The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-24
NEWS OF The THEATRES
THE COBI IN LAYERS on THE
COII MBIt CtNPI
A SERIES oI AL~sp~srIan Performance
TO he Given THIS neck Ansthrr
English singing tomr'iirOne Heads
the New HiIl AZ the American Root.

the New biil ~ the American hooi'
The department 10 English of the sum
tn.r SESSION Of Columbia University has
Arran gel for a series 81 open air perform-
Ancs-, 10y the C0Surn Players for this week
There players, who were az Columbia last
simmer appear annually At the principal
universities throughout the country, CIV
ing Shakespeare and other classics. The
performances will he given on the campus
a. i.Oth street between Broadway and
Amster lam avenue. and the repertoire
consists Of AS You Like It. ON Monday
evening. Romeo and juliet ON Tuesday.
The Canterbury Pilgrims 10y Percy Mac
KAye on Wednesday. The Electra ot
EIripiisss- on Friday. Twelfth Night on
saturlayaftrruoon. and Much Ado About
Sothiug- ola Saturday evening
Seven Days al IN. Aston Theatre Is
proving that comedy doesn't have To
have a short skirted chorus and music tn
run all summer seven Days has none
81 these hat il has jolly and wholesome
fun all the way through. II II entering
IN its tenth month and the public Is Etill
going Co see II in large numbers.
Louis Mann Is IN the midst II PROSPER
Gus 81 gagement at the Lyric. appearing
IN his own three act farce comedy. The
Cheater IN. farce has turned out To be
especially appropriate mt the present time,
- u deals with the preItIcam"i't Of IA re-
former who iuherits an al = Ighi Saloon OF
the sort now being investigated hy Mayor
6ayror Ia addition To MIR Mann. N"
company includes Ma;hille Cottr"lly,
Emily Ann N"llman, Parke PRtt"n, Ethel
z " Kelly. Albert Parker. VI Martini
JOhu Bunny and Edward Horton
Louis Leon Hall formerly leading man
Of the Corsa PAXTON stock company. will
return to that organization to-morro~ FOR
aweek and play the title role in 81 Elmo
the drama IIation ~ George Barr
McCutCh.spn's book. which will I've the at
traction - the Academy Of Music
This - the second week - Eddl. Foy
IN TN and Down Broadway az the
Casino Theatre Foy as MomHs Janitor
~ the Highhruw club on Mount ParnaszIs
and Emma CartIs as M'lDowCHe the Muse
81 Tragedy, head the cast. hut another
feature Of tn" production ~ Adelaide the
dancer. who - seen during the interpolated
vaudeville entertainment ~ the second
act TIP and Down Broadway ~ med
lev Of songs burlesques. comedy episodes.
chorus numbers and specialtes, every
thing being the hest Of its kind The
company numbers more than $50 includ-
ing girls galore
Lev FIELDS big musical production
sThe Summer Widoxers- enters upon It's
eighth week At the Broadway Theatre
Tomorrow night and 1t can safely be-
announced that II il duplicating the sue
cess Of it's predecessors. The Midnight
Sons and The Jolly Bachelors Lew
Fields himself is in the cast and he ~ ably
assisted by Irene Franklin. Ada Lewis
Daisy Dumont. Alice Dovey and many
others
Life l. a Merry Go Round a. sung
nv Joseph Cawthorn IN -Girlies. ~ a very
good indication Of the spirit 81 Frederi"
Thompson's big summer show at the New
Am sterdam Theatre The chorus Of
sixty is a. attractive a. ever and It's units
cont nue. to display an enthusiasm IN
their work that furnishes grounds for tho
belief that they enjoy the show much
a. the people on the other SIDE ~ the foot
lights
Reminiscent Rastims ReSuc- the
latest added novelty 10 the -tolhes 81
isio- ~ the Jardin dc Paris gives prom
ise of being IN" most important fsatur"
~ the entertainment II - made up ~
the raCtim" songs from other Iisgf"ld
shows
The third we.k uf the enlargement -
the Behman Show az IA" Columbia Theatre
begins to-morrow afternoon Tn. per
Torrance consists Of burlesquc and vaude-
vile. the former being supplied 10y a large
company 81 comedians and NocaiistS
assisted hy an attraCtIV" chorus and bal
let The vaudeville hill for tins wsrk
Includes the GasCh sisters who do an
acrobatic act Misc Mabelle Morgan who
" announced as the Australian Lillian
Russell and Wa Lynch aud company
IN rural one act play
IONA vnvav an English character sing
ngcomNdienne. " III make her first appear
ance IN this country ~ hsadliner % an
entirely new entertainment n the Amer
can Roof Garden this week She imper-
sona,es several characters. ranging from
the chic Parsienne 10 the lovabla Scotch
assie and in tho chorus ~ each song she
70 accompanied by six persons appro-
prtatsly costurned James = Corbett "a IN
continue 20 tell his story 81 the priZefight
and FellN and Cairo " Nv present their sing
ing and dancing Skit. just X IDS George
Henry Trader will b" seen IN Oscar :
Birthday lively farce adapted from the
French bv himself Gin Gordon. The
German senator. the Narimha Rand
fhe Niennese Posing Beauties IN new living
rictures Williamsand Wa lk.r' = Chocolate
Drops Lambert brothers. gymnasts and
Reid Sisters. aCrpbatIc dancers. complete
the hill
This il tho last week ~ Nile Polaira
and Jack johnson. the pug list AT Ham
mers'ein's Victoria Roof Garden Me
polaire appears IN one act play called
-Te Visite,ir.- and johnson gives an ~.
hhiiiun ~ bag punching and boxing
Ten other acts ar" on the programme