Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-05-20

Total weeks revived musical comedies. 20
Total weeks of open producing the.
Number Of producing theaters,......,... IS
Season ,reckoned from opening OF IN, inc
Dramas in German and Russian not In
Guided in the computations.
Coming Events.
This has been set down as the closing
week OF the engagement Of the woodward
Stock company at the Burwood theater,
and the bill selected for the event is THE
Little Minister" play that was most SUE
cessfully produced earlier in the season.
Miss Lang will be called on to repeat her
wonderfully interesting characterization OF
Lady Babbie, the sweetest and most allur-
ing of all the Barrie heroines, and Mr.,
Morrison will again be Gavin Dlshart,
reverend and revered pastor Of the Aud
LIGHT Presbyterian church Of Thrums.
Their tale Of love will be told. and the soul
wrestle OF grim old Tammas Whammand,
who would do his duty, no matter If the
blow crushed his own heart as II must
those Of others. Rab Dow, and Micah, and
the others Of the community will be seen
again, and the whole piece in all its beauty
will be presented as 1t should be. Harry
Long is directing the production. and looks
for even greater success than he made
last October. The first performance will be
at a matinee this afternoon, and the piece
will run all week, with the usual matinees.
On Monday night the S5Oth performance of
the company will be signalized by the
presentation of souvenir photographs OF
Miss Mary Hill.
1.-THE Moonshiners, which Is TO be at the
aNo NRv,u tod Ia n
pen Of Joseph Shepherd, The title imme-
diately oonjures in the imagination fights
between the manufacturer of Illicit whisky
and tho revenue officer. which is correct
the play dealing materially with these tive
important factors of the moonshine bust
ness, the one working as hard to thwar
as the other is to protect the interests
of the government. Naturally these tive
warning factors must meet during the &C
ton OF the play, which occurs in thu
fourth act when the Illicit still is raided by
the revenue officers. The love story which
runs throughout the play is one Of grea
beauty and deep heart interest, true t
nature. original in conception and artistic
in treatment.
''Buster Brown" Melville B. Raymond
lively skit, founded on the famous cartoons
of the same name, will return to the Krut
next Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
will not be exactly new, 10 many, as 4
was produced here before. when the verdic
was most favorable. II has been thor
oughly proven that the public wants thi'
class Of amusement something TO please
the eye and ear and situations that ar,
trresistably funny. As a novel, laugh-pro
ducing musical potpourri with lots o
bright-syed, laughing chorus girls "Buste
Brown" perhaps nils the bill much bette
than the average of this class. The faith
full presentation of Buster and T1ge upoi
the stage has caused the greatest merri
ment among the children throughout tn
country and In consequence the matinee
are invariably large, While Buster Brow
is a child character, he IL by no mean
embarrassing to grown people. Manage
Raymond has surrounded the two eentra
figures, Buster and Tige, with large an
efficient chorus in addition to the princi
pals and comedians. The costuming an
stage settings are said to be elaborat
and many musical numbers cleverly exc
cuted. The usual matinees will be give
during the week.
A new place Of amusement opens tonigh
at Eighteenth and Douglas. Crystal Par
theater will open this evening with polit
vaudeville and the management wishes t
say to the public that this place will b
run on a strictly refined plan, police
man will be on duty at all performance
and 1t will cater to ladies and childre
and wishes to make 1t a ladies' resort
This park is booked in conjunction wit
other parks and houses, making 1t one o
the largest independent circuits in tn
country There will be two shows ever
night. All new people every Sunday an
an entire change of program every Thurs
day night. The seats are raised in such
manner that each and every person get
full view of the stage-seats with back
! and foot rests. Performances last one hou
and half.