Thérèsa retires, 1893 |
'THÉRÈSA'S RETIREMENT.
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Nellie McCoy at |
'Nellie McCoy made her reappearance in vaudeville in a new act, in which she is assisted by four ''Gibson girls.'' While the girls did not by any means justify their billing, they made a satisfactory background for the sprightly Miss McCoy, who is a gingery little person and a hard worker. There is no dialogue in the act, the performance consisting of three songs with changes of costume and scenery. The opener is ''Where Broadway Meets Fifth Avenue,'' and was not much to speak of, musically or lyrically. The star looked very fetching in a black jet dress with pink chiffon underskirts and slippers of the '61[i.e. 1861] period. A Dutch ditty called ''Little Steinie'' followed, the girls wearing Hollandish
make+ups, with Miss McCoy as a boy. The wooden shoes made a good big noise when the dancing happened and helped to bring the little troupe back for their final offering, which was called ''Togo Sam.'' It is a tuneful little Japanese song and gave Miss McCoy a chance to disguise herself as a Japanese lantern. The act is neatly presented and will please the average audience.'
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Rosario Guerrero at the Orpheum, |
'Rosario Guerrero, the Spanish Pantomime Dancer, the Oakland Orpheum.
'The sensation that was promised to come with the performance of Rosario Guerrero materialized at the Oakland Orpheum yesterday. Guerrero is a Spanish woman. They call her the greatest pantomime artist in the world. She is more than that. She is a dancer of extraordinary skill and possessed of a temperament that would maker her, one might fancy, and ideal Carmen.
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