New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31
CHANGES At BOOTHS THEATRE.
G. w. s.

PLAYS WHICH THE MANAGEMENT HOPES TO BRING
OUT THIS wINTER-PoPULAR PRICEs--How THE
BUILDING HAS BEEN IMPROVED.
John Stetson found at Booths Theatre the
other afternoon busy experimenting the labors of
some worlSmen in the orchestra
Il shall open August 90" he said when asked
about his plans for the season, "and the theatre
Will be run with stars and special combinations
Exactly what shall open with has not been def
ntey determined as yet. THE World will be put
ON for the last two weeks in September Edwin
Booth will play here through October Following
nm, Rossi, the Italian tragedian, will ap-
pear for two weeks His repertory includes
Macbeth King Lear Othelo,' Romeo and Jul
let, and Hamlet Rossi comes over under his
own management, and will play in Boston, ana in
TACT all over the country, well as here. He will
play with an American company. ] think all for
eign stars will carry out the idea for it is al
together too expensive and too risky for them to
DrIilg over Their own companies In the latter part
OF November and December there will be general
business. Very likely shall Introduce something
buriesque opening and pantonime finish Through
January Mary Anderson will play her usual
ljst' 'Parthena' .Bianca.' Meg Me t@ 81
Ihe Countess in Love- and lon hcr
Company viii be here in the course Of the season. eIa
although the exact time is not yet determined II
is very probable too, that Florence will come An
20 The World which will be produced mt the
IDrury Lane Theatre August L, may he brought out
:, How about the prices ~ was asked
M St intend to have special popular prices, said
good, regular patronage, because there has never
been regular price. Other places have their sne-
eia patrons but this has been sort of job theatre
the entire lower floor viii be ST. ineiadn DF
in the first balcony will be Is cents for the second
90 and Tor the third 20. These split prices you
sec, between the rates of the best of the other
theatres, like Wallacks and the Union Square. and
the rates at the Grand Opera House | offer me
dunn between seats at one for 81 50, the other
here, as great star like Booth, the price for the
lower fioor Will be raised 70 81 80 aud the first bal
c3ny 81 The two upper balconies will remain nm.
changed. My idea is to cater to the popular taste
and yish to retain the SO cent and 20 cent
1t is understood that if satisfactory arrangements
theatre fb be will mad he o with the KjTafys this
gof" Mademosee Rhea, of the Theat rI Frap cars
may also appear here 1t was learned that Mary
AndeTson's principal support will be j. b. Studiey
with Booth and Miss Katherine Rogers with Rossi
several noticeable changes are progress at the
lobby at the Twenty -thir-st entrances and the box
office which was formerly built out on the right has
entrance, thus giving an additional amount of room
ABOVE the elgnt doors separating the inner from the
which appears also over the doors into the body OF
the house: The woodwork is to be light in hue Mr.
Stetsons idea being TO make the place cheerful as
possible and to avoid anything like a sombre appear
ance. Opposite the Twenty-third-st entrance
in the inner lobby will be two Ladies cloak-rooms
and behind them large ladies' reception-room.
winch are new features in theatrical arran gemcnts
About eighteen feet of the stage has been cut oil i'm
front. In the space thus obtained are placed 100
maroon plush arm-chairs. These are separated
from the other seats by an ornamental brass railing
An elaborate new lambrequin of crimson and gold
VIII hang across the upper part of the proscenilm
arch and the curtains viii be newly borcercd Re-
gliding, painting and general reiuvenaton are
actively In progress, and meanwhile Mr. Stetson *
man OF many cares.