Word: hit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...action takes place in Maverick, Wyoming, where petticoat government prevails. Miss Fannie Johnston, as sheriff of the city, excites much admiration, both from her beauty and her acting. Miss Lewis, as president of the M. Y. W. I. C. C., also scores a big hit. She is vivacious and captivating and sings several clever songs. The solos and choruses are one and all effectively sung. The originality and wit of the songs prevails throughout. In short, each character seems to fit in his role so perfectly as to leave a lasting impression of fun and pleasure...
...Chicago concert was the crowning success of the whole trip. An audience of over two thousand completely filled the Central Music Hall and gave the clubs as hearty a welcome as they have ever received. Every number was encored and Wilder made even a greater hit than he had ever done before. The audience, in the last number, were apparently determined not to let him go until he had exhausted his repertoire and it was not until he had been called back nine or ten times that the applause died down so that the Glee Club could start "Fair Harvard...
NEXT week will close the engagement of Roland Reed at the Boston Museum in his highly successful comedy, "The Politician." This play has made such a great hit that large houses greet the players at every performance. No one should lose the opportunity of seeing him as General Josiah Limber, the greatest success of his professional career. He shows up in the most ludicrous light the defects in our political system, so that politicians themselves are kept in a constant laughter. The satirical view in which the comedy is written and the clever manner in which the leading character...
...more zest and vigor than in the first performance in Boston, and the play went much more smoothly and successfully. Chaves and Schurz carried off the honors of the evening and Knoblauch also played his part of Zerbinette most admirably. The dancing was excellent, the sailors making an especial hit with their hornpipe. Taken as a whole the play was the most successful one ever given by the Cercle Francais...
...Count De-Greville, and Mr. Lorrimer Stoddard as the Earl of Tweenways. It is unnecessary to sketch the plot of "The Amazons," but it is sufficient to say that the comedy is dainty and sparkling, and there is no reason why "The Amazons" should not make a decided hit on this, its second visit, as on its first...