The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
THEATRICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
AUGUST OFFERINGS At THEATRES,
ROOF GARDENS AND SEASIDE


Open Air Performance of "As You Like
| Ir-Attrnctivo Bills in the Continuous.
The end OF the theatrical doedays Is In sight
in fact In one more week the season OF 1900
1000 will commence In earnest. The Star Is
the FIRST Broadway playhouse to open Its doors
for the winter campaign. THE Queen OF
Chinatown" which is now there. is warranted
to give tho audience thrill a minute. The
scenery represents opium dens and Chinese
rambling houses. not to ptlon q cellar which
is swarmed with rats The principal part Is
acted by Jeffreys Lewis. and tho gloom which
is likely to be caused by the hairbreadth escape
OF the hero from being eaten alive by rats is
dispelled by some vaudeville specialists.
The Third Avenue also has a thriller in The
Sleeping City" a melodrama which represents
New York. as gallery gods like to think 1t, a
whirl OF daring rescues and vaudeville turns
done on the sidewalk.
Manhattan Beach Is in the hands OF Weber
and Fields company for another week. and Is
therefore happy. The sixtet OF comedians. Joe
Weber Lou Fields. Pete Daily. John r. Kelly.
Dave Warneld and Charlie Ross. are doing
funny business" which has the advantage Of
having been tested for n whole season
on Broadway and found In no way want
ing. As matter OF form 1t might be
mentioned that the burlesque Is called
Hurry Burly." though 1t might as wei
have almost any other name. as 1t is q combina-
tion OF the most successful songs and humor
Of all the pieces used at the Broadway Music
Hall last winter.
BurlesQue In town is supplied In q lively
fashion at the New York by THE Man In the
Moon" The opportunities OF seeing this
travesty An its present form are becoming
scarce. A new version. called The Man in the
Moon. Jr.." is booked for Sept. IL. when
Fay Templeton will be seen for the first time
with the New York Theatre company.
Another piece Of midsummer gaiety which
is holding It's own is THE FOUNDERS" at the
Casino. The excellent cast which has done
so much to help this musical farce to popu
larity is unchanged. Thomas .. Seabrooke.
Dan DAILY and Harry Davenport mako q trio
Of comedians hard to beat.
The continuous shows make attractive offer
ings. At Keiths Ching Ling Foo holds over.
and he and his Chinese assistants will vary
their performances from those OF last week.
The Drews will play When Two Hearts Are
Won." a brief farce that lie proving durable. or
those In the acrobatc way. Caicedo. a bounding
wire expert. will be the chief. Other specialists
listed are the Angeles. Carr and Jordan. George
c. Davis. tho Hunting trio. Miller. Doll and
Burden. Amorita and the Colbys. Among the
bograph views to be shown Is one that follows
Capt. Dreyfus in his walk from prison to court
room.
Two pairs OF variety folk will furnish the
conspicuous innings at Proctor's. The first OF
these is the Sdmans. whose latest sketch is
built about comic rustic and ends dramatic
cally. The other two. Garfield and Carleton.
are more forcefuly comcal. and incidentally
are musical. The rest OF the bill will include
acrobatics from Reno and Richards and Hayes
and Healy. singing and dancing from Mark
and DAILY. Evans and White. Anna Whitney
and Anna Wilkes. instrumental music from
Montague and West, and limitations from
Fiallsowsky. Some Of to-day's performers here
are Frederic Bond. W. c. Davies. Flatow and
Dunn. and Edward J. Lloyd.
Mcintyre and Heath will have the top line In
the Pleasure Palace programmes. appearing in
the Ruise OF stranded negro Ministries In
which they are familiar. H. V. Fitzgerald. who
is a stranger at this theatre. will take half
dozen characters In q ketch plan ned after those
OF FreRoi. Others will be the Pattersons. tri-
pie bar gymnasts: Paxton and Jerome. illus
trated songs: Azara. who dances with novel
accessories; Dewitt and Tourgee. Matthew
and Farnum and Seymour. Some OF the con-
tributions to o-day's continuous bill will be
from Charles 7. Ellis. the Grants. Garfield and
Carlton. Mark and DAILY and Gordon Eldrd.
To Pastors come Williams and Tucker and
the Nawns to hold the topof the roster. Others
retained are Amann and Hartley. Fostelle and
Emmett. Adams. Casey and Howard. Keno and
WEIGH. Terry and Lambert. the Tobins.
Blanche Ring. Alexander Martens. the Firms.
Otto johnson and Ada Jones.
Not much remains OF the roof show season.
and the rivalry between these resorts is brisk.
At the Victoria's Venetian Terrace Garden the
call for performers that can be viewed from all
sides has resulted in a programme made up
largely OF animal training and gymnas tics
This weeks succession is costly. with many OF
last weeks performers held over. Those
named are Derenda and Breen. Sadie Dean.
Saville. Gautier. Belle Davis. Bartho the Kins-
Ners. Galletti's monkeys. Roscoe's pigs and
fowls. Artie Hall. Drawee. the Rios and the
Johnstones. Here as at the other roof resorts.
to- night will bring performance
Tomorrow nights newly employed aids to
Isham's Octoroons at the Madison Square
Garden roof will be Frank Bush. Burton and
Eokofr. Zelma Rawlston. Frank O'Brien and
Allini's trained monkeys.
THE Maid In the Moon" with Richard Garlic.
Harry Kelly. Ruth White and Gladys Van as its
leading burlesquers. continues at the Casino
roof. Christine Blessing and Will II. Sloan are
contributors OF specaties.
Attic Aerial Magnolia Grove atop the New
York. a costly varied performance will be pro-
vided. and one number will bring ballet as
spectacular as the roof stage permits.
For to-day and the rest OF the week the stage
show at the Eden Musee will be furnished by
the Neapolitan Troubadours. whose music Is
both vocal and instrumental. and by tho hourly
employment OF the cinematograph. The wax
| show, however, is the chief feature here.
The detachment Of Victor Herbert's Twenty
second Regiment band. which entertains the
visitors to Terrace Garden. ia augmented for
| the Sunday concerts. which are given in both
| the afternoon and evening.
| In the headlines Of the Brighton Beach Mu-
BIC Hall programmes the names Of one or two
| wel-known vaudeville performers are sure to
he found every week. This concerts OF Slater
| Brooklyn Marine Band are another attractive
| diversion OF the seaside resort.
| A varied and first-class list OF entertainers Is
| supplied for e1cursionists on the Long Branch
| steamers Republic and Columbia. Musical
concerts are also to be heard on both boats.
On Friday. Saturday and Sunday nights the
vocal soosts are added to the usual purely
musical programmes at the St. Nicholas Gar
den. Kaltenborn's Orchestra. which supplies
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