The sun., 1902-12-21

The first American production Of the farce
'bein Trick" will take place at this house
on Tuesday night. From Wednesday Of
this week I'LL Dec. 81 there will be children g
appearing in MAX und NORTH"
Large audiences are attracted to all the
performances OF MARY Of Magdala" by
Mrs. Fiske at the Manhattan Theatre
Many who nee II are OF class who seldom
60 to theatres. 1t has received the public
Endorsement OF several prominent clergy.
men.
Heidelberg" in its English form has
Started In auspiciously at the Princess
Theatre with Aubrey Boucicault and
capable company to present II. II is a
pretty story prettily told. Its success
IN the Geman has been great both here and
eoroAd, and its career on Broadway should
be gratifying.
Viola Aliens popularity in The Eternal
City" at the Victoria has not abated.
yhe production OF this elaborate drama
Audrey with Eleanor Robson as the
qtar actress remains at the Madison 8 luare
Theatre. Her finished and sympat hetic
embodiment Of the heroine has been much
Appreciated,
There are two new songs in A Chinese
Honey ymoon" Van Rensselaer, Wheeler is
singing when the Dreamer Wakes" in
the first act and Adele Richie sings about
my Little Hong Kong Baby in the second
oct The New York Life Insurance Com
pany's agents have bought out the Casino
for Tuesday night and will have A Chinese
Honeymoon all to themselves
When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
u very different in many ways from any
other comic opera. II will he the holiday
g. Stewart, Maurice Darcey, Maud Lam
bert and zetti Kennedy are singing in it.
Mabelle Gilman's vivacious Yrete contin.
ues to be appreciated at the Bijou. where she
has been introduced as a star in THE Mock
ing Bird. Her SUCCESS Ia shared by Maud
Alice Kelly, Violet Halls, Edgar Atchison
Ely and Roland Carter.
Fad and Folly" will be seen for two
weeks longer at Mrs. Osborn's Playhouse.
Blanche Rings songs and the burlesaue
on Iris, in which she and Harry Conor
appear are the hits in it
Fay Templeton has added Mary Manner
ing to the list Of actresses whom she has
caricatured. The Stickinees of Gelatine-
has taken the place Of -HumminG Birds
and Onions at Weber 4 Eelds's. but
'Twirly-whirly" remains as the opening
number on the bill.
Stanley Hawkins has succeeded Mac
kenzie Gordon a. the naval hero Of THE
Silver Slipper" at the Broadway. Mr..
Gordon, who has been a popular concert
singer for some years. found the theatre
less suited TO him than the choirloft. He
concluded to return to concert singing, and
the young Boston tenor who appeared
last spring in The Show Girl" has taken
his place. Mr.. Hawkins has an uncom-
monty resonant and agreeable voice, which
be us uses With degree Of skill rarely found
luckily free from all the affectations that
are 10 often part Of the operetta tenors
dramatic equipment. None OF the recent
newcomers TO this style OF musical per-
formanoe has made such an impression
o. Mr. Hawkins.
"A Country Girl" will leave Days for q
ehile at the close Of this week and will
b succeeded by Jerome Sykes in The Bill.
bonaire. Mr.. Norris has returned TO the
east Of "A Country Girl
Prootor's theatres have prepared we'll
avenue
there will be a revival Of the English melo-
drama, 'The Bells Of Haslemere," With
Minnie Seligman and William BramweIl
In the leading parts a. usual. The vaude-
vile end will enlist the services Of Billy
Carter. banjo comedian: Cerbly and Burke.
Irish comedians and Albert c. Waltz, the
unicyclist.
Christmas will be Christmas at the
Twenty third Street Theatre, whore Dick
ens's The Holly Tree Inn will be part OF
the bill. Press Eldridge, Cook and Clinton,
the lady sharpehooters: Rama and Arno,
ecEentric comedians and PONCE and Lee
Alone in New York a well-knoxn
melodrama. will be revived at the iSsth
Street Theatre. Ned Howard Fowler and
Adelaide Keim head the cast. James Nor
ton. Spencer Kelly % and the kslatechnoscope
Woman Against Woman will he pre-
sented with elaborate scenic accessories
at the Fifty-eighth street house. Edna
Archer Crawford and Benjamin Hornine
can. Prof. Dodd and dog Dixie, and other
vaudeville features viii be seen between
the acts
Valerie Bergere OF Madame Butterfly.
Proctor's Newark Theatre. She will play
'Biliy'e First Love. Among the other
attractions will be Dixon, bowers and
Dixon, singing and dancing acrobats:
All Grant In monologue and Humes, Roes
and Lewis in character skit.
There will he Sunday concerto at all
OF the Proctor theatres in New York.
Mr.. Keith remembers that children. are
great theatre-goers in holiday time and
will have Gillett's musical dogs TO entertain
them at the Union Square Theatre this
week. The bill includes also Charles Guyer
and Nellie DAILY In q grotesque acrobstic
comedy act, Matthews and Harris In Adam
the Second" Smith and Fuller In musical
specialtier. the McWaters-Tyson Com
pany in Scenes in q Dressing Room" and
many other good things.
Russell Brothers and company in GEORGE
M. Cohan's "A Romance Of Now Jersey
lead OF at Tony Pastors. Snyder and
Buckley in the musical comedy, .Blatz
Wants . Drink" are next. Other features
will Be Charles Barry and Hulda Halvers,
ECCENTRIC comedians; J. Evans Lloyd and
Lillian Waltone. the two barytones; Little
Leo and his dogs, the Gagnouxs. jugglers,
and the vitagraph.
The case Of the Biddle brothers is the