Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25


after being open for forty-nine
consecutive weeks. the longest
season recorded at any local
theater in a great many years.
In fact it is to be doubted If any other
Washington theater ever came quite so
near To being open an entire year, Which
record Manager Taylor would have reached
had not Miss Walker been forced to com
mence rehearsals in New York. The sea-
son was the second year OF the tenancy of
David Belasco and the Shubert Theatrical
Company. and was the most prosperous sea-
son the house has ever known. During the
season David Warfeld played THE Music
Master" during one week to gross receipts
OF $50 SnG declared to be the greatest re-
ceipts ever known at a Washington theater
for dramatic attraction in any one week.
This record also broke Mr.. Warheids best
records for other engagements IN tne
United States. so that both he and MI
Belasco have good reason to remember the
engagement here. Other notable engage
meuts PLAYED were those of the Metropoh-
tan Grand Opera Company, Mrs. Fiske,
Sothern and Marlowe, Blanche Bates ana
Lew Fields all of whom played to splen-
did receipts. De Wolf Hopper played TWO
big engagements during the season
The regular season of the Beiasco cioseo
May IL and the summer season was opened
Nav IL by Edwin Arden, who played for
nine weeks Miss Charlotte Walker became
the star of the summer stock company
Julv II and for six weeks has played what
Is reported to be the largest receipts ever
known for a summer stock company In
Washington. The new season OF the Beias-
co will open in September. probably Septem-
Der -. with Joe Weber's company In hip
Hip. Hurrah." his newest production.
fascinating Flora" will be another early
production The full list of bookings Will
be announced in a few days
With the closing of the summer opera
season at the New National last night TINS
popular playhouse brings to close one OF
the longest consecutive runs in Its history.
Opening its season of 19O6-O7 September B.
the theater has had remarkable series Oh
engagements covering nearly hfty-one
weeks during which period nearly all OF
the most noted stars Of the American ana
foreign stage have appeared behind us loo'-
lights.
The attractions being booked for the new
season. which opens Monday, September TO-
arc all of the highest class. The early part
of the new season gives promise OF pelns
omit. th. most notable in local stage MS
tory bringing to this playhouse a number
of New York successes, both dramatic ana
musical that have been the talk of Broad
way for over two years. One of the earlier
attractions will be THE Christian Plgrim'
an adaptation of Pilgrims Progress. with
Miss henrietta Crosman appearing as
Christian. Mrs. Leslie Carter VIII also ap-
pear during the earlier weeks. Her roper,
toire will likely be "Du Barry, Zaza
and others. Some of the big prooucuohs
booked include "Ben-Hur' on an eiaoo-
rate scale; Klaw & changers big company
in The silver Girl; The Red Mill, sam
Bernard, Miss Blanche Walsh and others TO
be announced later
For the next two weeks the big playhouse
will be in the hands of cleaners and deco
rators preparing the auditorium ana stage
for the sason of 1907-OS.
Rebuilt. reseated and refurnished, the
New Academy of Music, for years one of
washington's most popular playhouses, will
open Its doors for the season of lSOI-OS Win
a special matinee performance Monday,
September g Fer weeks past the cry has
been When will the Academy get open!
and the management has announced that
whether entirely completed in the matter or
detail, the big playhouse Will reopen on the
above date The Academy has for years
been known to theatrical managers as one
of the best and most successful melodrama
theaters in the country, having 10 us eredit
several OF the biggest weeks business In the
history OF popular-priced houses. On the
Stair & Havlin circuit of attractions the
theater stands alone in Washington as the
exponent Of me,odrama, that ever-popular
sword and pistol variety of stage diversion.
The opening attraction for the Academy
will be Al. II. Woods stirring drama Of
domestic life, Since Nellie Went Away"
play that will come to Washington for
the first time when seen at this houses, and
which brings with 1t reputation from New
York as a thriller in every sense of the
term.
Mr. John Lyons, of the most popular
of local managers, will again occupy the
managers chair at the New Academy. AS
ISOLATED with him will be the same capable
business staff as heretofore. Mr.. Zach
WaIskv for years tfe advertising represent
tative will again have charge of the thea
ter's publicity.
The sale of reserved seats begins Thurs
day. August %. at am. No change will
be made in the order of prices-25 and 80
cents.