The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-16
THIS WEEK AT THE THEATRES.
TWO MORE PLATHOG SEES BEGIN
THE SEASON EARLY.
"vIylan's Papas' At the Garrlck--Nat VI.
Wills 10 star nj the Fourteenth street
News OF the Roof Gardens and vaude-
Vile FOlks-9eashOre Amusements.

Vile Folks seashOre Amusements.
The Garrick and Fourteenth Street thea
tres open their doors for the season OF
1904 Tomorrow thus gaining from one to
four weeks on most Of their competitors.
The Madison Square will follow them on
Aug "a with the production OF My Wife's
Husbands, a farce by Edwin Milton Royle,
the American Theatre on Aug. 20 with
new melodrama by Theodore kremer called
The Evil That Men Do" and on Sept.
Days will offer Three Little Maids"
very successful English musical comedy;
Blanche Ring will be seen again at the
Victoria, her play being named THE Jersey
Lily, John c. Fisher will produce A Prin-
cess of Kensington" at the Broadway and
THE Silver Slipper" will return to town.
appearing this time al the Grand Opera
House. The season in Brooklyn will begin
at the Columbia on Aug. 20 with by the
Sad Sea Waves"
A show girl il the cause Of all the be-
devilment that is exhibited in "Vivian's
Papas," farce by Leo Dietrichstein. which
is to have its first production at the Garrick
Theatre tomorrow night. As Hattie Will
lams IL to be The show girl and John {.
Rice and Thomas A. Wise are the other
leading figures in the entertainment. it
should be a we'll acted play.
Nat NJ Wills, who has won his spurs in
vaudeville, will come forth III a star at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre tomorrow night.
His play is called "A Son Of Rest. and the
enterprise is under the direction OF Broad
hurst 4 Currie 1t is said to be comical
piece with many original and surprising
scenic features and dazzling corps Of
singing and dancing girls.
Tomorrow night will be souvenir night
at the Academy OF Music, the favors being
tacsimiles in silver OK the Americas Cup.
This is the last week OF The Christians"
engagement at the Academy, and it is
probably the last chance New Workers. will
have to see Edward J. Morgan as John
Storm The Bostonians are coming next
week to sing Robin Hood
The Runaways" will have its Tooth per-
Torrance at the Casino on Tuesday night
Its music is becoming more popular every
day, some of the favorite numbers being
The Maiden and the Jay" I'm General
Sort Of Wav,'"A Kiss for Each Day in the
Week" "Strolling," My Radiant FREELY
and The Land Love"
Thirty weeks OF great prosperity have
come and gone for THE Wizard of Or"
at the Majestic. and unless all signs fail
1t is good for many months TO come.
The project Of presenting the Earl OF
Paw, ucket" for u week in the grand bali
room of the Waldorf Asst oria has been aban-
doned. and il will remain at the Manhattan
Theatre unit il il il ready to move over TO the
Princess Marguerite Hayden il now play
ing the part Of Ella Sed'ord
The programme al Hammerstein's Para
disc Roof Garden will undergo no important
changes this week. Aga. the floating mys-
terry, remains, and 30 do Rccsbona's horses,
the Four Nightons and Punch, Judy Co.
in its revised form. Josephine SabeFs
singing Of Maggie McDonohue" is a thing
of 1ov, Maggie Cline is to have part in
to-nights concert
Mr.. Lederer announces that there will
be only two weeks more OF the season at
the Crystal Gardens The Darling Of the
Gallery Gods" and Lifting the Cup" are
the mediums through which great variety
OF songs, dances and humorous dialogues
are Introduced Ned Wayburn's Minstrel
Misses will remain 70 finish the season.
Japan Nv Night" is rounding out good
summer on he Madison Square Garden roof.
"Otovo" the comic opera, IL only one Of
it's many quaint features.
Miss Electa Clifford will be the solost
of this, the last week Of Dllss's Venice
at the Madison Square Garden, Her pro-
gramme changes every night, as do the
selections given by the Metropolitan Opera
House orrhes ra under the leadership Of
Mr. Duss A fine testimonial performance
for Manager Robert E Johnston will he
given on Monday night, Aug "a. 10y the
orchestra and most Of the soloists who
have appeared at the Duss concerts this
summer.
Orchestral concerts will be heard every
night at Terrace Garden. The programme
for tonight will be made up Of scenes
and arss from La Traviata
Robertsons famous comedy Caste
will I've PLAYED at Proctors Fifth Avenue
Theatre this week, with Hugh Ford as
Ecciss and Jessie Izette Ak Polly Eccrs
The Factory Girl" powerful melo-
drama, will be presented for the first time
in New York at PrOctor's Fifty-eighth
Street Theatre
Frederic Bond and Margaret Drew
head the company which is to produce
Or. Bill at Proct or 3 l25t Street Theatre
The vaudeville entertainment at Proc
tors Twenty third Street Theatre will
enlist the services Of Colby and Way in
The yentriloquist and the Dancing Doll.
Edward VI. Favor and Edith Sinclair in
their sketch The Mc(iuires-: Frobel and
Ruge. aerial pole balancers; the Lambs
Four Quartet; Peter Baker, the character
comedian; Yankee and Dixie, trained
terriers; the Dorothea Sisters, singing and
dancing soubrettes ard Byrne and West,
musical comedians.
Thurston the magician heads an e1-
cellent bill at Proctor's Newark Theatre
Sunday concerts will be given at all the
Proctor Theatres in New York
Tom Nawn and a capable company have
been engaged to play PA, and the Genie"
| at ketth's this week. Another good little
comedy offered on the same programme
is "A Funny Mistake" acted BY Ely and
Harvey. Mcintyre and Heath will occupy
few minutes with blackface comedy
Four bicycle riders, one Of them a girl,
will do some marvellous tricks while riding
around the inside OF high barrel Other
performers in the company are Prince
hokln, the Japanese juggler Harry Daven-