The billboard (June 1910)

Tn« Billboard 6 BILLY MAKES HIS BOW Neir Swbal Rod i idion Gwdi Ct&ago ^ Pzemieie with SHuey iDrew in Leadmjf'Role—Crilks-Pronounce-it a Clever Farce Comeay Acted hy Clever Pwple---Critidnis Uiumimpiuly Favoiable Uajr 30 (SnccUl to Tb« BlUboaid).— I 8. ud Le* Staabert.. lac.. ptMant THK CAST. ■ football hero .. Mr. Drtw Us fatbcr .. .. O«o. " Mn. BiifTcirr, hli Mlhcr .. Mas OanllM AUc* BugrciTe, Us tUUr.. 3Um Balk AUn ....Mw . Bloart Baboon >^!74tS Darotiieo Sadllcr > ••...B. Binklo Dnw ..- Alfnd Barclay a«orB« Pierce . .. .. Cbarlc* Clusatoa .. .. Albert B. 'WUlUma .. BpMtlsvoad AltkM Captala ■ Doctor .. ■• Btewaid .. .. Sacocd Steward Id the Clileaxo Dally New*.. Any Laalte aald: BlUy la a bit at tbe Cort. 81da^ Drew la •tar of a dcllsbttol farce fluely acted by derer people. It la exactly tbe aort of abow wbleh bdoaga lo a pretty, cosy comer of amnaemeot Uke the Cort. and will likely do more to build op tbe brldfea polled down by catering to a limited cliaa which tbe Cort baa beea doing slace It opened. BUly la a (irS'a play—say aod yoatkfnl yatnaa aC tkaatna haiw .att pn* at an •— aaat, ooskt. la flM.'JiHMl waa prfaM th« foOowInt: "Woata aaB^tMdiaa any anr eater tbe Cort Theatia cailicat tC apead1a< a rery cBjayable alas. BUly to faiay. artsbt. apotleealy dean." cmwd tae laaalia- walta ■• mamw m ttfta yatw aa at ttaattw baaaHjgF f i LEATH LOYAL TO K. & E. At Rnnan ikat the Southern Cncnk Hid Rdned jhan at Instance of Jake Welk EmphalKa^f Denied—Fiien< of W. Gieanor Neal foi SyuSaOt Memben Qled Blehmood, Vi., May 28.—Tbe Leatb Ilieat- rfcal CompADT. which cootxola all the flrst-daaa tbeatrea In Vtrslnla and the Carollnaa. will re- main loyal to the Klaw * Brlanger ayndlcate. Publlohed reporU to tbe effect that Jake Wella. who baa been Inatnunental In recraltlnc to th* ranka of tbe yeleped- Independenta two <r three theatret In the far aoatbem eoontry, cairled with bim to the oaMart oC tbe Shabart Utanats the " eUta or tie Uta naeua Q. of a c«ntaiT tb* »tron|:e«t of KIaw azi E.']angrT In tha'j MIS VAN DUZBR •HUBBRT THBATim, TWIN emit. FOR Hatt. Mlnneapolla. ai^ the other at Bxchaase aad Wabaah atreet*. St. Paol. The MlnnenpoUa Theatre will be foor atorlea bleb of terra-cotta fkimt and of reinforced concrete coaatznctloa. Tka Bt. Paul Theatre will be three atorlea hl(b of aatlTe Mlnneeota (ray >and->tooe and wlU haee a rery elaborate entrance on Wabaah atreet. while tbe main front, on Exchance atiaat. «IU ba a canlaca entrance only. Loewr IN ATum nc city. Atlantic City. N. J.. Hay Manaier Mo- aart. of tbe Moaart Clicalt. waa here thia week, laiiilai tor a alte apoa whkk to erect a aew Ibaatia fer Ma eircalt. Burlesque Invades Bioadway Fold New York. Mar 30 (Special lo The BUlboard). —ne wildcat dreamt that coald be coojored that bnrleKiue woold be taoaaed at the New Tark Theatre, would bare been jcirea very llt- tte credence. But. stranjee aa It may aeem. It baa become a fact, for The Uerty Wblrl^g- «aa tknrn «• Ma«tay ataal^ Mar BO. Tkla atnacUaa baa laat etatd SrSinSr aaaaMBpaa Ibc Baatcm wheel, aad Ita adeaat opaa Baaad- way wlu be watched with mncb tatarcat. It Ttrtoally becomeo an opiualtloa attraetleo to tbe COlnmbIa Amnaenwnt Company'a own theatxe. The Oalambla. wblch la altnatrd bat two bloeka amy. Cllff Gotdoa and Bobby North are tbe aauiii of ibe attrartloa. and are alao membera eC the Kanlem ontaaiaatloo. It la aatd actleo la to be taken aKaln*t them by the Colombia Aaoaement Co.. for harlna Tlolttrd tbelr acree- Bcnt lo playlnit a theatre ether than aoch aa eoatmlled by them. SImoa Kellerman, Jr.. and Brecae Olaaa. Jr.. enttrtalned aeTeral membera of the Benttrow Stock Company In Alton. III., May 23. Amoac thoaa who were entertained wete: Vkod Daw- aoo. the leedlns man of tbe atocfc Meyer Kaufman. Albert Ooab. naify Kafcae Beller, Freak Cnanlogbam. •TUBBS AND WILSON Mr. Neal aeema determined to follow oat tba policy of Mr. Leath and perpetuate the alllan** with tbe K. and B. Intereata. He a wealthy baalneaa maa with a dlTeiolty of Intereata. hat for the laat two yearn baa doToled tbe creator part ot bla time to the direction of the affalra ot the Leatli dtcnlt. It la onderatood that tba boldlnca of Jake Welle In the Imatb Ooapaay are email and that they bare pawid. «c ore oaU aad that thw bava ■ NEW THKATRB COMP>ANY« LAST WEEK IN CHWAMl Cblcasok May SO (Spedd to Tbe BIIIboaT«><—' Tba imMoIra of playa offered laat mak by lha New 3aaaiie ODaapany waa pradaetlre at ouKh favorable comment from both preea and pnlH lie, and thla we«k. wltb tbe repeUtlon of many of them, Chicago's tbeatre-goera are all hoot- Uns towardi tbe Lyric. The local crltlca had many good thioga to aay about the playa aad {ilaycra; and dwelled upon their merlta at engtb. Howerer, all the pralie they received waa dae tbem an the aeleetloa of playa thay ore aCarlay and tbe eOlclent membeia that com- pxtaa tba conpaay oia hard to eqoal. Wltb oaek a iMftiay ja ^lM^a tjaa ^j^^j^ taiiallaH Taeadw, BbUa; gger; wedneaday day nattaaa, _ _ day Bight. A Wlatot^ Me: Wedneaday matinee. The Nigger; . night, Tbe School for Scandal; Thnnday matt- nee. Twelfth Night: Thnraday matinee. The School for Scandal: Thnraday matinee. Twelfth Night: Thnraday nigbt. Tbe Wlnter'a Tale; Fri- day NIgbt. Tbe School (or Scandal: Saturday matliue. Slater Beatrice and Don: Saturday night. Tbe Nigger. Incidental to tbe coming of the New The- atre Company to CMcago, arrongemeata are oitder way whereby a member tram Chicago will he elected to tlw Board of Dtieetora. TUn memher will alao act aa Chicago repreoenlattee. Shoold on arrangement of thla kind be artleed at. It la expected that the company wUl elalt Chicago oftea. aad may pooilbly he heoaed at Strong Opposition for Montgomej^ ta^. nalHMani I naiom WiataaBy ntk Twna. Trial Performance of The Avenger Baltimore. Md.. May 28.—After a matinee Derfermance at the UoUlday Street Tbeatre. laat week, Mr. Norman 9. Bean, rhe yoaoc Bal- tlmcccan, who la playing the role of Richard Hare In Beat l4ynne, gare a trial performance of a one-act play, written by hlmaelf. called The Avenger. Be appeared In Ibe leading role of Tom. while that of Footer, the general man- ager at a tallraad, waa ployed be Mr. Wlltoo Faraaai. Tba aceaa ot tbe play takea place In the ofllea ot tba general manager, and toe hero, who baa loat a wife and child In a railroad wreck, cauaed by a drfectUe bridn. which, by a clever mechanical device, can be aeeu tram tbe window ot tbe oSlce. canaea tbe manacer to f'xpcrlrDCe an agony of terror by telling blm be pipcrlenoe an agony ot terror by telling blm h« mompnt tbe train hearing the maaager'a nam vclfe and mo atartn acraoa It. Ttip fiitpenae aaffcnd by tba ■aaagar la aaida the plea fw the reeaaattaetlaa ot tbe bridge, to aave the famlUca at otbera. The akeleh. which waa nilta atroag la Ita preaentatloo. waa •taged by Mr. J oa ep b Klag. who etaged The Ninety ivad Waa. It wBI be aotd by tbe author la MAY nJiv iHONRM^Mrim Bridgeport. Conn.. May 38—Jackaon'a Thea- tre, managed by Ira W. Jackaoo, cloeed Ita regular aeaaon laat Satardoy. It la probable that vaadavUla wia^bj^tt^pally at tbU G>lor line Precedent Made Chicago. May S3—^Tbc qaeattal of Whether a theatre boa tba right to draw the cote lina and refuiw lo oell tlckeu for lower Oooc eeata to negioca waa pitatn ted to the lory la tba tBoale- la tbe aott of Oeocga A- DENY THBATRICAI. VROMOrTCRS RUMORS. MtaneopoUa. Minn.. May SSL—Gay Themoa. who baa been negotiating with the owneta ot tha Metropolitan Opera Hooae for the erection ot a new theatre for them on First avenne. Ifw Hi, and Seventh atreet and Bobert Scott, taaldiat manager of tba Metrapolltao. both deny the rumor that Klaw A Brlanger coatem- Kate the Inaogeratlon of western beadqnartera thla city and the building of new opera hoasee Mlnneapolla. Omaha. St. I/oala and QWf. aa atepa la the campaign agalaat tka I taHHOMt Mtthwcatern Inlereits. INTN—r nNO IF TmiE. It baa been atated that Oacar Hammenteta wanta to continue In operatic work, aad baa made a propoattloa for tbe Manhnttoa Opara Haaoa t«r aext a a aana. . It W aald .alaa that ha laleada ta so lala Ilgbt tgmm anaapMif^aii — il I ■ - - — ifvteala a( Montgeaicxy. Ala., algned between tba i Theatre and B. IV Ktaw U ~ ' for a lOB a tie baa M—A eootraet waa - the Moatcoaoiy reffcaeataOTe at ■ «t that ^ - CANADIAN APPOINTED DISTRICT Maatital. Qaebec, May 28.—Mr. Geo. Me- Lelab, laaBBgar daring the poat eeaaon. ot tba . PilB«.f Tbeatie. boa been appointed dlotztet manager of all tha Shnbert houaea lylas ba- twooB BoatOB and Detroit. The promotka |Cb nm^^tmr, (0 mcb Ugh tank la regarded ty IbHl theatrical people wltb mnch pleeanra. Nelson Horrall will manage the Op> era House at Waablnelon, Ind.. next acaaoB. eHAB. ll. TOMPKINS ■MBMIi^BHBBi aCfka',