The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-07
VARIETY THEATRES
OPEN FALL SEASON
Houses in Manhattan and
Brooklyn Have Many vaude-
vile Offerings.
BURLESQUE MAKES IT'S BID

The e vaudeville season opened
out Greater New York ,pc,cd their
doors with ambitious offerings to please
tho patrons OF the two a day entertain
ment. Some had been enlarged and
redecorated inc others rave changed
their policy and style of bills.
The Palace Theatre, the only big
time" variety house to remain open all
summer, Ia showing this week Ger
trude Hoffman, in Max Reinhardt's pro-
ducton OF "Sumurun." with Prof. Rich
ard Ordynski in III character Of the
~hunchback. 1t Is now in the third
week OF It's engagement and has proved
one OF the most artistic and successful
pieces pu on the vaudeville stage. Or
Vile Harold and his wife. Lydia
Locke, come next in importance and in
terest. with a variety Of operate and
other songs delivered In a finished and
pleasing style. Eddie Leonard has re-
turned to blackface comedy and is CIV
Ing some of his inimitable minstrel
songs. Others are Fannie Brice, rrni-
kofr and Rose and Stan Stanley.
Four Mortons at Colonial.
The Colonial Theatre. after extern
W htlOnrg ~ tkhln oDtn ulut
Its old time policy o. first class vauds-
vile. The bill this week consists
OF the our Mortons. Taylor Granville
In The Yellow Streak" Ryan IND
Tierney. the lie Grohs. Emmerson and
Baldwin, Bonner and Powers the
Dancing La Vars. n others In an ex-
cellently constructed entertainment.
Another New York variety theatre
which opened the new season this week
Is the Alhambra. During the summer
this playhouse vas devoted 10 motion
pictures. The bill now comprises 10y
ard and McCane, Nat NJ. Wills. Bonnie
Glass and her dog In a dancing feature.
Laura Burt, Odiva and her troupe Of
trained seals. Henry Stanford. George
Mckay m Ottie Ardine. Tower n
Darrell and the Aerial Budds. Sunday
concerts will be inaugurated as
beginning next week.
Dave Marion's burlesque Around the
WORLD Is occupying the stage OF the
Columbia Theatre this week. II Is n
humorous story of mistaken Identity.
The company includes besides Marion,
Harry Jolson. Barney Pagan. Agnes
Buehler, Irene Young. Rosie Mack n
a large chorus OF pretty girls.
At the Yorkvilie Theatre. newly
acquired by the Columbia Amusement
Company. the Military Maids burlesque
organization IL presenting The Rival
Grocer in two acts and several scenes.
In the company are Lydia Jospy, Blanche
Baird. Gladys Sears. Jack Honan. Harry
Lang. Harry Keller. Margaret Arnold.
Frank Welsh and n number of others.
Variety in Brooklyn.
The principal vaudeville house in
Brooklyn on the Keith circuit, the
Orpheum. opened the new season this
week with an ''all star" bill. The in
terror OF the nous has been entirely done
over and several structural alterations
made. The bill consists OF Nora Bayes
as the particular attraction, followed by
Al Golde and company, Leo Pirn'xoff
and Ethel Rose. Dooley and Sales, Paul
Armstrong; playlet woman Proposes"
Henry Lewis, Sanity and Norton. the Six
American Dancers and the Claremont
Brothers.
Belle Baker heads the bill at the
Bushwick Theatre. Brooklyn, this week
In some new pms Another Paul Arm
strong playlet, THE Banks Half Mil
Hon. is also shown. Other players In
clude Lillian Heirlein, a ! and Fannie
Steadman. Edwina Barry n compan
In The Home Breaker" Kenneth Casey,
the California Orange Packer and Gas
ton Palmer. This is the second week of
the season for the Bushwick and con-
certs are given every Sunday afternoon
and evening.
~Brooklyn's chief burlesque playhouse,
the Star. Is showing this week an enter
tainment called Improving Nature"
presented by the American Bellies Com
pany, which Includes Walter Parker.
George Frye. Hawley and Bennett,
Marks and Rosa, Lillian Smalley, wini-
fred La France and Anna Ford. An
added attraction Is Zallah in exhibitions
OF classic dancing.
The New Brighton Theatre. Brighton
Beach. is entering upon its Anal week OF
the summer season. Kate Fillmore and
Sam Williams. Marshall Montgomery,
Violet Dale and Theodore Bendix and
his symphony players constitute the
chief features of a highly entertaining
bin. Others are Betty Bond and Jimmy
Casson, sue smith. the Flying Henrys
and Gormley and Garery.