The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-08
JACKsoN's
.THE HoNEYMoONERs." ;"

Everyone likes Cohan music, so much so in fact, that this young genius is to-day one of the most popular com posers in America. For this reason alone his newest and brightest song show. s'The Honeymooners'' is scoring an astounding success on the road. The Honeymooners'' which is the at traction at Jackson's this evening comes from it's phenomenal aIl-sum- mer run at the New Amsterdam Thea tre. where during the entire heated term. it played to capacity at $2.O0 prices. The complete New Amsterdam Mir. Conan has packed the piece with music, there being no less than twenty big musical numbers. interpreted by cast of twenty and chorus Of forty pretty girls. Among the songs are half a dozen pronounced hits, among them being 'Kid Days" '"The Honey mooners" is crowded with action and fun. It deals with life in the town of Tigervi1le. Vermont, and gets more comedy out of small town life than anyone ever supposed was there. The plot. is logical and strong and deals with love and politics and sport. The production is unusually elaborate and costly and the company is made up of Broadway favorites. MT. Cohan insist ing upon the brightest players in the business as his assistants. There was large attendance this afternoon and they seemed inmeasurably delighted
 
 The sale of seats for the evening per for1nance is very heavy and indicates another big attendance.
 'wE ARE KING"
 Manager Jackson announces that he Weber in Walker Whiteside's greatest comedy success, we Are Kring,'' a sterling and meritorious comedy in three acts. We Are King" written Magic Melody nas been highly en- dorsed by press and public. The scenic arrangements will be the per lection of stagecraft. and carried to it's entirety. We Are King will be presented at Jacksons tomorrow aft ernoon and evening at popular prices.
 MISS CECIL .SPOoNER.
 Contrary to her custom Miss Spoon CT who will be seen here Friday. mati- nee and evening is this season playing but one piece, .The Little Terror" a four act comedy drama by Amelia Weed Holbrook. '"The Little Terror was originally a magazine short story by Fitz James Mccarthy which ap- peared in Harper's Weekly. It told of the transformation of a rough. un- couth girl reared in the new country of New Mexico into a, woman of re- f1nement and culturein the environ ment- of an aristrocratic New England
 
 is doing the best work of her career in Miss Holbrook's play. The char acter is one that affords this clever leading woman an abundance of op- portunities for the display of her many talents. Miss Spooner is again sur rounded by an extraordinary company of supporting players many of them being old favorites and she will. of course. be seen in several speciaIties of her own origination. Seats are now on sale.
 ttSTRONGHEART.'
 Every college boy will recognize in .tSt~ongheart'' the play of Columbia varsity life which is to be presented in this city Saturday with a special bar gain matinee. many familiar types. William c. De Mile. the author, who is a Columbia boy. has written clever ly of the life he knows and a glance at his characters show many of the wejl-known figures of college life. Foremost. there is Strongheart the college-bred Indian. He is a NP. G. His companions are respectively, senior a junior. a special, a senior by courtesy, a soph. a freshie. sport. a ccacll, a grind, a back, a trainer, a rubber and a mascot. All of these are played by actors carefully selected for the role they assume. There is little doubt that collegians will recognize and commend the faithfulness to life of the portrayals. Seat sale this