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Keith-Albee manager reports, September 2, 1902 - September 3, 1903
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NEW YORK SHOW: WEEK FEBY.16th: ------------ STEREOPTICON:- Usual collection of views. 6 minutes in one. HR-LAWRENCE CRANE:- Known as the Irish Magician: This fellow is quite a clever worker, and in some way or other manages to catch the audience every time. Personally, I don't like his mannerisms at all, but as long as the audience likehim that is all that is necessary, and he certainly always goes very strong in this house. 18 minutes in one. AR- THE 2 FENNELLS:- Young man and a woman in a fair little singing and acrobatic act. The woman is really quite a good little acrobat and the man is a fair sort of a dancer. They make two or three different changes of costume, and on the whole, it is a very acceptable turn for the early part of bill. 11 mins. can do whole act in one if necessary, but it is better to give them a C.D. in the early GNH:-HINES & REMINGTON:-Man and woman in a talking act. There is no question but what Miss Remington is one of the brightest women in the business, and she always manages to bring more or less new material every time they come around. The act had a very hard pace on the bill this afternoon, but still they went strong. 19 Mins. in one. GHR- 3 WILLETTES:- An acrobatic act by three men, and an exceedingly clever one. 10 minutes; full stage. ER-HERBERT & WILKINS:- Two men in a blackface comedy singing and dancing act. I think if they had had a proper place on the bill they wouldhave done big for they are really excellent dancers, and I think, pretty good comedians. They will be placed much better at night, and I think they will go stronger. 15 minutes, in one. ? CHAS B. LAWLOR & DAUGHTERS:- In a singing act. This act introduces Mr. Lawlor and his two daughters. The girls are very young, I should think about 14 or 15 years of age, and have not got the idea of making up to any great extent, but they sing quite prettily and have considerable of that "give-us-your-kind-applause" material, which is always bound to go. After booking them I heard that they were not very good, and so held back the contract until I could see them. Much to my surprise, in one of the hardest places in the bill, they went very nicely and got lots of applause. I prefer to see them again before I decide on the salary. 18 minutes; open full stage, close in one. AR-THOR:- This is a young man with a little musical act, not particularly strong, yet he fills the time that he is on the stage very accptably. Plays two or three different instruments, and can be classed as a fair act. 11 minutes, in one. ER-IMHOFF & CONN:- Two men in a comedy act. It is about the same thing that was done here by Baker & Conn, and introduces the deaf doctor to whom the Irish comedian appears for relief for lung trouble, the fun being made on account of the doctor's deafness. Imhoff is not nearly as good as Baker, and the strong singing turn of Baker in one is absent, still the act went very well indeed, and can be rated as a good act in an early place in the bill. 18 minutes, full stage.
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NEW YORK SHOW: WEEK FEBY.16th: ------------ STEREOPTICON:- Usual collection of views. 6 minutes in one. HR-LAWRENCE CRANE:- Known as the Irish Magician: This fellow is quite a clever worker, and in some way or other manages to catch the audience every time. Personally, I don't like his mannerisms at all, but as long as the audience likehim that is all that is necessary, and he certainly always goes very strong in this house. 18 minutes in one. AR- THE 2 FENNELLS:- Young man and a woman in a fair little singing and acrobatic act. The woman is really quite a good little acrobat and the man is a fair sort of a dancer. They make two or three different changes of costume, and on the whole, it is a very acceptable turn for the early part of bill. 11 mins. can do whole act in one if necessary, but it is better to give them a C.D. in the early GNH:-HINES & REMINGTON:-Man and woman in a talking act. There is no question but what Miss Remington is one of the brightest women in the business, and she always manages to bring more or less new material every time they come around. The act had a very hard pace on the bill this afternoon, but still they went strong. 19 Mins. in one. GHR- 3 WILLETTES:- An acrobatic act by three men, and an exceedingly clever one. 10 minutes; full stage. ER-HERBERT & WILKINS:- Two men in a blackface comedy singing and dancing act. I think if they had had a proper place on the bill they wouldhave done big for they are really excellent dancers, and I think, pretty good comedians. They will be placed much better at night, and I think they will go stronger. 15 minutes, in one. ? CHAS B. LAWLOR & DAUGHTERS:- In a singing act. This act introduces Mr. Lawlor and his two daughters. The girls are very young, I should think about 14 or 15 years of age, and have not got the idea of making up to any great extent, but they sing quite prettily and have considerable of that "give-us-your-kind-applause" material, which is always bound to go. After booking them I heard that they were not very good, and so held back the contract until I could see them. Much to my surprise, in one of the hardest places in the bill, they went very nicely and got lots of applause. I prefer to see them again before I decide on the salary. 18 minutes; open full stage, close in one. AR-THOR:- This is a young man with a little musical act, not particularly strong, yet he fills the time that he is on the stage very accptably. Plays two or three different instruments, and can be classed as a fair act. 11 minutes, in one. ER-IMHOFF & CONN:- Two men in a comedy act. It is about the same thing that was done here by Baker & Conn, and introduces the deaf doctor to whom the Irish comedian appears for relief for lung trouble, the fun being made on account of the doctor's deafness. Imhoff is not nearly as good as Baker, and the strong singing turn of Baker in one is absent, still the act went very well indeed, and can be rated as a good act in an early place in the bill. 18 minutes, full stage.
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