Evening star., 1900-10-17


Theater. opening next Monday evening for
| weeks engagement. with a matinee on
/ Saturday. Foxy Qutller' can hardly be
| called sequel to the Messrs. Smith d
| Dekoven's success THE Highwayman, as
/ while the principal comic character Foxy
| Quiller, is retained, an entirely different at.
| mosphere and environment both musical
| and dramatic, has been given 10 1t. The
| opera was constructed primarily with
| view to putting Mr.. Sykes forward as the
| star. Yet the authors had duly in mind the
| fact that the all-star cast performances
given in the metropolis in late years nave
| educated the theater-going people out OF
| the single star idea. While Mr.. SYKES
| stands out prominently, he Is by no means
| alone, the management having had in mind
| the fact that 1t takes well-balanced per-
| formance to make a success. In selecting
| this company great care was taken 10 Sc
| cure cast of players that would not only
! show the opera off to an advantage. but
| the people themselves. The chorus, which
is an unusual one in regards to NUMBER,
/ contains not only pretty girls, but girls
| who can sing. Messrs. Smith q DehoVen
| have planned number OF choral eHecis
| with characteristic and distinct music,
| original ideas which Klaw & Erlanger are
most anxious to realize and give their full
| est possible value. They have accordingly
| been most lavish in the expenditure OF
| money, and the costumes and color enects
| are said to be marveis Of the costumer
| art, and the scenery and properties massive
and striking The orchestra, which VIII
| number twenty-five, under the direction OF
| Signor De Novellis is from the broadway
| Theater New York, where the opera goes
from here for extended run. The ad-
| vance bookings have already assumed a
| large proportion and most successIui
| week is looked forward to.
| LAFAYETTE SQUARE STOCK COM
| PANY.-The Lafayette Square Stock Com
pany will next Monday night make the &C
| quaintance of local theatergoers, and jude-
| ing from the interest already aroused IN
the new organization, it will have most
/ prosperous season at the Lafayette Square
! Opera House. For the opening week Man
| ager Frederick G. Berger has decided to
| present a revival of the very strong drama
| by Henry Arthur Jones, entitled The Mas
| queraders." The piece was originally pro-
| duced by the Empire Theater STOCK COM
pany several years ago, the cast then IN
| cluding Viola Allen, Henry Miller and VIII
| liam Faversham. The coterte of talented
| PLAYERS who will essay these three leading
| roles next week at the Lafayette are
! Blanche Bates, already we'll and favorably
known in Washington; Eugene Ormonde,
| who was Ada Rehans leading man last
| summer and John T. Sullivan, the polished
| actor so long seen with Rose and Charles
| Coghan. The play has been In rehearsal
all this week at the Lafayette, and per-
| feet performance, with new scenery, is
promised for Monday night. Great interest
| in the opening performance has already
| been evinced and the sale of season tickets,
|
| even more successful than the manage
| ment hoped. For every performance during
] each of the indefinite number of weeks the
/ stock company will remain at the Lafayette
over 100 different subscriptions, each for
/ one more seats, have been secured. A
| large number Of seats have been booked by
mail for the season. The season seats viii
| be booked this evening, and tomorrow morn
| ing the regular sale of separate seats for
| individual performances will be opened.
Meanwhile season bookings may still be re-
/ corded. and the same seats for any per-
] formance each week can thus be secured
/ in advance without paying for them until
| the day of the performance. The prices are
| 30 and T5 cents in the orchestra and % and
| 80 cents In the balcony.
| CHASES NEW GRAND.-The immense
| attendance at Chase's New Grand this week
! is expected by Manager Chase to continue
next week In view of the hfgh-Standard
polite vaudeville bill he has gathered from
| the select few eminent headiiners that have
access to such conservative and popular
| theaters the avenue vaudeville house here,
| In respect Of its permanent patronage and
| the splendid average excellence of Its week
! ly programs Chase's New Grand ranks to-
! day among persons familiar with theatricalS
/ on par with the celebrated Keith thea ters.
/ Next week will be noteworthy because of
| the return of Mr. and Mrs Edwin Milton
| Royle. These eminent players will present
| their most laughable farce. THE High Ball
Family 1t Is the work of Mr.. Royle, who
| dubs it "a serious farce" In spite Of the
| fact that it keeps audiences In a constant
roar during the thirty minutes occupied in
/ it's presentation.
! Charles T. Ellis, the delightful singer
who attained note in "Caspar. the Yodier."
/ after the death of the older Emmett, with
4 Mrs. Ellis and very competent support. will
/ present An Artists Dilemma In which,
/ with guitar accompaniment he sings his
latest ballad. entitled An Old-Fashioned
! Home" Another exceptionally fine feature
| Will be Hamilton Hill, the Australian bari
/ l1, <i,,n FIa I,INn as%1
| will offer well chosen list of selections.
| Howard Thurston. who has quickly sprung
into prominence as magician. VIII appear.
His manipulation of cards is perhaps the
| most marvellous feature of his act Almout
| and Dumont. who are styled THE Worlds 8
Greatest instrumental Hussars," will pro-
| vide a picturesquey novel musical act, in
which they show their skin with an unusual
| variety of musical Instruments. Minstrel
/ fun will be literally provided by Frank
| Cushman. the eminent black-face entertain
| er. Dewitt and Burns will offer their
! highly amusing acrobatic comedy act. and
| Wilson and Waring. who have just returned
! from a four years tour of the world, will
/ be seen in their latest farcical frivolity.
/ These eight acts expected to constitute
| a brilliant performance, fully equaling any
/ thing that has gone before at Chase's. The
I advance sale of seats promises to equal that
/ which preceded the coming of Hyde's come
/ dians.
/ IfASHIM'S ACADEMY OF MUSTC-The
| bill announced by Manager Alexander
| Hashim for next week at his coZy Academy
| of Music Is another great combination of
| nigh-clSss vaudeville and star-feature acts.
| There will be delightful blending Of all
j that Is good In vaudeville, every artist
nounced being acknowledged leaders in
| their respective line, and the immense ellen
| tele Of "fashiona bic vaudeville" patrons will
| see program that, taken whole, will
| be even bigger and stronger than the ones
| which have preceded 1t. Heading the pro-
| gram will be the famous Johnson Brothers,
the acknowledged champion trick bicyclists
of the world, who Will offer some and
| startling tricks the wheel. Another
headliner is that prince of black-face en-
| tertainers Press Eldridge, "Commander-in-
| chief of the Army of Fun" who win be heard
| in a bright monologue of original songs
and stories Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph J. Dow-
| ing, the clever dramatic stars. will make
their first appearance in vaudeville in this
city in their latest and greatest success,
| "A Foriorn Hope a military drama in
| one act, which affords these clever artists
| abundant opportunities to display their re-
| markable versatility. decided and
| original novelty in the way of life motion
| pictures will be Prof Dunn's perfected pie
/ ture machine, introducing for the first time