The Washington herald., 1911-03-19
NEW YORK THEATERS

New York. March 1S.-Within the last
two years the New Amsterdam Theater
has had 50 many hits that it has become
known as the playhouse OF successes.
Last year The Merry Widow" ran an
entire season. clearing 4 profit Of $4,000,
ard this season Madame Sherry" has
been on view for months. and during
that time has drawn capacity audiences.
MonGay Of this week kIaw & Erlanger
produced musical comedy, called The
Pink Lady" which proceeded to score a
triumph. The music of the new piece is
by Ivan CaryiI. with the book adapted
by c. NJ S. Mcclellan from a French OPP
cretta, entitled The Satyr. The new
piece is filled 10 Overfowlag with ex-
tremely tUnefuI songs and ChoruSes, like
all of CarylTs music. The story is CO.
hereut and understandable, and as such
is Of unusual merit Klaw & Erlanger
have furnished a cast of unusual excel
lenCe Almost all of them are well known
and popular here. AS an acting and
singing organization nothing quite so
good has been seen on our stage in re-
cent years. The principals, all of them,
can act as we'll as sing. and the chorus
has not one chair warmer" The entire
performance, which is a merry one, was
received with tumultuous applause and
many encores by an audience that pack
ed the big play house from the orchestra
rail to the last seat in the gallery. The
production is magnificent, the costumes
and scenery being particularly brilliant.
The Pink Lady is a winner and well
l come 20 our city.
At the Hipp6drome last week there was
introduced a new feature called March
ing Through Georgia" As its title indi-
cafes, the scene is laid in the South, and
plantation songs, dances. and choruses
are presented with good effect by a COM
pany of 800 people. In addition to the
regular organization, a band of jubilee
singers appears in characteristic songs
and dances. The new feature has been
we'll received by the public.
As ] said not long ago. the New Thea
ter will cease to be a house of dramatic
productions at the end of this month.
And next season opera in English
French, and German will be presented
there. Director Winthrop Ames an
nOunCes that the founders of the New
Theater will build or buy another house
farther down town in which TO establish
the dramatic company now attached 10
the New Theater. We shall see.
William Collier. jr., has been engaged
to play an important part in the an-kid
performance of "Pomander Walk" which
is TO. he given Easter week at Wallack's
Theater in aid of Mrs. James Speyer's
charity, St. Mary's Free Hospital for Chill
dren. Master Collier, who is every bit
Of eight years old, fancies he could play
LennoN Pawle's part of the masquerad-
ing butler, Mr.. BrOOke-H Hoskyn, and with
much OF the UnCtuOus humor the older
actor brings to the role. Brooke
Hoskyn is his first choice but he likes
every character in the comedy of happi-
ness, and should Hugh Ford, who is
TO stage the novelty for Liebler & Co.,
decide on another role, Master William
will accept with thanks. The young man
is at present in I'll Be Hanged If Do"
supporting his well-known father He
made his only other appearances in "A
Lucky Star" carrying off a role which
required the speaking of German. He
is credited init grosser erfolg.
The Deep Purple" keeps on crowding
the Lyric Theater to the point where the
strlct Observance of the regulations of |
the fire department means the loss
Liebler & Co. managers of the attrac-
ton, OF many hundreds of dollars !
nightly. The play has attracted more dis |
cussion than any crime" play in wears |
Acted by Emmett Corrigan. Richard Rem
nett, Jameson Lee Finney, w. ]. Ferpu- /
son, Ada Dwyer, and other capable NAV