Transcribe
Translate
Keith-Albee managers' report book, September 21, 1903 - March 14, 1904
Page 208
More information
digital collection
archival collection guide
transcription tips
208 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 29th. AR 3 HERBERT DEVEAUX.-- Crayon artist. This man did not make a very strong impression with our audience, about the only thing being his closing picture representing a winter scene which was quite effective and was made especially attractive by the introduction of a mechanical horse which drove across the scene attached to a sleigh which gained quite a little applause. Speaking generally, he is not nearly as good as Chalk Saunders, for he has but little idea of "patter" and I hardly think his crayon work equals Saunders. It can be classed as a good act for an early place on the bill. 18 minutes in two. KR 3 MOONEY & HOLBEIN.--A man and a woman in an act which consists principally of singing and dancing. The woman plays a concertina, mandolin, and piano in an unobjectionable manner, and the man is quite a good eccentric dancer. It is a good 3 show a day turn. 16 minutes, full stage; can close in one if necessary. LEIPZIG.--HR 3-- This young fellow is an exceptionally clever artist. I booked him under the impression that he was chiefly a coin manipulator, but he also uses cards and billiard balls in a far more effective manner than I ever recall seeing any other performer do. Some of his card tricks are really wonderful, and the same may be said of his manipulation of the billiard balls. It is a mighty clever act throughout. 16 minutes in one. NH 3 AERIAL SMITHS.-- I can only endorse the criticism from the other houses where this act has played and pronounce it the best trapeze act outside of the great feature turns that I have ever seen. The man and the woman both look neat and they simply go to work the moment they strike the stage and do not stop work an instant all the time they are on. They made a very strong impression this afternoon. 11 minutes, full stage. SMITH & POWELL.-- NR 3 --A colored man and woman in the regulation act of this kind, the woman being a fairly good singer and dancer, and the man's eccentric dancing making a hit. 20 minutes in one. GHR 3--MARTINI & MAXMILLIAN.-- Two men in a comedy magic act. Martini does the magic and Maxmillian acts as an assistant in exposing the tricks. This sort of thing always seems to please an audience, particularly when it is apparently done unintentionally, and Maxmillian succeeds in conveying that impression very well indeed. It is a good act. 23 minutes; open full stage, and close in one. YHR 2 PAT ROONEY & EMMA FRANCIS.-- I was just a little disappointed in this act for it seemed to me that they have gone backward instead of advancing. The act is not, of course, a bad act at all; in fact, it is a good one, but at the figure they are getting it seems to me it should go much stronger than it appeared to be this afternoon. Rooney's eccentric dancing is very clever indeed and the woman is a good dancer and a clever acrobat and the whole act was cordially received, but it somehow failed to meet my expectation, more especially at the price. 11 minutes, open full stage, and close in one. GYH 2 MR & MRS WATROUS.-- These are a couple of Western singers, the woman being a soprano, and the man an exceptionally clever baritone singer. The woman appears first, singing a solo, then the man sings two selections, and they close with duets. They are both of them excellent vocalists with highly cultivated voices and can hardly fail to please any where. 9 minutes in one. MRR --2 MARY NORMAN.-- Presenting her act of society types, being impersonations of four styles of girls from San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Chicago, in which she was very clever. She is almost too well known to need any extended criticism, and it is sufficient to say that she was fully as artistic as ever. 17 minutes, full stage.
Saving...
prev
next
208 NEW YORK SHOW, WEEK OF FEBRUARY 29th. AR 3 HERBERT DEVEAUX.-- Crayon artist. This man did not make a very strong impression with our audience, about the only thing being his closing picture representing a winter scene which was quite effective and was made especially attractive by the introduction of a mechanical horse which drove across the scene attached to a sleigh which gained quite a little applause. Speaking generally, he is not nearly as good as Chalk Saunders, for he has but little idea of "patter" and I hardly think his crayon work equals Saunders. It can be classed as a good act for an early place on the bill. 18 minutes in two. KR 3 MOONEY & HOLBEIN.--A man and a woman in an act which consists principally of singing and dancing. The woman plays a concertina, mandolin, and piano in an unobjectionable manner, and the man is quite a good eccentric dancer. It is a good 3 show a day turn. 16 minutes, full stage; can close in one if necessary. LEIPZIG.--HR 3-- This young fellow is an exceptionally clever artist. I booked him under the impression that he was chiefly a coin manipulator, but he also uses cards and billiard balls in a far more effective manner than I ever recall seeing any other performer do. Some of his card tricks are really wonderful, and the same may be said of his manipulation of the billiard balls. It is a mighty clever act throughout. 16 minutes in one. NH 3 AERIAL SMITHS.-- I can only endorse the criticism from the other houses where this act has played and pronounce it the best trapeze act outside of the great feature turns that I have ever seen. The man and the woman both look neat and they simply go to work the moment they strike the stage and do not stop work an instant all the time they are on. They made a very strong impression this afternoon. 11 minutes, full stage. SMITH & POWELL.-- NR 3 --A colored man and woman in the regulation act of this kind, the woman being a fairly good singer and dancer, and the man's eccentric dancing making a hit. 20 minutes in one. GHR 3--MARTINI & MAXMILLIAN.-- Two men in a comedy magic act. Martini does the magic and Maxmillian acts as an assistant in exposing the tricks. This sort of thing always seems to please an audience, particularly when it is apparently done unintentionally, and Maxmillian succeeds in conveying that impression very well indeed. It is a good act. 23 minutes; open full stage, and close in one. YHR 2 PAT ROONEY & EMMA FRANCIS.-- I was just a little disappointed in this act for it seemed to me that they have gone backward instead of advancing. The act is not, of course, a bad act at all; in fact, it is a good one, but at the figure they are getting it seems to me it should go much stronger than it appeared to be this afternoon. Rooney's eccentric dancing is very clever indeed and the woman is a good dancer and a clever acrobat and the whole act was cordially received, but it somehow failed to meet my expectation, more especially at the price. 11 minutes, open full stage, and close in one. GYH 2 MR & MRS WATROUS.-- These are a couple of Western singers, the woman being a soprano, and the man an exceptionally clever baritone singer. The woman appears first, singing a solo, then the man sings two selections, and they close with duets. They are both of them excellent vocalists with highly cultivated voices and can hardly fail to please any where. 9 minutes in one. MRR --2 MARY NORMAN.-- Presenting her act of society types, being impersonations of four styles of girls from San Francisco, Boston, New York, and Chicago, in which she was very clever. She is almost too well known to need any extended criticism, and it is sufficient to say that she was fully as artistic as ever. 17 minutes, full stage.
Keith-Albee Collection
sidebar
