| Show What Theatrical People in inS S New York Are Doing 11 JAMES tIIS Gil iT ANT New Nets cw York Dee Dec 11 The H.-The The Inhabitants o of oC upper Broadway come as near being a one Idea ruce race as can be bo found When hen henone ono one big bs subject Is to the fore It crowds crowd out pretty prett much ever everything thins else Well Yell Broadway has the biggest kind of a bl big question on Its hands Just now nowa a question which affects tho the greatest o of sn syndicate mana managers ers on an welt well as the newest new new- cst est and greenest scene shifter and Broadway Broadway Broad Broad- Broadway way Is enjoying enjoying- tho the miser misery of oC It to tho I limit im It Of course I refer to the drastic Ion slon of or Judge OGorman O'Gorman un under er which New York is closed up Of on Sunday Sunda so gO fa far farat I Ia a at as the theater and concert hall ball are eon con n- n nI I as tight as a drum and antl the board of aldermen decline to take action looking to the loosening of ot the lid a trifle un until a public hearing has beet been granted As to the facts In the tho cas case the tho whole matter has been thrashed out so thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- there Is little left to sa say It Is 13 altogether probable that the board of or al aldermen al- al dermen at next weel weeks week's s 's meeting will pass the Doull re resolution If tho the unexpected should happen and the resolution should not be adopted there the still Is hope for tor the advocates ad of ot nn open Sunda Sunday It Is to be noted that Tammany amman amman- stood solid for the resolution Well a new board of or aldermen aldermen aldermen alder alder- men with a clear Tammany majority comes Jn jit after January Januar 1 I and relief so sotar far tar as the board of alderman can give it itis It I is sure suro to come then it Is 15 a a. question ol ot of whether the ald aldermen can do a great Ireat deal and as tho the advocates of or a n closed SunJa Sunday declare their determination to nl light t to the end for tho the upholding of oC Gorman's Gorman s decision it looks as though the theatrical people had a n. bus busy season at Albany ahead of them And ud the decision lon of or a petty Jetty jury jur Is a moral certainty compared to what will happen at the state capitol S S S Perhaps the tho most notable of ot the dramatic dramatic dra dra- matic malic productions of or tho the week was the presentation to O the h American cr s people for forthe forthe the I first time lime o of I Cossa's famous masterpiece Nero ro rc regarded nr e l as 11 ono one of the tile classics of ot the tho modern Italian poetic drama IJ by b In tho the theater Tho rh play la Is 8 In lu acts actu and tho rolo role of oC tho tito young oung Roman floman emperor Is la ono otto of or tho tIm thoin in out picturesque anti and In all aU tho the thoR R gallery of ot of the tho wonder wonder- full tull fully versatile Novel II Nero ero Is seated d In his hilS aspect of or an art lover ambitious ambitious am am- to cover himself with glory glor In Ineer er e-er every possible art ort and to monopolize the fame tame of ot every cery kind of or achievement The darker criminal side of or his nature his hla profligacy and Inhuman cruelty are aro only glimpsed and the tho figures of ot his man many victims victims aen the and Sen Seneca Seneca-do u do not cross the footlights ts Another nother novelty no of ot this second week wk of ot Xo Lyric engagement was his pre presentation pre pre- of or Shakespeare's Macbeth on Saturday which was the sixth of ot his hits l peculiarly Italian Interpretations of or Shakespearean roles to be offered Now Isow York playgoers S 0 o S S Of Ot peculiar Interest to timers old-timers was the revival at Kleth and Proctors Proctor's theater of or David Belasco and William Imam de tlc Mules Mule's Charity Charlt Ball naB It has been man many years this clever play pIny has been seen In InKe New Ke York S S S SViola Viola Allen Is planning u u. Shakespearean Shakes Shakes- pearean festival In the spring In speaking of her het plans Miss s Allen says sas It is l probable that we shall be playIng play play- Ing lug In New York next April during the week of ot Shakespeare's birth To celebrate that event I purpose a sc so- so rica ries o of special matinees es during that week No I dont don't call It tl a festival that sounds too ambitious But I mean to revive Cymbeline Twelfth NI Night ht and A Winters Winter's Tale and arid perhaps I The Tue Tempest Tempest- I S S S I Mrs Sarah Lo has re returned returned ro- ro turned to town and Is busily preparing for tor two special matinees at tho the Lyceum Lyceum Ly Ly- Ly- Ly theater on January 3 and 7 On both occasions a reading of oC Macbeth Mac both beth will be given hen b by tho actress It Is likely that Mrs Lo with will abandon the ren reading desk and d depend pond solely upon her memory memon There Thore Is a possibility that Mrs l LaMone Lo La Moyne Mone will Trill be heard later In a rea reading of ot Henry Henr VII and her usual BrownIng Brown- Brown lug Ing readings If H the Shakespeare readIngs read- read hogs Ings aro sufficiently popular the they must result In lit the tho formation of or a company headed by br tho the actress for the performance perform perform- ance of or both plays S S S co When hen It comes to salary Mme Tet- Tet Is pretty prett near the top of oC tho the list oven for a prima donna Her liar contract contract con eon tract just Juat signed with Oscar Hammerstein Hammer Hammer- stout stein calls for 2000 a performance Mile Mile- a will give e only a n few more performances of ot A loA Doll House se HouseIn j In lit the Bijou theater prior to her pre pre- I I of ot Owen Johnsons Johnson's three act play Tho The Comet In which she sho willa will a assume sume the principal part S S S SJohn John Drew begins begina the final week of ot tho the most remarkable engagement hoever hoover ho hoever ever over has bias played In New York tomorrow night lie still Is crowding tho the Em- Em piro theater at every overy performance orthe of or the brilliant comedy My ly Wife and there Is the same samo enthusiasm and tho the same samo delightful appreciation of or his exquisite ex ox- and anti effective acting that marked marked mark mark- ed cd the tho e earliest weeks of ot Its run There hasn't been a performance of ot the play that was given to anything less than thana a capacity audience S S Miss Bliss Adams will open her NewYork NewYork New Now York season at the Empire on December December Decem Decem- ber her 23 3 in Peter Pan Peter Pan will hold the tho stage stare only for two weeks It Is safe to predict for him record breaking houses for each cach performance S S F For r the tho first time In several years George Geors-e M. M Cohan Is taking a trip abroad leaving lea Saturday on the steamship steamship steam steam- steamship ship Philadelphia for tor Southampton Ho Intends to visit London and Paris spending two weeks In each city He HeIs HeIs Heis Is accompanied by Mrs Irs Cohan his cousin Miss Mario Costigan an and Ills his |
