The herald., 1897-01-01
THEATRICAL NEWS


LOS ANGELES THEATER-There
will be special holiday matinee of the
popular and thrilling melodrama, HUI
manlty, this afternoon, and a gala per-
formance this evening. Have you seen
Humanity and the wonderful duel on
horseback" is one Of the questions that
prevail upon the strets this week
Joseph Grismer received a nasty jar IN
his sword fight last night which. for a
time, caused his friends to fear that he
was In danger of losing his proboscs.
The popular actor had, however, suffi-
GENTLY recovered to be able to appear
short time after the performance at
the Jonathan club with his nose still in
tact.
ORPHEUM-With Galetti's monkey
comedians, Cushman and Holcombe,
the two eminent operate sketch artists.
and a whole string of excellent vaude-
Vile attractions on the bill the Or
pheum matinee this afternoon ought to
be crowded performance. 1t is great
laughing bill that keeps the audience
in an uproar from the time the curtain
rises on the first act till it goes down
on the roaring skit at the close. The
monkeys alone furnish more amusement
than an ordinary circus. Their ludi-
crouS sketch, The Monkey Barber Shop.
and the lively tricycle. race are two of
the cleverest and most laughable feats
ever performed by any animals.
Cushman and Holcombe's contribY
tions will be great treat to all lovers
of good singing. for they are conceded
to be the greatest singers on the vaude
Vile stage. Miss Cushmans baby I'M
presentations are artistic to a degree
and are fully as good as those of Lydia
Ieamans Titus.
A new feature that has been added to
the program since the first night is
Kaoly. the marvellous European acrobat
and contortionist. Kaoly is a wonder,
and has already made a big hit. The
vocal pyrotechnics of Stuart. the male
Patti enhanced by his gorgeous gowns,
make his decidedly popular turn.
Hagihara's troupe of Japanese wonder
workers have a thrilling act that is even
superior to their splendid effort of last
week.
RONALD brothers, the wonderful equll-
ibrists, and jolly Thatcher and Marble
each contribute an excellent turn.
THE BURBANK-A special holiday
matinee will be given today at the Bur
bank theater at which that most
charming and interesting naval and ro-
mantle drama, The White Squadron,
will be presented. This play has been
attracting a great deal of attention and
large audiences this week owing to its
sparkling scenic effects, the excellency
of the company and the patriotism and
loyalty contained in it's text 1t is such
plays that are wholesome and instruct
I've. such plays that crowd our theaters
and impress the hearers in such way
that they go out better men and. women.
Tonight will be gala holiday perform.
ance.
HAZARDS PAVILION-Th bicycle
craze is aptly burlesqued and panto-
lnimely illustrated in this years produc-
ton of Charles H. Yale's Forever Devils
Auction, which plays Wednesday and
Thursday evenings, January 9Th and
Ith. and a special Thursday matinee, at
Hazards pavilion, and Manager Yale
is to be congratulated upon the immedi-
ate hit of his successor to his Trolley
Gar pantomime which has created no
end OF laughs the past two or three
seasons. The main point in the success
of The Bicycle Craze is that it is timely
while the subject itself is treated in such
an absurd manner rs to prove more than
funny to the most blase theatergoer.
1t deals with the rather startling and
realistic experiences of that genus homo
known from Maine to California as the
Hobo in an attempt to secure by fair
means or foul a number of the Silent
steeds' and In their inability to do so,
they manufacture few home made ma
chimes from different articles which are
obtained under most trying circumstn-
ces. A number of funny characters and
incidents are aptly introduced, and the
entire episode goes from start to finish
with rush that proves conclusively
that the average audience recognizes
and appreciates anything that is novel
and timely, and in so doing stamps it
with the seal of its approval, which
means in managerial parlance, capacity
at every performance.
COMING ATTRACTION-C. B. JEFF
ferson, Klaw & Erlanger's big spectac-
ular extravaganza, Palmer Cox's Brown
les. which will be seen at the Los Ange-
les theater for five nights, beginning
next Tuesday, with matinees Wednes-
day and Saturday, has received the
strongest endorsen aut of any produc-
tion of like nature that has ever been
made in America. In New York where
1t ran for $50 nights. and in Chicago,
Philadelphia, and Boston, in, which cit
les it has had extended enCagements
the newspapers without single ex-
ception, have pronounced The Brownies
The greatest spectacle that has ever
been presented in this country. and, il
everywhere. The success of the spec
tacle has been so remarkable that ar
rangements have been made for a pro-
duction of The Brownies at one of the
principal London theaters during the
holiday season of 1915. The new c.
B. Jefferson, klaw & Erlanger specta-
Gle. is infinitely superior to all that have
preceded it in this country, and no other
form of indoor entertainment cam be
compared with it. 1T has been called
the "Barnum's circus of theatricals,"
and its receipts have been simply enor-
nous. In $50 rights in New York it
drew $154,31S; in three weeks in Chicago
S27 400; in four weeks in Boston, 49,. $40;
in four weeks in Philadelphia, $50, $50.
In New Haven. a city of 10000 inhabi-
tants, it drew s11 200 in one week, and
the whole town was Brownie crazy"
To quote the Philadelphia Record, "The
Brownies marks an epoch in the history
of theatricals, and everybody should
witness the great production"