Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-12

EALLY tangible evidence Of the
approach OF the time for the
- opening OF the theaters Is given
kEEs21I in the announcement Of the per-
sonnet OF the Burwood stock com
pany for the winter. Mr.. o. d. Woodward
president Of the Woodward q Burgess
Amusement company, has recently come
back from New York, where he has been
arranging bookings for the nineteen thea
ters controlled by the firm. He makes the
announcement that the stock company for
the coming season will contain many Of
the people who made themselves so popular
here last winter. Miss Lang will not be
at the head Of the company again. as she
Will spend the winter in Kansas City. where
she will have the leading roles at the Audi
torium. Her place will be taken by Miss
Lorna Elliott, said to be very capable
woman. Albert Morrison will again be the
leading man, a fact that will be received
with much appreciation by those who en-
joyed Mr.. Morrison's work last season.
Others In the company will be Miss Marie
Hudson Miss Mary Hill, Miss Martin, Miss
Fern Kreihbiel, Grant Simpson, Charles
schoheld, John Davies, John s. Todd, Carl
Fey and Harry Long. Mr., Long will again
be the stage director and give his atten-
ton to the staging and rehearsal Of oil the
plays This assures appropriate stage set
tings for each and is a guarantee OF careful
drilling OF the company for each produce
ton. Mr.. Long is q conscientious and
painstaking stage director and has made for
himself a place high in the esteem of
Omaha people. Most Of this company will
come back like old friends who have merely
been away a vacation, and the opening
performance, which will be on Saturday
the nature OF genuine ovation. 1.-THE
Charity Ball. is announced as the first
bill, and Mr.. Woodward says a fine lot
of plays has been selected for the season.
About the Boyd, Mr.. Woodward says his
list Of bookings for that house are the
best in several seasons. A number of the
newest Of New York and Chicago successes
are promised and line OF plays and play
ers in general that will appeal strongly to
the folks who like to go to the theater.
The opening bill will be "As Told in tho
Hills" which is now doing a remarkable
business in Chicago. 1t will be offered
early in September. The Marie Cahill an
nouncement for late in August has been
withdrawn, and It is doubtful If she will
he sent on tour at all during the winter
Another announcement that ought to be
kept in mind is made On the authority of
Mr. Louis Nethersole, brother and manager
of Olga Nethersole, who writes that she
will be in Omaha at the Boyd for an en-
gagement beginning on March L. The Boyd
is still in the hands of the decorators and
upholsterers, and when opened will look
like new theater.
The success that has attended the BiJou
90 far has encouraged the management to
believe that it will be permanent, and the
men at the head are already laying plans
for extensions that will make their play
house more attractive even than It is. They
argue that Omaha is big enough to support
two vaudeville houses and propose TO give
the matter thorough trial. SO far the
bills at the Bijou have been uniformly good
and the one-act plays by the stock COM
pany, which close the evening, have been
most enjoyable. Manager Van Dyke has
been fortunate in securing people with the
ability of Mr.. Truesdel and Miss May for
the place, while Miss Courtney has not
only been a success as n member of the
stock company but has made tremendous
hit as a singer Of illustrated ballads. The
venture looks very encouraging SO far, but
its real test will come after the other
theaters have started on the winter cam
paign.
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