The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20
THIS WEEK ON OUR STAGE.
MORE TRAN HALF NEW VERSION
oF ~ no or PLEASURE"

and n Great Deal Of Vaudeville Current.
uts n privilege OF extravaganza to change It,
,elf at will. A t the Kn!ckorbockcr Theatre to-
rorrow night "a found OF Pleasure" will DO
more Than half now. The 1rst two OF the three
acts have been rewritten by Clay NJ. Greene, an
,,pert In stage humor, and 30. on passing into
ia second month, the Klaw & Erlangcr enter
tainmcn, will be, to q largo extent, q novelty.
son,e o, the music and verses will then DO heard
Tor the first time, and several incidental diver.
,,ons will be disclosed. These intcrjoctions will
,erye, no doubt. TO enlivon tho time that remains
10 this gorgeously beautiful spectacle.
II ia certain that we shall have a week longer
ot"Undcr the Red Robe at the Empire, but
vhether the final performance will be given
next Saturday night depends on the size Of tho
audiences ia the meanwhile. Thus far tho de-
msnd for q continuance has boen emphatic. The
peSt season at the Empire will begin about Sept.
with SECRET Service" by the Frohman com.
many now acting II in London. Maude Adnfns's
debut as a star" In a new play, supported by
Robert Edeson. will ensue. and next after that
John Drew will appear in q fresh piece, thus de-
having the return of tho stock company until
midwinter at least
One week moro and 9TH Girl from Paris
viii reach q two hundred and nftieth perform
snce at tho Herald Square. The souvenirs
viii be hand mirrors. The intention Of con-
nul thac oaS
mer will unquestionably be carried out. The
humor wears we'll. and changes in the cast have
not materially affected it's effect. Tho theatre
will be devoted next season to the same style Of
plsys. tho American rights to several English
and French works deemed suitable to that pur-
pose having been acquired.
Tho summer at the Casino 10 . certainty. be-
cause Tho whirl Of tho Town" has gained q
beadway which cannot fail to last through the
.....on aaaily and an,oothly- Tho antarfain-
ment dashed off at the outset SO boldly and reck-
ic.sly. with its illustrations of night revelry as
Il ia popularity supposed to exist in tho Tender
loln section Of Broadway. that 1t became at once
one Of the fast and almost venturesome sights of
the lively town.
1t has been decided at Daly's to stop The
Circus Girl at tho end Of this week. The man
asement sends word that the term Of the play.
which will then expire, Is merely preliminary.
and that the piece will be revived for a late
summer and autumn season about the middle Of
August, with no changes among the principals
Of the company. but with q moro numerous
chorus. A production Of Mime. Sans Gene" in
farcical form will be made in September.
The stage Of the Academy of Music is still q
wire ring in which FitIsimmons and Corbett
repeat their Nevada fight by means Of the vera
scope. The exhibition Of pugilism as practised
In these days Of gloves and measurably polite
rules Is not III u JOS ECpuioiNo- hueoAtJ
Gold-time encounters. with bare fists, disfgured
faces and terrific wrestling. is absent entirely.
Women, to whom it is all q novelty, and men,
who go often to settle their disputes about tho
points in the fight, arc about equally balanced
In the afternoon and evening assemblages.
The summer season Of comic opera in German
Is in steady progress at Terrace Garden. Tho
Bat" was revived last Friday night Poor
Jonathan" will be brought out tomorrow and
a.. - - ~ -.- --ttH
Angela yirag, Gustav Charlie. Max Lube, and
Bernhard Rank in the cast. THE Beggar Stu
dent will be reproduced on Thursday and kept
on until Saturday. Ernest Bial will conduct an
Manhattan Beach opened for the season yes
terdsy. as described elsewhere. A week from
tomorrow the Grand Republic will begin to
make daily evening trips as a floating root
garden" with orchestral music on one deck and
vaudeville show on another.
A start for the summer was made yesterday at
Ambrose Park, South Brooklyn. with athletic
tie t8Per resort ru WheTe Buffalo B 3 Wild West ts spent II
one season. 1t is accessible by boat and car, and
the intention of the management this year Is to
ppularfze it
New one-act plays arc to DO given in the
weeks continuous shows. Charles Dickson and
Lillian Burkhart Dickson will appear Al
Keith's in one entitled "A Man About Town.
by stanislaus STANCE. European specialist
who are new here are the Deonzos, and Patric,
will DO seen in the short farce in which sh'
made her vaudeville debut. In the list o
specialists are Edith Kingsley. Herr Grais
Prince Kokin, the Diamond Four. Mignonette
the Roys. Evelyn Britton, Eddie O'Dell. Wooley
Sidney. Eckert, Heck, Mitchell, and jess.
The new play of variety show size at Proctor
Theatre is by J. A. Fraser. Jr., and engages thu
Bronsons, which is the stage name adopted b!
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Taintor. Another new
sketch here is played by J. H. Crossar and Fam,
Cohen, and is called "a Wrong Story" Hop,
Booth Is again conspicuous, and her poses will
for the first time be reflected by a series of mir
rUrs. The sullivans. Lew Carroll. BickweIl AM
Haight, the Gehrue sisters, Nettie Dc Coursey
Golden, and Sallie Randall are there.
n Pastors will have tomorrow the Moss family
i've musicians who are strangers here. Bells.sax
ophones. and mandolins are their instruments
and their music Is expected to be quite up to tn
high standards OF the house, which this weel
have a booster in frankie Haines, a plump vo
ealist who Is wont to sing %riotously about tn,
virtues Of lager. Mulvey and Inman. tho De
Fiippis. the Bouffons, and Trovollo are ais
named In the bill.
AtKoster & Balls on Monday night HAITI
Dolaro Barnes will be a newcomer. She come
from touring in Europe at tho head of q squat
Il OF negro pickaninnies,' and will be seen hor'
asa Bowery lad. Most otlast weeks specialist
hold over. and the programme IL made up en-
hrely Of variety innings.
Atthe close OF tomorrow nights variety sho,
stthe st. Nicholas the floor will be cleared for
new sort OF ball game. Eighteen young womel
VIII participate. and tho ball will be ten feet 4
diameter. Push bal" is the name OF the nov
sport Minnie Renwood. the KtlpatriokI
Hodges and Launchmere. and the Meers broth
ss are among the specialists.
short innings are again the rule at tho Pleai
afe Palace. and a sketch from Dorothy Neville
A0u bernard and Ganrua Thallrpun nni N a
musical farce for the Rosebuds are the item
~ that break in upon the succession OF specialtieI
lanes l. Kelly, Cora Routt, William Jerom,
svnn 70 Clair, Gertic ellison. and Josie Evan
are Hated as entertainers.
pLast weeks two chief features OF the bill a
TThhn.Hersteia's Olympia roof are held over
TTheJ are Kara and the troupe OF colored folk
rne Teinalhder Of tho programme 10 allotted I
%eelalsls, who begin their stay here on Nor
o, tast weeks ballet and burlesquo are kept ar
SLher week at the Casino roof, and Welsh an,
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