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Category Archives: Donna Montran
Donna & Sammy — Worcester, Massachusetts (Dec. 1928)
In December 1928, my grandmother Donna Darling and her stage partner Sammy Clark appeared in Paul Specht’s “Syncopation” revue at the Plymouth Theatre in Worcester, Massachusetts, sharing the bill with Dolores Del Rio’s “Ramona.” Four consecutive issues of the Worcester Evening Gazette followed the engagement from its Monday opening to its Saturday close, offering an unusually complete week-by-week record of the act. Continue reading
Donna Montran in Chin Chin at the Drohen Avenue Theatre, Dunkirk, NY – March 8, 1920
On March 8, 1920, my grandmother, Donna Montran, again played when the touring company of “Chin Chin” stopped for a single night at the Drohen Avenue Theatre in Dunkirk, NY — two days after closing its Rochester engagement. Continue reading
Donna Montran in Chin Chin at the Lyceum Theatre, Rochester, NY – March 4–6, 1920
In March 1920, Donna Montran played the Goddess of the Lamp in the touring production of Chin Chin at Rochester’s Lyceum Theatre — a rare hometown engagement documented by both a Democrat and Chronicle review and a dedicated Rochester Herald feature. Continue reading
IN THE NEWS – Donna at the Temple Theatre, Bryan, Ohio – June 18–19, 1925
In June 1925, Donna Darling headlined at the Temple Theatre in Bryan, Ohio, with her Bathing Girl Revue. Advertised as the “outstanding vaudeville of the season,” her Keith Circuit engagement featured elaborate costumes, stage effects, and six supporting acts, marking another well-documented stop in her expanding Midwestern tour. Continue reading
Donna Darling Revue – Palace Theatre (New Orleans, LA) – April 7-10, 1927
A confirmed engagement at the Palace Theatre in New Orleans adds a Southern venue to Donna Darling’s 1927 itinerary — and introduces the frankest critical notice yet found in her documented career. Continue reading
Posted in In the news, Donna Darling Revue, Donna Montran, Vaudeville
Tagged Donia and Dunlevy, Donna Darling, Baldwin and Blair, vaudeville 1927, Corinne Arbuckle, Billy Lamont Four, Donna Darling Revue, George Walsh, vaudeville criticism, Palace Theatre New Orleans, New Orleans Louisiana 1927, New Orleans States, Times-Picayune
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