The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-12
THE BROOKLYN THEATRES.
"Thc County Chairman" at the broadway
"Checkers''-Cheyal icr at the Orpheum.


"Cheokers''-Cheyale at the Orpheum.
One of Henry W. Savage's most popular
productions. sThe County Chairman
which ran for year in Manhattan, and has
had correspondingly long stay in Boston,
! Chicago and Philadelphia, comes to the
Broadway Theatre tomorrow, beginning
with special matinee. Its quaint oharao-
tiers have amused many thousands OF thea
! .reRoers There IL the village Smart Aleck,
tho fellows who lounge about the post
Office and never get any mail, the village
dressmnker, the station master the store
/ keeper and many more such as only man
I brought up in Middle Western village
| az George AIDE was could draw The cast
is the original one which elected 80 much
praise when the play came out.
/ There is a concert at the theatre tonight
| Most popular OF all racing plays ia Check
/ ers. which comes TO the Majestic Theatre
/ this week II broke the record for attend
/ anoe at the Broadway Thea ire when it came
to BROOKLYN last November The original
] cast will be seen, headed by Thomas W
/ Ross. and the scenic production includes the
famous group OF dancing pickaninnies,
Albert Chevalier. the famous English
singer of coster songs and character en-
/ tertainer will be all this week at the Or
! pheum Theatre. He comes from the Circle,
! Manhattan. where last week hundreds who
wanted TO hear him we're turned away
/ The songs he sings have pathos, humor
! and real music in them Others OF the
Orpheum's entertainers this week are
/ Henry Lee the Three Foscarys, Howard
! and Worth and T. " Echert and Emma
/ Boy, these last in musical comedy
At HYDE 4 Behnan's this week a new
/ feature in vaudeville will be seen in the pro-
| ducti9n by Robert billiard and cast IN
/ GLIDING Lillian Thatcher, June Pelton'
! Earl RYDER and Frederick Maxwell, of
/ one-act drama named As Man Sows'
! by Campbell McCulloch The play IL prob
ably the most complete of its kind yet at
tempted outside Of the legitimate theatres.
! and MIR. billiards. success in 1t has been
great In the programme are also Dolan
and Lenharr. the Watsons, Hutchings and
/ Edwards company, Lucy Clarke, Knox
Wilson, Harry Brown sullivan ana Pas-
/ aualina and Burrows and Sawyer.
There will be concert tonight at the
theatre. in which Peter +. Daley and the
others Of last weeks bill will take part
musical comedy Nancy Brown will be
presented by Wells, Dunno Harlan, with
/ Mary Marble as Nancy, a cast of able and
we'll known principles and large chorus.
All of the songs sung by Marie Cahill have
been retained and some new ones added
and the settings and costumes are those oil
the original production
The Folly Theatre offers this week
] diversion from the ordinary attractions IN
I KellAr. the ma gician, his Illusions and
sleiQht of hand tricks have been amplifed
this season by the addition of many new
I tricks and he is accompanied by another
! celebrated magician in Paul Valsdon, from
Egyptian Hall London Valadon's spe-
calty is causing the disappearance OF per
sons from the centre of brilliantly lighted
and unobstructed stage. Kellar will show
4 aThe Magic DIAL the deviation Of the
Princess karnao' and other large illusions,
Concert tonight with many vaudeville
favorites
At the Park Theatre this week another
4 melodrama by Hal Reid will be seen in a
/ Working Girls Wrongs which has TO do
more or less with the labor problem. One
OF the principal scenes shows Sing Sing
Prison and the electric chair. from which
the hero narrowly escapes death. Another
scene is a cigarette factory with the girls
at work. The company IL strong one.
For the Amphion another good programme
| has been arranged. II includes Olive May,
I the original Bonita of Arizona, and John
( " Alhaugh. Jr.. in a comedy by Grant
Stewart given for the first time in Brook
lyn: Riccobono'a trained horses, Adele
Archer and Orisco Worden in the operetta
THE Queens Fan and Harigan, the
tramp juggler." There are many more
besides these.
Al the concerts this afternoon and to-
night the stars OF last week will appear.
Miners Bohemian Burlesquers are play
ing at the Star this week in a musical farce
In three acts called "A Day at the Races
There is Il programme with special features
in addition.
At the Gayety this week the Thorough
breds Burlesquers provide entertainment
in two skits called Looking for a Duke
and The Thoroughbreds on a Lark In
the company are Washburn and Flynn.
Mile La Tosca the Dancing Mitohells, and
Kelly and Ashby In aorobatio nonsense
Keeney's Theatre this week has its usua
attractive vaudeville bill. Henry f. Dixey
one OF the stars that the continuous per-
Torrance houses have taken from the
legitimate stage, provides tho top line feat
ure in a one-act play entitled David Gar
rick on the Art Of Acting condensed from
the well known comedy which Sir Charles
Wyndham and his company have recently
been playing in Manhattan. The other
entertainers are numerous and capable,
John Drew il playing at the Montauk
Theatre this week In his last and one OF
his most successful comedies The Duke