Show NECROSIS the deadness of the season I 1 in new york OPIE HEADS READS KE KENTUCKY COLONI COLONEL tho distinct failure ej of ft ilay by tho the linnolt lInno It point oil d out ont two tro antl nil it Cn anely ely ail rians 1111 theatrical backbone of new york city just now wins seems to be from front a peculiarly dint typo of necrosis an ali occasional excursion of the thermometer down n into the au per sixties serves cs to check the deadening process somei bat bill but ft seems to lo 10 generally conceded that not ia in many seasons has new york city hid bad such a generally dall lull and uninterestingly nig gly colorless theatrical opening as the present ons one the production to which attention lias has been most forcibly directed ia is the ken lucky tucky colonel which had its premier nt at the union square theater the interest manifested in fit tills this play was as greatly attributable to the fact that it was a dramatization of the novel by opie head read the tile humorist as to iho tile unusual circum circumstance sta uce that it was enacted by the nearest approach to loan an all stai star cast that has been seen in new york for many days W kee rankin bryton mr and c mrs mr sidney drew robert harry C stanley and clarence Irandy Handyside sides a certainly ought to mako make a play go if there la Is any go in it ant and the fact that the kentucky colonel dr dragged along wearily Is tile best evidence producible that good actors can cot inako make n good play out of a bad one it would be remarkable if there were nc no good bits IV lu the kentucky colonel there are but these oases only serve to bring into more dazzling prominence the clor enormous I 1 waste wa to of platitudinous desert a and nd to emplit emphasize the insignificance of the puny little rills of character sketching ching which trickle through the play babbling monotonously on their aimless course courses the kentucky colonel is cither either an artistic failure or an inartistic success it i Is certainly not a dramatic or a literary gem it lacks something in fact most things and thornly the only well defined it leaves upon the auditors tors senses is tha the odor of mint julep or the aroma of oddy toddy the play is unreal unrest the diameters characters aro fire over drawn the comedy lines are forced ali heavy speeches are blatant the situations are stilted and tho tile curtains ara are thor hughly while whilo as a character baudy tho the play la is an absurdity the ridiculous dialect attempts contributing conspicuously to this cud end the kentucky colonel may possibly bo be whipped into a money winner but I 1 seriously doubt it for there is i not sufficient literary merit to pleas othe tho occupants of the orchestra chairs enough blood and thunder to compel the tile admiration of tile gallery contingent or the proper quota of lovesick heroics to wi wiling ing tears from cither either tile frequenters of tho tile back rows of the first balcony or the matinee girl two irish plays play have recently been produced in new neit york city killarney nt at the star theater with katie katle emmett as the licorice hc orine and nora Mach fa chree reo rs rt the peoples with w itla sadie scanlan as a s tho the filar star the con census of opinion seems scents to bo be that killarney li Is a good play iu fit ita its war way but that it doe bilt weigh elgh much sadio sadie scanlan and her play may be summed up tip in almost tile same words they mill will both give satish satisfaction action to these for whose w hose patronage they cater A farco farce comedy the kid by henry white and laurent howard of brooklyn se deml to havo have made a it distinct hit bit on the occasion of its initial presentation in ilar harlem it is of course merely a it humorous thread containing a n few knots to enable the stige stage manager to Intro introduce luce pretty girls and interesting intel sting specialties mrs geoffrey hawley chapman who was and dangerously wounded by Sear vaut the male buiso of her tier demented husband w N ill probably adopt the stage as a profession unlike most beginners who havo bave been thrust into prominence bya by a berles of unfortunate circumstances and have drifted thereafter toward the footlights toot lia lits mrs chapman docs does not expect to eclipse clara ClaraA morris forris nil all at once in fact sho bho docs does not even chalin that she will ever become a great etar she silo only declares that if sho she has enough dramatic ability to enable her tier with conscientious work and bard hard study to master the dramatic art she wil I 1 some day get to t he be top of the ladder mrs chapmans Chap mans first finst public appearance will bo be made at a trial performance of a one net act alayat play at proctors twenty third street theater in the near future it if she should not come up to her tier own ex lill on that occasion it Is within the possibilities that sho she may then and e birts T there drop tho the whole matter of going on the tile stage she told me MO that alio has taken up tip her present work as an ennui annihilator and if 1 it should not interest to have the desired effect she will CA cast t it aside mrs chapmans Chap mans personal oppe appearance arance Is I 1 greatly in her favor she silo laa bas a handsome rather than A pretty face in which force of cliar character acter speaks in every line her iler fea features turen nrc are exceedingly mobile and her tier head which Is firmly and gracefully poised upon a pair of pretty shoulders is crowned with a wealth of chestnut hair mrs chapman Is tall and aud well formed and she walks like a real actress collen I 1 |