| Show 11 NEW YORK THEATRE Ii IiIi II Ii I LETTER LETTERII II 1 By Ely rom Grant New Nc- ew York April 20 That O.-That That the theatrical season is drawing to a close I is evidenced h by the small number of nights for week They wore were just three in number and ani nil all of tiC them with Now New York YOlk were old pia plays which theatregoers or are ore thoroughly C The rile II list I follows f Monday y th theatre Miss Mis I l Grac Crace George in Miss Margaret arN version enlon of Hardon's olon ni Lyric theatre Miss 11 Minnie Dupree in Tho Road to Yesterday a fantastical fan fan- al drama b by Miss Anna nna Greenleaf Green leaf Sutherland and and Miss 11 M Dix Majestic taj th theatre atro Mr 1 C Cyril Scott InThe InThe in inThe The Prince Cha Chay a L play piny by Mr Ir Edward Edn-ard PeIk mere re is h hOW however no diminution in iii the interest excited J by hy the old fa ta- ta a Th They are art playing to crowded hou houses c practically cally all of them and the sr season a on of ot 07 n will go o into Inlo theatrical history s a-s a rt record breaker for long mug nan runs Alost o of these already have been pointed Hl out Jut In iii this column If Ir f things thinG's are rather slack In the dramatic line It may bo ho said that lint t there Is an exception in grand opera ItI It ItIs I t Is im the la last t week of the season on and amid Mr 11 I decided to 0 make anak It Il a notable one ont lb Ho provided an opera for or every y evening c and amid a IL matinee for o r Saturday with Mute Irn Calve Calvo heard throe three times twice In lit the role of oC Carmen and once onee as Anita Anila In fn La Xa and then there were no end of farewells s for the tho sillier artists art isis Mr lr the till conductor made his official adieu on oil Friday evening but bul his final appearance ap up at time the Saturday f evening Ve per I Here i c I Is tilt the eok's program pro g 11 grant gram 01 Monday HIg with ti i s Bond Honel and auth Sn o Tuesday cannon with Mine linC Calve unit and Mr MiS Martha with Mm Intes Donolda De n 1 Bond l and Thursday I with Mme I J Bassi lass I and Sani n. f followed h by IVa Ia wit with h Mme Calve Cal and Mr ir Da I mores V I 1 1 Iday- Iday day Hig with Mondays Monday's s ca cast l. l Saturday Matinee Carmen with Mme Calve and an Mr 11 Dalmores Saturday al U 1 A Ida lda ith iti ith t Mines Imes Russ floss Do micros Cit r L rR ns Bessi 1 and anti SOnIC Somo omo interesting figures have c hc bee been n compiled in connection with th the sea sen- son SOli It Jt is said that with l lost Just something like Wl 3 Ham Ham- I is something like Ilk Is to 11 t the lie good nIL The Metropolitan 1 t t I ta i s record l gi go gi es e es these indicative figures mes L La la a l was vas sung se seven sen n times L La a Tosca six Aida six Ix Romeo u live Butterfly fly five Fedora lout four four In lit all of th the thes e Caruso was the attraction either bv In I o or UI by appearance by appearance by Ise se because for a time Caruso did a n ngo go rood good d deal then of or disappointing This Thi an as s largely proves pro that the Metropolitan n company was a Caruso company Outside Outside Out Out- side of or the these sc Jarg-e Jarg figures the note note- repetitions arc c Hansel and ami d eight ti live five Lohengrin live Siegfried Siegtried four nur and ind Tristan four If Ii this means mean s anything it means that the tan an caters caters- to tu the th G German music JOIng lov- lov Ing ng clientele An n entirely different class of oC repell- repell lons marks the thc Manhattan n season on Hero IIer the thu figures showing tho the number numbe r 1 s the leading heading operas S sungaro sung V aro aroas as ns follows Carmen CC nineteen Aida twelve eleven i ten tell Faust and anti Caval eight Ish t Lucia a seven soyen Trova uTro t orb ro rh fin nail and Huguenots Ii ti e U IJ Giovanni La Boheme Fra olo Ola and Marta four Elixir of Love Mignon U and three The These Thes e figures mean two things First that tha t Mr Ir Hammerstein catered to the mel mel- loving ody-loving people and amid second that tha t this his company was no one-man one compan company com coin pan pany no woman one company This Thi s may account In some sonic measure for or the thc th e different results at the tw two o houses louses V The actors' actors fund fair air soon will b be e here and It be the biggest t ever r unless au all signs fall tall Among the donations donatIons donations do do- nations already received are an auto amo- automobile mobile han hansom hanom om cab a horse hOIse a naphtha a launch aunch a sailboat antI and a canoe Th The rhe Theair e fair air hir is to be lucid held at the tan lan an opera oper- house the week weck commencIng hg Ing May Ia G C and anti preparations of it all al l kinds are ale being hurried forward In charge of the thc Mower flower booth will b be he e Mm lm es i. i James SIH Speyer cr Herman Oel- Oel rich Sidney Dillon Ripley Harr Harry Gl Glen n Collins Cullins and the Misses III es s i Hare Gwendolyn Gwendoln Burden Ada De Acosta Janet Fish and Rosamond Street The Lambs Lambs' club the Rainy p Da Day club the thc Greenroom club th the e Professional Women's league and other other other oth oth- er organizations arc arc- trying to outstrip one another in making the fair fah a eec suc uc- uc cc doss cess s. s The Man an of oC the Hour flour is In for an nn J exceedingly exceeding long Jong run rime as s was vas evidenced b by the signing of papers whereby 1 Brady Grimner renewed for another r year with Frank McKee their lease leas e on oil the Savoy Sa theatre providing JHo fo for or r the tho continued pic presentation of t their r production in this playhouse IJ Rose Stahl now is in the ninth month of or her New York run In the James Jamos Forbes coined comedy The Tho Chorus s Lad Lad Ladt LadIn v Jn In the the- Hackett theatre e. This was the tho last Jast week 0 of t t-ie t lon long engagement of KI Klaw w Erlanger's Ei J big lIlg production of Ben lien This Thi s great spectacle ha has boon ben witnessed by thousands of or Interested playgoers and amid its run has been unusually prosperous 0 p It is definite decided that it will ne not t be seen again In New York for five fi years car a as the organization has hns been heln booked In other parts of or this country for fOI am the next four our seasons H n will open tit nl the Jamestown exhibition and arid pia play all the principal cities of tho the South r. r anti and Southwest and Middle l West and it Is intended after r that to again I duco the pro- pro spectacle on the Drury Lane Lana stage In London f One Ono more week will run of ot The Tho Three bros round up un the of or u Us at the time MalIson Madi MalI son 5 son 5 Square theatre and on Saturday night April 27 7 27 tho the playhouse will wm close chose for or the season with the most t suc sue ce srul play that lint has been produced s J there In ten tn years arH Many any successful productions welts mad made In the Madison Square theatre within that time but It t remained for Walter Waller N. N Lawrence to bring to the theatre a r return of or Its J d former prestige with his production of oC The lh Three Thle of Us which will wm close dose IUT- IUT season with a record run of or 7 consecutive c performances Jj V 15 Defeating several O Iol candidates Frank i Daniel Daniels In Charles hams ham's pro pro- r of Tho The Man has 7 ben been lI elected to be the all summer at at- at traction for th the Grand opera hou house e. e Chicago so O his N New w York engagement iss in Ip the Criterion theatre was brought to a close at the hc end of tho the present week I |
