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Keith-Albee managers' report book, March 14, 1904 - November 21, 1904

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(M. J. Keating)
Boston Show, Week of June 20, 1904.
Stereopticon, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1 -- Usual collection of interesting home and foreign views.
Fadettes Orchestra, 2 shows, 60 min. full stage -- Usual success, with an excellent program of popular music.
Charles Besnah and Julia Miller, 3 shows, 13 min. in 1 -- In singing and dancing specialties. Satisfactory act from a 3-a-day standpoint.
Juggling Barretts, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage -- Trio of comedy club jugglers and hat spinners. Excellent act, that got lots of applause. Can easily fill an early spot in the 2-show section anywhere.
Spencer Kelly, 3 shows, 8 min. in 1 -- Minstrel ballad singer, with a very good voice but a most unattractive personality. He just managed to get by and we can easily do without him again.
Will H. Murphy and company, 2 shows, 22 min., opens in 1, closes full stage -- Presenting for the first time here his new burlesque "From 'Zaza' to 'Uncle Tom'", which is the best thing of the kind ever done in this house. It had people actually tumbling out of their seats with laughter, and the house employes fairly laughed until they cried, as many of the points in the dialogue were more appreciated by them than by the laymen in the audience. I mean to hold it next week and feature it.
Empire City Quartet, 2 shows, 19 min. in 1 -- Excellent vocalists, but the Hebrew comedian is a good deal of a "shine". Their ensemble and straight solos were all encored.
LaVeen and Cross, 3 shows, 14 min. full stage -- These acrobats are the best in their special line in the business, and LaVeen's exhibition of muscular development is probably better than that of Sandow.
Conroy and McDonald, 2 shows, 15 min. in 1 -- Irish dialect comedians, singers and dancers. These men are going behind and their proper value would be about GHR and three shows. They did fairly well in the place but the show ahead of them is so fast that they are unable to keep up the pace.

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88 (M. J. Keating) Boston Show, Week of June 20, 1904. Stereopticon, 3 shows, 12 min. in 1 -- Usual collection of interesting home and foreign views. Fadettes Orchestra, 2 shows, 60 min. full stage -- Usual success, with an excellent program of popular music. Charles Besnah and Julia Miller, 3 shows, 13 min. in 1 -- In singing and dancing specialties. Satisfactory act from a 3-a-day standpoint. Juggling Barretts, 3 shows, 15 min. full stage -- Trio of comedy club jugglers and hat spinners. Excellent act, that got lots of applause. Can easily fill an early spot in the 2-show section anywhere. Spencer Kelly, 3 shows, 8 min. in 1 -- Minstrel ballad singer, with a very good voice but a most unattractive personality. He just managed to get by and we can easily do without him again. Will H. Murphy and company, 2 shows, 22 min., opens in 1, closes full stage -- Presenting for the first time here his new burlesque "From 'Zaza' to 'Uncle Tom'", which is the best thing of the kind ever done in this house. It had people actually tumbling out of their seats with laughter, and the house employes fairly laughed until they cried, as many of the points in the dialogue were more appreciated by them than by the laymen in the audience. I mean to hold it next week and feature it. Empire City Quartet, 2 shows, 19 min. in 1 -- Excellent vocalists, but the Hebrew comedian is a good deal of a "shine". Their ensemble and straight solos were all encored. LaVeen and Cross, 3 shows, 14 min. full stage -- These acrobats are the best in their special line in the business, and LaVeen's exhibition of muscular development is probably better than that of Sandow. Conroy and McDonald, 2 shows, 15 min. in 1 -- Irish dialect comedians, singers and dancers. These men are going behind and their proper value would be about GHR and three shows. They did fairly well in the place but the show ahead of them is so fast that they are unable to keep up the pace.