The New York Clipper (May 1917) . Atlantic Cttt, N. J., May 1.—KeithsTheatre here will not open its season untilJuly 2. The management expects toequal the Palace Theatre, New York, intbe excellence of its bills. That vaudeville is seemingly, going backto the days of minstrelsy and blackface, isbecoming more and more apparent withthe increased number of bookings thatblackface performers are receiving on thebig vaudeville circuits and the hearty ova-tions such acts are now being accorded byvandeville audiences. With his ear to the ground, Lew Dock-stader has been quick to catch the trendof the t
The New York Clipper (May 1917) . Atlantic Cttt, N. J., May 1.—KeithsTheatre here will not open its season untilJuly 2. The management expects toequal the Palace Theatre, New York, intbe excellence of its bills. That vaudeville is seemingly, going backto the days of minstrelsy and blackface, isbecoming more and more apparent withthe increased number of bookings thatblackface performers are receiving on thebig vaudeville circuits and the hearty ova-tions such acts are now being accorded byvandeville audiences. With his ear to the ground, Lew Dock-stader has been quick to catch the trendof the times and is preparing a new min-strel production which will soon see vaude-ville. Probably never before has the OrpheumCircuit had so many blackface and min-strel acts making its rounds. Among themare the Seven Honey Boys; Blue BertKenny, of Kenny and Nobody ; Ren Deeley :Harry Fern; Lew Dockstader, and WalterWeems. Among the blackface and minstrel actson tbe U. B. O. time are Mclntyre andHeath; Tennessee Ten and Eddie JULIAN ELT1NGE Julian Eltinge closes his season in Chicago, May 19th. Cousin Lucy has beendoing a capacity business all over America, this having been Mr. Eltinges longesttour and covering more territory than ever before. Mr. Eltinge will now start rehearsals on the playlet he wrote for Miss JaneOaker, and it will be seen in the vaudeville houses within a fortnight. TINNEY IN COCOANUT GROVE When the Century Girl closed FrankTinney returned to Freeport where he in-tended taking a well earned rest. But itseems that Tinneys contract with theDillingham-Ziegfeld offices require sevenmore weeks before he will be at liberty,so, starting last Monday night, he inter-polated his act at the Cocoanut Grove aspart of the performance and will finish outthe season there. BROWN AFTER WALKING RECORD George N. Brown, who has just com-pleted a tour of the Orpheum Circuit, isgoing to try to lower the worlds walkingrecord between Philadelphia and NewYork, and has retained
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