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Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904
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199 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22nd. NH 3 LEON & ADELINE.--A man and a woman in a double juggling act. Both of them being quite good and their work constituting a very acceptable 3-show-a-day offering. 12 minutes full stage. KR 3 FRED & AMY GOTTLOBB.--In a Yankee comedy sketch. There isn't much to say about this act excepting that it is all right in an early place on the bill and is especially valuable as a time filler. this sketch is somewhat original in the way of complications and both the man and the woman are really good impersonators of Yankee character, as good in that respect perhaps as any we have ever had. Their makeup and dialogue is thoroughly all right in every way, although there isn't quite as much comedy in the act as I would like to see; still, they get quite a number of laughs and placed about second or third on the bill can hardly fail to make good in any of the houses. 27 minutes, full stage. AR 3 CHARLOTTA DELMAR.--Bicyclist. this young woman has been over the circuit before so that comment on her act would be superfluous. She does a really good bicycle act. 11 minutes, full stage. NR 3 THE BRITTONS.-- A colored man and a woman in the usual act of singing and dancing. The man of the team is a very clever eccentric dancer. In fact, if the enthusiasm of the audience is any criterion it is about as good as any colored act that we play. 13 minutes in one. KR 3 THE ZARNES. A man and a woman in a trapeze specialty. Very good indeed and a valuable 3 show-a-day act. 12 minutes, full stage. KR 3 ALTHEA TWINS.-- A couple of young girls who do a little singing, dancing, and acrobatic act. They are well known on the circuit, so that comment is unnecessary. They always go very well. 8 minutes in one. GHR 2 MARTINETTI & GROSSE.-- Two men in an act which is a novelty throughout. It is really a grotesque musical act although they do not wish to be billed in that way. They use nothing but fake instruments which are concealed in various ways so that upon their entrance there is no indication whatever of what they are going to do. Their instruments are very ingenious and are very cleverly concealed in all sorts of objects. From start to finish the act is a constant succession of surprises. They made a big hit this afternoon. 15 minutes, open full stage and close in one. GRR 2 JAMES McDONALD.-- Straight monologue and singing turn. McDonald is a very fine singer and could make a hit on his work in that line alone. Aside from this, he does a monologue which can be rated as fair to good as some of his stories are very clever indeed, and others somewhat old. On the whole he does an act that can be classed as very good throughout. 17 minutes in one. YHR 2 FOY & CLARK.-- A man and a woman in a comedy sketch entitled the "Old Curiosity Shop." These people are putting up the best offering they have ever given us thus far. They carry their own act which represents the interior of an old curiosity shop, and aside from the myriads of objects painted on scenery, they also have a lot of things scattered around, the handling and introduction of which gives Foy an opportunity to localize a lot of matter and make the act strong in comedy. There are many bits in the act which are really clever and original, as, for instance, a dog which he makes up with a head on the wrong end and which when he sits down on the stage apparently runs backward to the door and exits, which is sure of a big laugh. I cannot see how the turn can fail to make a hit any where along the line. 18 minutes, full stage. GHR 2 McCUE & CAHILL.-- Two clean looking young men who do an exceptionally clever turn of duets. They are both very fine singers and their work was fully appreciated this afternoon. 15 minutes, in one.
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199 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22nd. NH 3 LEON & ADELINE.--A man and a woman in a double juggling act. Both of them being quite good and their work constituting a very acceptable 3-show-a-day offering. 12 minutes full stage. KR 3 FRED & AMY GOTTLOBB.--In a Yankee comedy sketch. There isn't much to say about this act excepting that it is all right in an early place on the bill and is especially valuable as a time filler. this sketch is somewhat original in the way of complications and both the man and the woman are really good impersonators of Yankee character, as good in that respect perhaps as any we have ever had. Their makeup and dialogue is thoroughly all right in every way, although there isn't quite as much comedy in the act as I would like to see; still, they get quite a number of laughs and placed about second or third on the bill can hardly fail to make good in any of the houses. 27 minutes, full stage. AR 3 CHARLOTTA DELMAR.--Bicyclist. this young woman has been over the circuit before so that comment on her act would be superfluous. She does a really good bicycle act. 11 minutes, full stage. NR 3 THE BRITTONS.-- A colored man and a woman in the usual act of singing and dancing. The man of the team is a very clever eccentric dancer. In fact, if the enthusiasm of the audience is any criterion it is about as good as any colored act that we play. 13 minutes in one. KR 3 THE ZARNES. A man and a woman in a trapeze specialty. Very good indeed and a valuable 3 show-a-day act. 12 minutes, full stage. KR 3 ALTHEA TWINS.-- A couple of young girls who do a little singing, dancing, and acrobatic act. They are well known on the circuit, so that comment is unnecessary. They always go very well. 8 minutes in one. GHR 2 MARTINETTI & GROSSE.-- Two men in an act which is a novelty throughout. It is really a grotesque musical act although they do not wish to be billed in that way. They use nothing but fake instruments which are concealed in various ways so that upon their entrance there is no indication whatever of what they are going to do. Their instruments are very ingenious and are very cleverly concealed in all sorts of objects. From start to finish the act is a constant succession of surprises. They made a big hit this afternoon. 15 minutes, open full stage and close in one. GRR 2 JAMES McDONALD.-- Straight monologue and singing turn. McDonald is a very fine singer and could make a hit on his work in that line alone. Aside from this, he does a monologue which can be rated as fair to good as some of his stories are very clever indeed, and others somewhat old. On the whole he does an act that can be classed as very good throughout. 17 minutes in one. YHR 2 FOY & CLARK.-- A man and a woman in a comedy sketch entitled the "Old Curiosity Shop." These people are putting up the best offering they have ever given us thus far. They carry their own act which represents the interior of an old curiosity shop, and aside from the myriads of objects painted on scenery, they also have a lot of things scattered around, the handling and introduction of which gives Foy an opportunity to localize a lot of matter and make the act strong in comedy. There are many bits in the act which are really clever and original, as, for instance, a dog which he makes up with a head on the wrong end and which when he sits down on the stage apparently runs backward to the door and exits, which is sure of a big laugh. I cannot see how the turn can fail to make a hit any where along the line. 18 minutes, full stage. GHR 2 McCUE & CAHILL.-- Two clean looking young men who do an exceptionally clever turn of duets. They are both very fine singers and their work was fully appreciated this afternoon. 15 minutes, in one.
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