The Portland daily press., 1900-08-22
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
PORTLAND THEATRE.

PORTLAND THEATRE.
Tie attraction at the Portland theatre
commencing next Friday viii be the well 1
Known burleeque ana vaudeville organi- /
cation sThe Utopians' company that I
nesas no introduction. for with every
performer q first class artist and with the /
lavish expenditure OF money in mount /
ing. the production should again prove a
treat 70 the patrons OF the above theatre.
The opening piece entitled I'm Grand
Utopia is gorgeous IN dress and scenic
elect introducing sixteen handsome girls
in "pImrefte'' costumes The olio COM
prlses many well known star acts and the
performance terminates with the intense
B funny burlesque By George Iotten
smith, entitled .Manna-Macey & Co"
ana is a travesty Of the up-to-date depart
ment store methods. Daring the action
Il the burIesque many new and novel
features are introduced including =
march by the chorus attirsd as Uncle
Sans militia, accompanied by brass
band OF ten pieces.
UNDERWOOD SPRING.
Underwood this week has the best
nudeyine show that it has Jet put on
aha it il one 81 the best that we have
ever seen. in this vicinity. The audiences
gulIy appreciate it, as Is proved by the
hcquent encores. The trained dog Chi
ngo is very interesting IN what he does,
being wonderfully intelligent aud anus
Ing. By special arrangement Fox and
Ward, those old faxorItes Of the yaude-
vile stage 81 ere secured this week and
they give q black face sketch that is real
ly laughabie. At each performance these
artists are called back two or three times.
Then we have Leopold Lefarge, who is
In right as a sku1uI dancer, in fact
there Is no one better in mis- particular
line. Miss Russell, the soprano singer,
gives great pleasure each time she APP
pears. For today and tomorrow the Ia
aeises VIII play the following pro
gzamme:
The National FencIbles, S0usa
Won Suppe
Two American Dances. Kretschmer
first time.)
la) Entr' Acte Pizzlcat0s Ihome
fb) LOln dub al, Illtet
Selections from the Wizard OF the Nile,
Herbert
A Niger Fricassee. Clark
VERY LITTLE FAUST.
Nile. proto, the expert dancer with
the VERY Little Faust company,
which comes to the Jefferson for three
nights. and one matinee, beginning to-
morrow night, is not only great favor
ite with American audiences, but has
won ths admiration and applause of Lon
don theatre-goars as we'll, having danced
Two years. in that city during the famous
run Of ",rhe Belle Of New York, " at the
Salisbury theatre In eulogizing the
work Of this clever little artist the Lon
don Times spoke as follows: mile
proto as all who have visited the Shafts
burg theatre are aware, is not alone OF
the clever dancing uivinities who help
ia make The Belle of New York so
with such a brilliant swing, but verita
bic high priestess of the art Her nimble-
ness and agility are really wonderful.
Mile. proto is stranger to London, at
least she was prior TO her appearance at
VIC onatthpulyft DuN neI clever SAhAbAtAOh
Of dancing has now made her an almost
Indispensable part OF the musical come
dy referred to. Mile. proto is certainly
wonder In her respective line, and
very charming part of it is that she Is
as petite and pretty as she is clever,
THE GEM THEATRE.
We very much doubt If ever company
swept at once TO the topmost wave of
popularity as the fremont theatre COM
pany has done Generally the advance
notices are taken with a grain of salt,
out everything promised for this COM
pany has been made good and more. The
opening performance was such a sur
prise that everyone present was delighted
ana made manifest by the repeated
rounds Of applause and curtain calls
at the end of each act. No better piece
could have been selected for the opening
Than 'Ar1stocracy." 1t gives every
member of the cast great opportunity to
display their abilities to the best adj
vantage, and again the ladies of the
company have a chance to wear some