The morning times., 1896-05-03
THE SEASON OF FAREWELLS
New York Theatrical World
Conspicuous in This Respect.
ENTHUSIASM FOR NoRDICA
Pleasant Weather Week in Gotham
Brought Deserving PlayhouSeS
SucceSS-PlayS and Players.

New York, May I've have had good,
Reasonable weather this week. The thea
ters have not done half bad, either, es
peciaily those entitled to patronage. 4
The city has been We'll supplied with
transientS on spring shopping tours, and
these people are always good theater pa
trons They come TO town especially To
spend money, and they succeed in sayinG
Farewell TO considerable savings before
the limit of their return ticket calls them
back to Syracuse and Woonsocket. ''.''
This by the way, is the season of fare
wells There is a mighty hustle about the
playhouses, and the whole checkcrboard
is undergoing a wholesale man -jurnp-king
and Ia ke- -your-man-foI not jumpin g'my'
two kind of change.
Monday night there was a great fare
well 10 Nordica and the De Reszkes. /
didn't think the enthusiasm could possibly
be exceled. until Tuesday evening, when
tue same crowd came and brought their
sisters and their cousins and their auntS
90 sing jubilee requiem over the seasons
RpothecsiS with Calve as Carmen. It-was
a tremendous success even for this house and
these people OF tremendous successes. The
stars are all gone but Nordica. who will
grace some May festivals with her notes.
WEEK OF CHANGES.
Didn't say that it was u great week for
changes Well, the changes didn't bring
"a single novelty, just the same. There's
not play nor an actor in Town that we
don't know like our Catechsm. John
Hare is farewelling at Abbey's this week,
He couldn't appear last week he was
iii. Sir Henry succeeds him, and will
play his repertoire for two weeks. The
Last Stroke al the Star fell last Saturday
.Ian i Of N.
Land broke any Suspicion of quiet around
Union Square. Humanity closed at the
Academy of Music, and for a couple of
nights the benches were empty and The
Taflers dark. The LyCeUm, too, is black
Black Michael. Thomas @ Seabrooke
with night performances, and Duse al three
m1JiHces, are farewelling at the Fifth
Avenue, and after tomorrow night the
linens will be quietly stretched over the
plush box cushions.
The pieces likely TO have a bit OF hot
weather are "Chimmie Fadden.' the ma
tionai hero; HoyJs a Black sheep" and
De Wolf Hopper. in FL Captain The last
weeks are announced for Belasco's Heart
OF Maryland which has run through an
Rntire season since the st OF November; for
tfrolicsOmc and fat May Irwin. as widow
Jones'" and for The Lady Slavey." which
Is TO be taken off soon that the Casino may
have cleaning house week prior to reopen
Ing the annual review. Gay New York
%Rohemia'' ends its STAY at the Empire
tonight. and Frohman's players will be
idle until August. when trunks will be
packed for the annual franscontiEental and
Pacific coast tour. TOO Much Johnson
comes into this theater for a fortnight.
MUCH OF BoUCICAuLT.
This has been d season of BoueiCault with
q vengeance. Young Aubrey and Sadie
Martinot brushed the cobwcbs off couple
or three Mrs. Dion P0ucicault is electrify-
lug ~ Philadelphia in another of her late
husbands plays and Tuesday night n The
Academy was produced Boucicault's After
Dark. known as the original tank and rail
road drama. In the springtHme, as nat
urally as a Callow youth tn poetry. turn:
Willie Brady 10 acting. He likes to begiT
summer with the tintillating echo OF III,
gallery's applause in his ear. In 'Aftel
DARK Brady plays his original role, ''OlC
Tom"
l forgot to say that La Loie says no
dances farewell this evening at the Metro
pOiitdn. LOe goes away in the ship TO
morrow just like any regular foreign art
list with the cold cream cold on her cheeks
aud the hard cash hard iu her pocket, JUS
rs if she wasn't born in Chica go and didn't
make her debut some place up yonder.'
loie is going to dance all over Europe be
fore she comes back to her own again.
BARRYMORE STEPS OUT.
Tomorrow night Maurice Barrymore
steps ont OF Heart of Maryland' aud Her
bert Kelcey steps in Monday. This is th
Inevitable. When l used to go to the Ly
Ceurn and see Herbert make love to Georgi,
with his creased trousers and immaculat.
shirt trout, aud George grew odd anC
Isabel Irving came, 1 wondered how Ion
he and his wardrobe would last.
Theerd of the tether came this winter and
the modish leading man OF the Lyceum not
only leaves the little Fourth avenue parlor,
but, for all he takes them with him, he
leaves behind the modes. for i u his new
part he will have 10 Dire SIS up in stained
garments aud look belucose in a sword
pnd spurs.
VIII Belasco write in at least cigarette
ora briarwood pipef for Herbert? a side from
1cvity, Herbert is a very console ntiouS fine
actor in a certain line of parts. He was
unapproachable in the dignified man oi
. the world. with reserve force" Now
we shall see if the reserve really ha'
force.
There is 10 he a season Of summer opera
O. the American, opening the 18th. Thai
Gear old Bohemian Girl who declines
~ grow cid or even become an old maid
p TO he put on, and the company vii
sndudc Dorothy Morton, Flora Finiayson
Laura Millard. Richie Ling Joseph Shee
han. w. H. Clarke and Joseph Lynde.
The American Theatrical Syndicate, which
was organized a year ago, will make thei
first production in Chicago on June Is
j Will he musical comedy by Goodwin
& Morse. that old firm which has tt
answer for Wang" and others, TO bs
called Lost, strayed or Stolen" Il
Will open next season at the Fifth Avenue
SANS-GEN E.
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