The sun., 1896-08-09
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
.r,rNEyT THAT arc UST OFFERS
NEU rORk THEATRES.

a
a, Ao.eree OF Drn~s sac ,1s,.
n..,,Iie-Activity In Ausie hahs
,.-,,,ous Houses. and ROOT snrdens-
.,.r.i in Rehearsal for Early Frod"euon'
..,,I ,cmmer absence Of serious drama
lH' Sew York stage will last week
u0ni .,d after that the productions OF new
ard reyivals OF old ones will be numer-
p'se' ,,s.eut ;he Casino alone OF all the city
Gus !. opeu with a play In English, the
s,'.d version Of In Gay New York third
,,.,or will be brought out two weeks hence
49,. sI','y term otthe review" will expire with
80 -, after iOg performances. twill then oe
~, on tour OF the country.
r,v,,.,y OF diversions provided for visit
- Manhattan Beach seems to have proven
Sls.s,,,,-v. As there is TO be no change In the
s.'-.,,rs,t during the remainder OF the season I;
-. .h.ores are made from week TO week In the
D.s--,r,mss w. OF "Cuba," where the nroworks
a. l,,srpola,ed teats are often new; In the
sI..rs where the Acrobats and riders are IRE
-,r,,v shifted. and in the Sousa concerts,
S ,hs music has q wide range. from clas-
- "a popular. "Evangeline" 10 repeated In
n. same old style.
T.'..c. q arden is the place TO tnd light Ger
-, op,r.s sung in their original tongue by the
ro,-,,d. FerenczJ company OF adequate singers
,,d comedians. The pieces consist, In the main,
=, .,,.,dy familiar works By modern Vienna
so,n,.ers with an occasional production OF
,,,.,hip, never before heard In America
.Tbe Merry War" was revived for the hnA
h,y q, last week IN q pleasant manner. Tho
n.,, vrcalsed novelty is The Polish Count"
,o- which uncommonly careful preparations are
s,td TO have been made.
While the public entrances OF most OF the
,,.o.r.. are shut the stage doors arc swinging
tr.ily aud rehearsais occupy the stages. A
r...mp,ton Of " Thoroughbred" will be made
AT the Ga-rick a week from tomorrow. and
-1-,d.r the Polar Star will be given at the
Academy Of Music three days later. BY the
and OF August the Empire will be open with
John Drew in Rosemary" tho Bitou with Ed
y,,d H,r-!gsn In Marty Malone" the Herald
souAre with Evan. aud Hoey in = new version OF
a P.rlo- Match" the Olympia with Hammer
sts.ns pany in santa Maria" the American
vt,b The Great Northwest" the Fourteenth
stree, with ''WGeu London Sleeps" Hoyt,s
With Tne Liar" the Grand Opera House with
"Ihe Cotton spinner" and the Garden proba-
sios, strAyed or stolen" will start the season
A. he F!t;h Avenue with the Miner Brock
Musical Comedy Company, An Epemy OF the
Einr" 81 the Lyc-un with 4. H. Sothrrn, Half
King" 81 the Knickereocker with Francis
GtAsoh, The Caliph' AZ the Broadway with
Jefferson D'Angr.is. Mary Pennington" at
atthe Murray Hill with the bostonians- Tho
stI. Peoples Columbus. and Harlem Opera
Eou.e will begin early next month. too. There
Is Al abundance OF fne theatrical material
ttatJ for disclosure.
he theatres tha, are devoted to continuous
vaudeville rely largely this week upon famil-
a, performers, and many Of the specialists
th.. were s. the head OF last weeks pro-
Erarmes hold over. Thus At Keith's Unioa
scuAre the tiny Roesows and tho Detroit broth
en- keep o. tor second week. two OF the we'll
Known SPECIALISTS who are newly employed be-
ing EuEhey DouGherty and Joe Cawthorne.
Tie former will spout comically on the silver
question. and the latter can be relied on for
trS.rA witticisms. Some new and comical
v!sEs are added TO the cinematographe's dis
play. and these specialists are listed: Morton
and Reve!,e, the Glees, McBriis and Gordon.
schaeter and Moat!, Melville and Conway John
LorenZ. the Volgeres. the Reed family, Nellie
Dunbar. and Al-nont and Dumont
Topping the list OF entertainers at Proctor's
Twenty-,hird Street. IS LeolA Mitchell. = tiny
singer who IS IL her second week OF New York
enpioymeat. and her first at this theatre More
familiar ts Lillian Kennedy. who has turned
from Starring" 10 acting in variety sketches.
Among the others are Clotilde Antonio. Tho
Adams family. Ed Decker, Louis Granat, Isa-
bella Hurd. and Davis and Jerome. A con
tnrous' vaudeville concert is given at this
house this afternoon and evening.
Once IL was NAsZ.e Cline and later Il WAS
Alhte Har: who sang serio-comic ballads to
E1i. the taste OF the audiences at Proctor's,
but Tow It Is Maud Sugeat who sets the house
n an approving roar. ard who stays at the
head OF the roster week after week. Her pres
fIt conpaa!oas are the Bootblack quartet, the
t4nore sisters. Gallagher aad West, Fred
Sek Clare1ze, Thomas Z. Glynn. Z. J. Moye,
BALDWIN and DAILY, the Silvers. Sadie Conolly,
Hs Ia Eer!e sisters. De We're and Pharaoh,
SELECTIONS tom Faust will be numerous in
ms weeks land concerts al the Eden Musee.
aAd tAe HS4res 0i Mckinley and Bryan are the
ESst oos1lc.ols Items in the wax works.
Aoritz Prort, tie young man that recently
EoA q Ca.aIrptic nap OF several weeks dura-
toa, viii be on view at HUber's Museum, and
Ir man that wa.Ss for twelve hours daily !s
kee2 up nj. scing for another week. eating
Z te wa-ks. The dime novel OUTFIT OF COW
E!s ana !Hl.hEs i a-so continued. freah
" OF SPECIALISTS a9Iears on the stage.
The season FOR roo: variety shows has several
setAs TO rln. but reminder that It will end
etoFe !or- comes il the announcement from
AostfE & Bia.s that their music hall will DO
ePehed one week from tom brow. when the
MOI vii ee used solely for promenade con-
eF,a' The concluding open.air roster starts
sl'h Jean Clermont. and includes the Man
aA'2h -Four, Ed Leslie. Pitrot, Catherine
SaF'ao. the Newsboys' Quartet, Nellie Sey-
aooE' Edgar FL, and the Weston sisters
'e:'ee' these there are new vitascope views.
hut Two wees rno!e remsin OF Fregoli's stay
tHe Olympia. During the next fortnight
&c Will nightly appear In "Eldo7ado," in which
ss assumes fifty characters. gives a serpentins
eAncr' performs s."lGht of hand tricks, sings
N Iofes that range from bass TO soprano. plays
uHetehf musical instruments, ventriloquizes
--u 'iH''a'es many notable persons. the whole
'Ae"A taE.ns over an hour. A new recruit
mere Is Lizzie kamsden. a dancer who changes
se' ~ COSTUMES quickly. who comes direct 10 tho
W 'H'ta from Loadsa for her American debut.
NJ -. 'ala.A.aS contributors are Rachel Walker,
s,, ZOO oAaz' May Howard. the Rixfords, Jessie
r'.. r's1 hHoa and Mcneil. :be Gotham
inl1arrSS i.1 rSlA-te; sad Johnson. Davenport, and
=, A .ea't one n tie SPECIALIST. that annoarod
Fsrts- &c .it: .-s = The Madison square roof
rrcs - - ~e'A !.sA;.? emp.oyed there ever
H., yt' ne - .5Ge.-lu-Ch.ef and tie lesser
ii. 49, a. , shI't'c rom week 70 week. Among
,rnn IL ~; FiNIn"Ts are Bentley and Cam
Gs-i,....s' "a; r~r.y, the beaumont sisters, the
Trlo c't,, -hltt'o and Reno. the .Eolean
ors,,,D " Hr!rA and Wight. tho Old Homestead
b.srIet' Marie Leslie. and Fieio. aTd few;s
sAte'A.ne-- ''"'' VI 'hs chap'"r OF