Appear at tho Acad my of Musi,
Noxt Wednesday Nj he

VIII Appear at tho Acad my of Musi,
Noxt Wednesday Nlxhs.
Col. Jno. w, Hamilton, IL .nager O,
sne great fArce comedy, Pa adise
Alley" which will be at the Academy
wednesday, February &c, called at THE
TIMES Office yesterday and had the fol.
lowing to say Of his attractions:
The advent Of paradise Alley" the
latest effort in the field Of musical com
eay writing which Is announced for mex.
wednesday, means much to the emuse.,
ment- 10 ,ing portion of Roanoke citizens.
IN the trst place, the piece 10 remark
ably clever. In the second, IL is inter-
preted by compsny Of extraordin a-y
merit. In the third place, It is replete
with all she popular things which 20 to
make performance enjoyable-hand-
| some scenery. pretty girls. excruclst-
| inglY comical situations and marvellous
stage devices.
THE organization Is an expensive and
large one, no less than twenty-two per-
sons being In the play. Seldom or never
before have 30 many principals been
seen together. There are Barney Pagan,
the noted light comedian, song writer,
vocalist and dancer, o host in himself;
then comes his associate, Sam. J. RYAN,
whose reputation as an Irish comedian
ID second to nobody's; Lily Post, the
charming and bewitching comic opere
star. who has been specially engaged;
lola Pomeroy. Little Suushine,' the
wtnsome soubrette; Frank ri. Wills, the
original Star Of the original Two Old
Cronies' Company; John Queen, for years
known as talented minssrel-all are
in Paradise Alley while to complete
the ensemble there are some eighteen
other noted performers. male and fe.
male. and some exceedingly grotesque
characters.
The action OF the play takes place
in the famous Paradise alley, o spot of
New York which 1t would be impossi-
BILE to explore with any degree of safety
without the escort OF a detective. The
hrss set accurately represents this
locality. and Is triumph to the scenic
painters art. The life and the strife
here depicted are enough to make the
most blase cynic laugh himself hoarse.
From frat to last there Ia not dull
moment in the presentation. Catchy
melodies and popular songs there are q
plenty and refined specialties and side
breaking street dialogues. Some of the
sage ore introduced humorouslY and
effectively"
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