The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-27
TWO NEW BROADWAY SHOWS.
EDNA MAY IN A MUSICAL PLAY
AND "THE HAM TREE"

--Weber's and Lew Frelds's Resume
l. with Old Pia,s-HippOdromc TO start.
The week will SEQ two productions at
Broadway theaters and some notable re-
vivals. At Daly's Edna May will be seen
tomorrow night in the frat American
presentation of "The Catch Of Season.
musical comedy by Seymour Hicks and
Cosmo Hamilton. 1t tells a Cinderella
story, and of course Miss May is the Gin
derelln. The company is for the most
part English, helped out by eight Fren Oh
dancing girls The chief funmakers are
Farren Soutar, Fred Kaye and Fred
Wright, Jr. Ben Teal has staged the show,
and the fact that Charles Frohman pro-
duces it ia sufficient assurance that the
scenery will be handsome.
Mcintyre and Heath, long known to
vaudeville theatergoers for their stranded
minstrel act are to make their bow to
Now York audience at the New York
Theater Tomorrow night in real three act
play. George V. Hobart has written 1t
for them and has named it "The Ham Tree
It's an elaboration Of their familiar sketch,
with any amount Of new features. Promi-
nent in the cast are W. c Fields, the juggler.
as tramp detectives; Belle Gold and
Jobyna Rowland. A chorus of sixty helps
along the entertainment, and II the official
announcement can be trusted no one OF
them is older than %.
An interesting revival Of the week will
be that of -Strongheart," in which Robert
Edeson scored 40 distinct hit at the Hud-
son last season. The play will be seen
this time at the Savoy, beginning tomorrow
night. Mr. Blossoms company, INCLUDES ni,ies
Drew, Frank Gheen and Lucille Stanford.
This enga cement is limited to four weeks.
New faces and new songs will be seen and
heard when Joe Weber's Music Hall opens
with last seasons successes, "Higgledy-
Piggledy" and "The College Widower..
The stay will be only two weeks. Chief
Of the newcomers is Gilbert Gregory. VINO
Edward j. Connolly and Ernest Lambart
are other additions, while Mr.. Weber him
self, Marie Dresslef, Charles A. Bigelow.
Trixie Friganza and Bonnie Magin are
among the old-timers.
The second season Of Lew Fields's
Theater will begin Thursday evening when
Mr.. Fields and his company will present
the musical comedy, 1T Happened in
Nordland." by Glen Marlborough and
Victor Herbert The company in the sup
port of Mr.. Fields is practically the same
as that seen with him last season. Miss
Blanche Ring. however, is newcomer to
the cast She will Play the role OF the
American Ambassadors to the Court OF
Nordland who masquerades as Queen Elsa.
Others in the cast are Harry Fisher, Harry
Davenport, Julius Steger, Joseph Herbert,
William Burress and Joseph Carroll.
The Hippodrome will begin its second
season on Wednesday evening with A
Yankee Circus on Mars and The Raiders"
The incidental circus and specially exhibit
tions will be entirely new The Kaufman
bicycle troup OF twelve girls will hold the
stage during the intermission between the
two scenes. The Cottrel-Powels, riders,
are newcomers also. These are two women
and man. Theresa Rents, in high-school
exhibitions, makes her American debut
.atso.. Marceline, the English clo wi Is
horses ponies and dogs have some novelties.
Few new faces will be seen in the play
proper. OF the principals, Francis j. Boyle,
succeeding Albert Hart. as Si2nor Ihln-
derairo. is the sole stranger. The ballet
is practically intact. AS last season, there
win be two daily performances.
David Warficld and The Music Master"
resume their successful career at the
Bl lou on SdIuTOay evening, hhls liC
opening Of the Belasco season. No change
OF note has been made in the company.
The box Office will open tomorrow, when
seats will be placed on sale for all per-
formances for the first month. including the
special Labor Day matinee and the 3o0tt
night. to be celebrated one week later.
Frank Daniels and his company have
only one week more at the knickerbocker
Theater in the successful musical farce
way for Miss Lulu Chaser in her new opera,
sMiss Dolly Dollars" which comes to the
Knickerbocker Sept. 4.
Augustus Thomass comedy, Mrs. LEI
AnRwell's Boots" and Alfred Sutro's short
pIay, "A Maker Of Men, with which the
evenings performance begins, will remain
at the Lyceum Theater this week only.
vii present Nat c. Goodwin at this house
in a new comedy by w. W. Jacobs and
Louis N. Parker and entitled Beauty and
the Bargee'
RAYMOND Hitchcock in Edward f. Kid
der's new comedy, Easy Dawson enters
on his second week at Wallack's Theater
Monday night. The comedian has thor
oughly congenial part in rip Ddwson,
and Mana ger Henry w. Savage has pro-
vided an adequate scenic equipment. The
cast Is an excellent one, containing John
Bunny, Scott Cooper, Earl Browne, Flora
Zabelle, Jeffreys Lewis, Julie Herne and
Lowell Taylor.
Klaw 4 Changers great spectacular
production Of "The Pearl and the Pumpkin
has scored hit at the Broadway Theater,
where in all likelihood it will make long
run. The costuming and scenery are about
the most brilliant ever seen in an Ameri-
can production Of spectacle. The COM
nany is headed by Edwin Stevens, George
ficba rds. Harry Macdonough, Taylor Gran
vile, Sa ger Midgely, Gertrude Carlisle
and Ida Hawley.
.The Rollicking Girl" with Sam Bernard
and Hattie Williams. is at the Herald Square
for an indefinite time. With Hattie Will
liza ma and Joe Coyne to help him the come
dian is not likely to suffer from the rivalry
of newer shows.
It has about been settled that "Fantana'
will leave the Lyric Theater and the city at
the end Of next month, efforts to find an
other home for it having failed. Its sooth
nerformance in New York will he cele-