The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-05
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
OPEN THEATRES FEW AND VARIETY
PROGRAMMES 4 MAJORITY.

Hawaiian FoiiaEe-Buriesaue ON tho Roof
or the Casino-A Genuinely strong Man ut
Helth'a. with Three Women Led by n Drnm-
ner-Comsdian-somo Notes OF the stage.
Tho list OF open theatres is seAsonably brief
this week. The Casino, with The whirl Of the
Town, I" Is the only house presenting a full play
In tho city proper, but down at Manhattan
Beach Very Little Faust y may be found. The
concerts of the Metropolitan Permanent Or
chestra at Madison Square Garden, and Of tho
6ousa Band at Manhattan Beach, are attrac. |
tive to lovers of good music. Pains fireworks |
and war scenes are q spectacle Town at the sea.
shore. Vaudeville diversion is to DO had in.
doors at the continuous performances or
in the open air at tho roof shows and
At the floating roof garden" Two ex.
ponents of rousing melodrama, Milton
and Dolly Mobiles, are playing n short farce at
Pastors. and Maud Nugent and the Nawns are
top.line specialists. An entertaining farce Is
played at Keith's by the Castilians, and the con-
ppicuous specialists are the Rosebuds, Taclanu,
Adele Purvis. onri. and Arras and Alice. The
Rogers brothers. Mcbride and Goodrich, the
Painters, and De Bessell are at Roster s. Balls
roof. James Thornton and Hacker and Lester
are TO the front at the Olympia. and atop the
Casino a new burlesque is supplemented by
variety innings. A boat ride and a vaudeville
entertainment are taken together on the Grand
Republic, which has two stages, on each of
which all its entertainers appear. Pearl An.
drews, Sam Ryan. and Lew Hawkins are in its
current roster.
The belated performance OF Shakespeare's
comedy, "A Midsummer Nights Dream took
place on Monday in the amphitheatre Of the
Madison Square Garden. where there was q dry
door beneath the feet Of the spectators and they
woro certain not to DO suddenly overwhelmed
by . shower. These advantages were not as
sured at the uptown park in which the comedy
was TO DO given in tho open air. Indeed, the
water was two feet deep in the grounds and the
sssoFs Tould have had to play on stills while
other st stss pc v A. lawn Shasespeare, the
Tie play indoors. The a su Tf See that b 6eiH9 rdsS the
Portable eren il the Garden. and its enthusiasm
would have dried up the results Of any ordinary
shower. Il that had been necessary.
The Informal character Of the production was
seminisoene ee ' Of S Fcsqsaii t GoHf w about so the
stage, for Mauna Loa was in the background
gether concealed By the palms which were
Slsced about the steee: The lights were well
and agreeable. The Ienaeissohn music MIs @ S1c,
solos were ali we'll done. There was no curtain
used and the ends OF the acts were indicated by
III and pproprsate and the elect Of these ma
Seslei aid Aida To- the presentation OF tho comedy
There was some notably good acting from at
Least u tT =. OF the principals n addition 70 the
wal a humorous Bottom, who had JUNCTION With
put exaggeration, and that Interpretation might
a aass snf of IL. lss P plIsSe s m the BEEN most s .p5ete1siSai u pro r.
Z. ]. Heniey's Eysander was full Of Imagination
s1d Riiss1r ,Sssn ness, His III s voies Vas xas, in better MitS
Margaret Mather, but the strain OF speaking in
gSeh z large auditorium soon wore on it sadly.
however, rarely fail to make their effect. Fanny
members of q long cast, which gave the piece
Amons shs actors were Lpsias Hshds1son,
Nichols; as wei as Louise Rial, Gretchen
trice Mailman. and a chorus from the Abigail
Free School. in behalf Of which the performance
presented Of the possi6iilty Of acting shake:
s sRe's ssse en0e or scenic Ta'e e=Suip@ ssalava "a Mi Gatiay
mer Nights Dream is reckoned one of the diti-
produce But at the performance which E. D.
Lyon organized for Monday night none Of the
poetry and delicacy OF the play was sacrificed
TO the modest manner of the production.
Burlesque is now served on top of the Casino
rs we'll as within it. The vaudeville programme
which Is given in midair concludes now with
Little Casino" for which Edward Corbett has
written the text and John A. Eaynes the music.
Mr.. Corbett has followed the prevailing fash
ion in burlesque and made his scenes and char
acters local Mayor Strong. Farmer Dunn, and
some other New Workers nearly az well known
are on the scene at various times during the
progress of the barlesQue, and the dialogue
10 racy of upper Broadway. Thestage of the
Casino roof is called upon for the purposes OF the
burlesque to represent three scenes on a ship.
and Mr.. Corbett's main idea is a very good one
for a short skit of the kind he has
The crew Of the ship are flibusters who are
carrying out to sea all the stage people of which
audiences have grown tired. The Captain has
entrapped q mixed collection of soubrettes. a
bunch Of villains, and a variety OF leading
ladies. They are all to be carried out to sea and
dropped overheard. and the committee in charge
of this work Is vaguely described as having some
connection with the political reformers OF New
On Monday night there were not enough ca
pablo performers In the piece to bring out any
his chief idea, as well as In the development, has
done well for a eeEinner. and produced with
STsin1 Would nfs have Se'n Dp@eares s'R Refy tS ar nebHgS With I'll
more ambitions efforts. The rhymes OF his lyrics
sss p s4s a een tas spe seiss, As saSass. to T !ss chorus chorus
singers satcoeeded,i In robbins their lines ot IFS sig
Erihcanoe BY making them wholly unintelligible.
The ideas in the choruses OF soubrettes, leading
ladies, and stage villains were all right
and they were well enough expressed sseedd
But to the spectators they were ut;
terly meaningless. as the poorly drilled
heard over the footlights. One OF the episodes
OF the burlesque was a travesty on Secret Ser
vice" and the telegraph scene was very anus
tngly ridiculed. The enormous cigar that called
attention TO William Gillette's chief. accom-
plishment as an actor, the telegraph ticker thai
played jigs and hornpipes, and the excited hero
Inc were elements Of a parody that might have
been wholly satisfactory IL there had been a
little more ability In the actors. But with the
exception q Gnstaye York none Of them was
actors when he writes another burlesque. Hi
hrst effort shows that he is likely TO succeed
after q v while.
Two specialties at Keith's that have a iavo,
Of novelty fall to Arras and Alice and to jane
7. Kelly and the Rosebuds. three young womeI
With active legs and vocal chords. The first o
these innings is acrobatic. Arras being a man o
extraordinary muscle. his companions chic
duty being TO look as pretty as she can in yellow
lf1k h1nnaa - nioIanhanbnxa Che nlao he's o.