Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-27
The
Theatres
KEITH & PROCTOR'S.
F~ifty-eighth Street.

theatre are attracting audiences OF q
class which never before patronized
this kind of amusement. 1.-THE Vaude-
vile Mint" as the Fifty-eighth
street theatre is now known, has
never held such large audiences as it
does now. Verify, there is a place
for Keith & Proctor in the public
patronage, for the Fifty-eighth street
house is now 'All the Money" That
dainty diminutive Coincidence, Toby
Claude, tops the all-star program for
the week of October /. Miss Claude
Will sing four songs, including her
famous English ditty, MY Word"
Lasky, Rolfe & Company present
their latest novelty, The IA Black
Hussars, the worlds greatest colored
musical organization, introducing the
sensational hit, 1.-THE Bass Drum
Trust" The speciality was staged by
Lewis Hooper, the uniforms supplied
by Warnock and the instruments by
Conn. The Eight English Primroses
is a big ensemble act of an octet of
beautifully gowned girls, who sing
original songs and execute several
quaint dancing numbers. The Eli
more Sisters, late stars of Mrs. De-
laney of Newport" occupies an i'm
portant position on the bill and
others are: willard Sims & Co., in a
roaring farce; Avery & Hart, the
most successful colored team in
vaudeville, will offer a new budget of
material; Monroe & Wesley, repartee
comedians; Nat Haines, black-face
monologist, and pretty Mabelle Ad-
ans, violinist.
One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street
The unprecedented excellence of
the shows at Keith & Proctor's One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth street the
atre is attracting record-breaking at
tendance week after week, and the
magnitude of the productions is
causing widespread comment. A
positive dramatic treat is in store for
Harlemites during the week of Octo-
Der L. "Hoodman Blind" by Henry
Arthur Jones and Wilson Barrett,
and one of the greatest m%elodramas
sof the age, will be the attraction. 1t
will be one of the biggest scenic pro-
ductions ever seen in Harlem, there
being four acts and fourteen scenes.
Over seventy-five people will be in
the cast.
Fifth Avenue.
Mr.. B. F. Keith and Mr.. F. F.
Proctor win reopen the Fifth avenue
theatre, Broadway and Twenty
eighth street, on Monday evening,
October, /. In many respects this
will be one of the most important
theatrical events of the present sea-
son. 1t will mark the beginning of
their joint control of hat playhouse,
it will reveal the establishment in a
brand new dress, for the architects
and designers have been altering
both the stage and the auditorium for
the last two months; and further
more the opening will be made extra
ordinary in the annals OF vaudeville
through the debut of Mrs. Langtry,
the internationally famous profess
sional beauty and star whose last ap-
p~earances in this country took place
two years ago in comedies and dram
as under the direction of MIR. Charles
Frohman. She arrives in this coun-
try from her home in England under
a remarkably renumerative con-
tract-in fact representing the larg-
est pecuniary outlay that has ever
been made either by Mr.. Keith, Mr..
Proctor or any other vaudeville man
ager to secure the services of a par
ticular star. Mrs. Langtry will bring
her own company and scenery and
costumes specially made for her in
Paris and London; and she will ap-
pear in a strong and varied society
drama in one act, entitled, Between
the Nightfall and the Light" The
| scene Is South Africa and the action
| will take place just after the war In
that country. Mrs. Langtry is on the
S. S. Philadelphia, which sailed from
| South Hampton on Saturday. Next
to Mrs. Langtry is Mr.. Thomas J.
| Keough & Co., representing the hum
| orous sketch, 'How He Won Her.
and others who will appear on this
great bill are: The Royal Musical
Five; Besnah Il Miller, song and
dance artists; Gertrude Gebest In
songs; Rotations and violin SOLOS;
Borani & Nevarro, comdey acrobats;
| Willie Weston, in his remarkable I'M
presentations; Kenney Hollis, singing
and talking speciality, and the Pryors,
in a dainty sketch.
Union Square.
Each week brings a brilliant ofer-
ing to Keith & Proctor's Union
| Suuare theatre and to usher in the
initial week of October, the manage
ment has secured Harden's Electrical
| Ballet, the most brilliant extrava-
| ganza the American stage has ever
| seen. The. act comes direct from
Europe where for the past seven
years 1t has been the rage. 1t ran
for months at a time at the Empire
London, and the Olympia, Paris
! With gorgeous costumes, tunelul
music and some startling electric Ell
| fects. twenty-six dancers and panto'
mimists give this act, called, Star
light" which is pronounced the pref
test novelty the stage has ever had
Harriet Harden, the originator and
nrodrcer of the act, is q pretty and
clever American girl. She will tbt
recalled for her big success in Jack
and the Beanstalk" several years age
and in several other big sp~ectacles, il
which she danced, as we'll as origin
ated and produced novel ballets
Carleton Macy & Maude Edna Hall
who have scored a tremendous hit II
their-new and capital vehicle, "The
Maybe and the JAY" will be tne
special feature and others VINO VII
| contribute to the success of the pro
| gram are. The -Four FOrdS, Whosf