New-York tribune., 1906-07-15
OTSTURB SUMMER CALM.
TmDortaut Theatrical announce
ments Cause Discussion.


~. midsummer theatrical luT was disturbed
-. v-eez by two or three important announce
Iris. of which the chief one locally was that
,hs gbuberts had leased the HippodrOme in con-
emotion with NJ. A. Anderson. Of Cincinnati.
T5sv VIII open the house on Labor Day with
-..c,acle Of the same sort and magnitude as
chose produced by Thompson & Dundy.
The Court OF Special Sessions decided last
.,, that while Arnold Daily may not be
1rbIic henefactor in producing Mrs. Warrens
PP-osessior' the play was sufficiently revolving
T- 1aIv is now abroad, and it is not yet known
sbe viii put the much advertised play on again.
The New Theatre Association of Chicago an
,o,nces a play contest to mark its first season,
tSe details of which are told elsewhere on this
1spe Klaw & Erlanger are to give budding
TITsvWrights q similar chance They have taken
n the zine of the Chestnut Street Theatre in
pbna6elrhia and have organized a stock COM
1env which from January to June ], viii pro-
suce ten original plays, each to run two weeks
Six Of these ten plays alfeaog nave oeen
'Tbey are The Round-Up,'' by Edmund Day; "A
Marriage Of Reason by Hartley Manners; Mann sl;
scoggles and Gasolene," an adaptation from the
German; s'The Energetic Mr.. West" by Edgar
selEyn: a farce by John J. McNally, who has
been grinding out the Rogers Brothers farces
for several years and Peaches" by George V.
HOBART Following these plays four original
musical comedies will be tried out.
The bills Of the local theatres and roof far
sers remained practically unchanged last week,
and the only extensive changes announced for
~
"The Lion and the Mouse" at the Lyceum, the
o1e show in town not Of the usual summer type,
has been so successful that it will run here all
summer. The beach resorts and amusement en-
Ssrnrises are now at the flood tide Of the season.
and are visited nightly by thousands.
There win be the usual number Of concerts to-
night. AT the Wistaria Garden. the New
York Theatre roof. there is to be a special bill.
Selections from 'AGamzelle Champagne" ana
some vaudeville features win make up the Dill
al the Madison Square Garden roof. The sun
6ay concert at Hammerstein's viii have ArtnuT
Prince the ventTiloQuist; Aiachnow, the giant
moving pictures OF the wreck spectacle at Brigh-
Ton Beach; Lalla Selbini, Rice & Provost, ana
most OF the other people from tneH Cally oi or1.
There VIII be a concert at keith & Proclor
Twenty-third Street and One Hundred and
Twenty-ffth Street theatres, and band concert
at the Terrace Garden. in East 5oth street
The pony ballet has danced His Honor the
wayor" at the New York Theatre TO its third
month Of success. Counting in Miss Blanche
Ring as the other great factor in the success OF
fhe show it is seldom that a production OF this
character has met with greater enthusiasm; !,
ne dash and swing OF His Honor the Mayor
have made It q particular welcome addition TO the
hot weather anausements OF the Town, oUcIA
musical numbers as Waltz Ne Around Again,
Willie; "Come. Take a Skate with Me- ana q
military Willie" are being whistled and sung all
about town
Plans are already being made to celebrate
attingly the 150th performance OF ''The Social
Whirf" at the Casino on August 10. The show
has now whirled along into its fifteenth week
with diTlinution Of it's first success, to Whicn
Maude Raymond with her inimitable coon
song" and Ada Lewis, whose tough girls nave
always made such a hit have contributed IN no
small degree. With sEch other principals as
Miss Adele Richie, Miss Blanche Deyo, MISS
Irene Hobson. Charles J. Ross and Joseph Coyne.
and the unusual chorus to keep things moving,
The Social WhirP probably will last well into
fall.
Arthur Prince. the English ventriloquist will
continue TO head the bill at Hammerstein's this
week Others who viii appear there are Mach
now, the giant; DrOnZa, the talking head; tne
Six Musical Cuttys. Lalla Selbini, the bathing
beauty; the SpOok Minstrels, Rico ana tFeVosI'
Tom Hearn, the juggler; Collins and Hart the
Piccolo midgets and the Sharp brothers.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell begins her American
tour under the management OF the Shuberts on
October -, at Newark, in a new play, the title
Of which has not been announced.
There are to be several changes this week IN
Part II OF Seeing New York." at Wistaria
Grove. Reno and Richards. pair Of grotesqut
comedians will be ADDED to the bill, with Pongc
and Lee in comic gymnastics. Salerno, the Jug
Eler, VIII stay there only one week more; Neo
Wayburns 'Rain-Dears" and the unusual nnaie
quartet viii be continued. Carrie De Mar
miinicry. Al Leech's grotesque dancing ah0
Cheridah Simpsons singing are stiu attracting
attention in the first part Of the SHOW
A nightly concert by twenty-five picked mem
bers Of the 9th Regiment Band is attracting
attention at the Terrace Garden IN East 0oIl
street.
The Governors Son." at the New Amsterdam
Aerial Theatre, IS going its way unchecked, witt
George NJ Conan in the title role. Neither no
weather nor rainy nights serve 10 keep the cIow'
away. Miss Ethel Levey and Miss Truly Shat-
tuck well as Jerry J. Conan, add TO the Lui
OF the summer friVolity-
The dance OF the Little Red Devils" in IN
Tourists" which will be in town in few weeks
is reported from Boston as being the merTles
thing IN the way Of a ballet inaglnapIe;; ~ ~
OF the tourists, having imbibed not Wisely ~, 20
too we'll are set upon by the little req ~ ueHll@
who behave most astonishingly. The dance Wa s;
devised by r. II. Burnside. general stage u
rector for the ShubeTts-
East Lynne" VIII be produced at the Wes
End Theatre this week. Miss Leah Lessl appear
Ing Lady Isabel and Nine Vine.
''The Lion and the Mouse" viii stay at the 1y'
eeugn all summer The Chicago company aIsC
viii remain at the Illinois Theatre until Sep
tember !, when 1t win 90 TO Boston
The musical comedy sketch of Miss Mabe
Hite and Walter Jones win head the bin this
week al Keith & PrOctor's Union Square The
atre Selbini and Grovini viii appear in jug
Cling and bicycling act; the three Ronays. wh6
made such q hit al the HippoGrOme and Jeanne
Ardelle, in a dancing speciality, also will mak'
tner appearance. Others on the bill are Stan
icy and Wilson, In a musical act; Coakley ant
Enrique. horizontal bars; Ben Welch, Curtis
Sad Adams. Deimore and Darrell and Wllbei
Amos
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