The billboard (Sept 1911)

16 Xtie Billboard SEPTEMBER 16, 19i|. Xneatilcally, gay old Broaaway Is lapldly nowing jiidescent in dramatic splendor; and so it always, does; at the besinnln^ of every season. The makers of its Ustory wonid not consent that It be- otherwise. Loathed meiancholy akulks most furtively aboat, bat peers la vain for.: &j shelterinsr alrade, for who woold he so base: as be a pessimist when the life of the new season is jnst rising most liealtlilily In tbe veins of the Gay White Way and its tribn- tarles. Yonth and vigor are babbling pro- fusely on all sides—and optimism is the pass- word oa the - lip of every recognized meml>er Of the theatrical fraternity. Tbe past has been forgotten and like all :gooa> fellows we drink to ae health of the : new.-seaam: and pledge toast to ita successful ' onteonw.: v;Xlie loraes. the tribulations, the snc- icesscs of ' tbe previous years are now tossed ' ta- 'oMLviOD, so that we may rivet our nnen- enmbeted concerns and thoughts on tbe present season of 1911-12. It has already been born a healthy Infant with lusty lungs tlut predict In unfaltering terms that much can be expected «t It wbDe developing and after It baa de- veloped: to maturity. That the preoicnon is oasea on safe fonnda-' tlons. Is' realized by retrospection upon those niDductlons whlcb bave already graced tbe Amer- ican metropolla with their premiers. Four dra- matic eBtertalnmenta were able to vrltlistand ■ the rigor of tbe torzid sommerz Cohan & Harris's Get Bleb Quick Walllngford, Klaw & Er- langer's Tbe Fink Lady. Al. H. Woods' Ttie . . Bea Bow-'iysteaka Smcnitt featured) and Flor- ir'«n:: 8l«gtaa 3r.'s The Failles of 1811. Two 'Vt-Ouiit^-ihK first enumerated, enjoyed the tepu- .^' tatlaii: oTj lMvIng played during the past season . -ionintsrclipted at the same playhouses. And " Get ; Blch Quick ' Walllngford, which is just : :iMnr about to depart from George M. Cohan's : tlieatie broke old and establlsbed new records by attaining more than Its 400th consecutive perfotmaiice. Tbe latter two of the four sum- mer ablders were given their premiers just be- fore the extreme heat set In. The Follies assur- ing some breeze to Its audience because of Its presentatlai on the roof or the New Xork thea- tre. Then, too, the new era. of dnemato- graphicil masterpieces, such as tbe KInemacoIor Coronation Pictures, Floral Friends and The Blcbmond Hone Show, altboogb sot at tbe otdlnaiy dramatic prices, were installed with success at both the Herald- Square and West : Sod theatres, wlille Dante's Inferno was stiown to tt» citizens ef Brooklyn at prices ranging from 15 cents to 75 cents. True, these Bims can not be clamed with the drama, but their . advent into legitimate hoases is a development of tbe sammer tbat sbonid be Kiven at least cnr- sory consideration In a discoasloa of theatrical Broadway. . . .Atany of the plays tiiat adiieved success dur- ing their last season runs returned to New York for a brief term of repetition before going out on the mad. The list of diaUnctlon includes among otbeis: As A Man 33>ink3 (with John Mason). Christie McDonalad In The Spring Maid, Sam Bernard In He Came From Milwaukee, Lew fields in Tbe Henpecks. Tbe Deep Purple, Gertrude Hoffman in La Salson de Ballets Busses at the Winter Garden, The Folies Bergere, Excuse Me, Laura Nelson Hall in Ev- erywoman, rFmnander -Walii^ Ovemlgbt, Bobert Uaaten and Seven Days. ; American'players have answcied tbe cbal- Irnge- for dramas, of snpexior merit vritta Yankee ■Iaaltr..'irlt]i tbe result that nattre mirk nte- damlnate ln erety, save tbe mnslcal ameOj, flelO. Mhndfr Adams returns again to New York with Chanteder. intermingling a few afternoons vrlth J; M. Barrie and thence to the road until next season. Tbe tliree short Barrle offerings axe to be A UtUe Flay, Judy, while tbe third has ; jiot as yet been given Its title. . On Labor Day John Drew opened at the Em- ttKEEW STOCKIWG« pire with the comedy, A Single Mau, by Henry H. Davies. His departure is followed by Ethel Barrymore in Tl>e Witness for the Defense, a new play by A. B. Mason. Biliie Burke will make a September metropolitan engagemc^nt In The Runairays, by Pierre Veher, adapted by M. Morton. Marie Doro will have The Butterfly on Tlie W< • el. a fnnr-act play, now running in London. Under the Frohman banner Mnie. Nazimova will have two vehicles, one a French play, tbe other American. Tbe samo producer will give ns Sir Arthur Wing Plnero'g newest play. Preserving Mr. Panmnre. Hattle WUliams is also to be provided with a near medInm.'r.Then, too, Fro man has a new comedy by Augustus Tbomu. piny by Porter E. Browne, titled Sex, and Dla by Thompson Bucbanau,. Martha Marton, Bi Calne. William Gillette, Winchell Smith, Bi den Chambers, Henri Beinsteiln. The Pui« by. Chamber's contribution has its premier the Criterion this month, Kyrle Bellew, hi t Mollusc, Francis Wilson, In The Magic Bin will also be forthcoming.. The Shnberts are also prepi.-Kl f.^r tbe „ son with. a galaxy of stars aud attractlm Amongst others, there are BotiweU Briwne Mrs. Jack, wiiich had Its premier ac the llera Square on Labor Day, Fannle's First Play, George Bernard Shaw, Speed nt tlie Cuuu tbeatre commencing Saturday, Septumbot I'.LUty Pulls the String, a n-w Scotcii nla; be presented with a Highland company; Bi thazar, by the author of Zaza; Tbe House Uauces, by Mile. Polaire; Next, a new play Rlda Johnson Young; The Warning, by Arth J. Eddy; Sarah, by Douglas Murray; Sbetlo Holmes and Arsene Lupin; Romance, by Edwt SUeldon; Won't You Walk Into My Parlor, Cosmo G. Lennox: The Sin Register, Who's Wb The Masked Venns; Tbe Glass House; Wlrele 'lelHgrapby; Papa's Mama; Tbe Dirigible AlrshI Thousand Dollars, A Modem Marriage: W Onus Helen? The Best People, and Bought u I'aid For, by George Broadhnrst, with Cluil Richmond iu tbe leading role. David Belasco extends tbe procitse o( number of interesting productions. The li of these is Ibe Woman. wUeb opens at Tl BepobUc on September IS. This dnma Is 9 creation of William C. De Ullle. David Wi field In ills strange new vehicle. The Beti of Peter Grimm, is scheduled for October It Frances Starr Is to sblne In a new play t season, wtiile Blanche Bates is to carry : body's Widow on tour. Tbe Concert also ta to the road. Alice Bradley has written Governor's Lady, which Belasco Intends exploit. The Case of Becky la also to produced. Klaw & Erlanger promise tbe product of the Arabian novelty. Kismet, by Edc Knoblauch aud Tbe Connt of Luxemliourg, Wllner, Bodansky aud Lehar, Sweet Pa and The Primrose Villa, two musical comedi Another long list will follow. The young but voracionB firm of Werbi I.aesctaer have a gala ensemble of oBetii for the metropolis, ludodlng Lulu Qlaser, Miss Dndelsack; Louis Mann, In Slevattst Husband; Alice Loyd, In an English mini comedy; George Marion, in Der Fidele Bio Clara Lipman, In It Depends on tbe Worn from her own pen and tbat of Samuel SS man. Buboder Maedel, an adapted Viem operetta. Is also promlRrd. Under tbe We & Lnescber banner Wllkle Bard will make tirst American tour and Lillian Russell > be invested with one of their vehicles. Florena Zlegfeld Jr. will contribnte wife, Anna Held, in addition to the running Follies of 1911. Cohan & Harris retenant their Cohan ti tre with The Little Millionaire, In whicb 1 Yankee Doodle producer himself will appt Raymond Hitchcock will entertain also in ' Bed Widow, by Cbannlug Pollock and Rem Wolf, Lanrette Taylor In an unnamed mtis comedy, by Harriet Ford; Bronght Home, Henrv Blossom: The Only. Son, by Wind Smith: Adelaide nSmrston. In Ulas Anul br Catbetlne 6. Cuxliiiu!; J.. F. Dodmi. BIcbard Ganntlett. by J. Hartley Maia and The Polish Wedding are also promiet^ On the fonrteenth of this month Joe presents Edmund Breese in A Man of BO! by Isaac Landman, at the Weber tbeatre. (Continued on poge o7.) THE PLAY'S THE THING—PRAISE BE TO CADMUS. PAUL BOimGET. AVBBY EOPWOOD. 708. E. BOWABO. GE0B0E8 OOUBTELIHE. VABOEL FBETOBT,