The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-16
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES.
WHAT THE A(TORS ARE GOING
TO no THIS MEEK FOR US.
joseph Hart and Carrie de Mar In the
Introduction OF Foxy randpa' a
New Play, and q Thousand Others 70
Dc Their hest for Dur Pleasure.

New Play, ana q THOUSAND otheTs W
Do Their hest for our Pleasure.
The theatrical week that starts tomorrow
will be almost without novelty, although
all but one Of the city's theatres are IN
use and more thar half Of Americas lead
ing star actors are In town. So there need
be no depression among ~playgoers. lho
only new play will be at the Fourteenth
Street tomorrow evening. II Ii called
Foxy Grandpa and follows the suggestions
in Bunny Schultz's comic pictures in the
Herald. r. Melville Baker made the play
with the teasing children and the good
natured, long-sufering grandfather as It's
principal characters. Joseph Hart and
Carrie de Mar come as the leaders OF a
company organized by William A. Brady
and said to include many pretty chorus
girls as well as clever comedians.
Lottle Blair Parker's rural drama, Way
Down East" will be acted at the Harlem
Opera House this week by the cast that
recently revived It at the Academy Of
Music. Phoebe Davies, who played the
principal part In the original production,
still has IL. 1t Is an odd fact that the popu-
larity Of this play Of Now England folk has
grown In favor instead Of wearing out,
its engagements at the Academy having
been more prosperous than tho original
one at the Manhattan.
No play VS. that the Donnellv company
~revives are more acceptable than the Hoyt
farces. Another of them will he presented
at the Murray Hill tomorrow. This time
Il will be A Black Sheep" in which Otis
Harlan used to figure onn'cally, Henry
Z, Donnelly will take Harlnn's part OF
Goodrich Mud. otherwise known as Hot
STUFF. Alice johnson will play the Queen
Of Burlesgue. and the other Donnelly favor
ties will be congeninlly placed.
The Greenwall company at the American
will revive tho farce Of The Man from
| Mexico" which II. A.. Du Souchet wrote
| after NV Friend from India" and IN which
William Collier appeared successfully. All
the principals Of the G~reenwall DETERMINATION
will be employed, including Georgia Welles'
whose pleasant association with the Amerl-
can win end with this season. a..
The BROOKLYN Greenwall company Will
| perform -Sapho- at the Columbia. The
version that was recently used at the Amerl-
| can will be shown, and The scenery and cos
tunes that were made Tor that P~rodnG,'oh
| will be taken across the Bridge Tor ms. 4,
Jerome Sykes will come 10 the Grand
| Onera House for a week in Foxy CUTLER
This Harry B. Smith comic opera ran for
several weeks ut the Broadway two seasons
ago, and some Of that cast is still in IT,. Mr..
sykes was ll' AthNi'i Ni''A
Koven's music is charming.
Corse PaytoE and his company will re-
yiye A Temperance Town at his bro0k-
lyn theatre. 1t Is one OF the lat OhaTles
II. Hoyt's most keerly s~atirical plays,
| written more in the manner OF comedy
than in his usual farce methods, and an
unusually good diversion.
The familiar melodrama OF The Great
Train Robbery" which shows thrilling
| adventures with IrdiaI.s and train rob
~ 4. A., Nax. SfnR fAp a NyapE
ALdrew Mack will he at the Metropolis
In TON Moore" in which he appeared
at the Herald Square last fall. lie las
some new songs.
The Third Avenue will have straight
from-the-shoulder melodrama. with Jesse
James. the Missouri Outlaw in what Is
promised to be an elaborate production.
Burton Holmes will begin two courses
[! of illustrated lectures this week, following
the same programme. but on different
DAYS, one OH Thursdays In February and
March and the other oh Fridays IN the same
! moths, at Days Theatre. The start
will be made with st. Petersburg
Beatrice Herford will give her third
moro lopue matil Sc at the Lyceum to-
morrow. Her programme Will De lew
The Broadway theatres, with only two
exceptions. are devoted to comedy or comic
opera. No one should miss so le~gitimately
excellent a play as The Wilderness, which
will give pace at the Empire in a few weeks
to THE Twin Sister" by Ludwig Fulda
Another good-grade comedy worth seeing
is The Way of the World" which Elsie de
Wolfe, Clara B~loodgood M Others are
playing at the Savoy.
Charles Hawtrey's engagement at the
Garrick will last only three weeks longer,
and VIII be devoted TO A Message from
Mars" A ruIal play entitled SKY Farm
Another comedy that will not last mani
weeks is Mistress Nell, in which henrietta
Gosman appears advabtageouily at the
r. public. as You LAX 1t VIII take lts
piac, in a few weeks.
The comedy of Lady Margaret will be
removed from the Blyou's stage on Satur-
day evening, and ia its pace Amelia Bing-
! hahn will revive The climbers"
sydney Grundy's version of the same
French play, which he calls -Frocks Gltd
Frills," continues pTOsperuLsly at Lays.
"Notre Dame will take its place several
weeks hence.
FRANK keenan, and THE Hon. John
Manhattan on Saturday even!ng, giving
place TO Efie Shannon and Herbert helcey
in -Her Lord and Mastcr."
No announcement of the duration OF
-On the Quiet has been made. William
Collier will stay at the Madison Square
| uAilH FIl lAh 'AN - ~ '''E N'' lF
has uot been definitely said.
At the Lyceum the comedy of "Th" Girl
and the Judge" continues TO cause laughter
and tears. Three artistic comcdicAues,
AnLie Russell, Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Mckee
RANKIN, are employed Ia is performance.
There Is much IN the line Of light music
in town. People who care particularly
for the vocal aud orchestral part of tho
entertainment like Dolly Warden" which
| continues at the Herald square. The acti <
of Lulu CHASER ia this piece of eighteenth
century fun is excellent.
Auoth.r play IA which the music COM
MAIDS respect il Maid Marian" whose
STAY az the Garden is of indefinite duration.
Earuahre, Macdonald and rockingham
are still the leaders of the Bosto ians, but
several new members, particul trly among
The singers, have improved tho orgauiza-
About an equal portion OF music and farce
make up -florOduTa, az the ML.ter Garden.
Tho fuu of Miss simplicity" Is more
importaut tina the music, BAd, as Frank
La lila j. its principal funny man, the stav
n, Tho Casio may he long.
TN mus.c ln Weber a rIelds's show takes
seCotd rlaCe 10 the fun, which is uhcnas.ug
from "A ittlc alter every evening TO learlv
ialf psst II. "iioity Lofty will last 10
N @ eLd of the season, bat IL il possible