Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-12-22
Dramatic dnd Gypio.
The Thoater opera House In Opposition Noxt Wook-
Calhoun Opera Company-The Now Boy
Stoddard's "Reminiscences

The opsnlng Of the new Opera House
takes place Monday evening, Cnrlat-
mas Eve, aud as the next night,
Christnas, both houses viii opsn ilr
the frst tins against each other, aud
keep II up all tue remalndor Of the
week. Just what effect oheap priooi
theatrloala will have on the clientage
Of the standard priced theaier, re-.
mains 10 be sesn, aud the result l.
awaited with a good deal Of curiosity.
TIE rheater has never yet foally
known what this kind Of opposition
meant Ia the days Of the Wake.
Opera House, when the theatrical
business was 10 much cut into that
neither house maize any money and
the Walker steadily lost ~, there was
no reducing OF prices on either aide,
aud Of course tue opposition tho The.
alter has had OF mlo months IN
the Lycoum has been 40 iusig-
nincaut ns 10 cut no figure.
The advent OF our Grand, however, IL
very different matter. The house
holds thousand people, 10 round
numbers, and II will DO opened, at
least. by company said by competent
JUICES 10 DO the equals, u not the
superIop, OF many r0ad companies
which play at the rheaIer at a dollar
admission. Certainly good theatre
cal attraction, Or were ono ouly fairly
good, will appeal to good many PEG.
plo who are willing 10 pay 90 ceais Tor
tholr amusemen,s, but who are not
willing 10 pay dollar. Whether this
class IS numerous enough TO keep tue
Grand open six nights IN the week,
month amer month, And not only tbat
but 10 nll II well, Tor the expenses are
no nagatello, Isl question that only the
iu,ufo eau solve. In tho meantime the
advance sale has opened with excellent
indications Tor the Performance OF
Moths on Monday night
The play by local author, AIr.
M0natt, called Reunited, Of which
considerable has been said, has beon
Techriatened Gettysburg anu has been
"gone over" carefully by two local
nowspapermen who nave been engaged
in "re.odlting II" and putting IL into
better shape Tor presentation. II may
be produced locally during the winter.
Next week will bo busy one at the
Theater. Christmas afternoon aud
evening the holiday season opens with
the latest farce comedy sensation
called The New Boy. IL IN said 10 be
brilliant with delightful humor anu
keeIe the audience In laughter anu
applause through the entire three acts.
IL IL all about n school boy, bright
little fellow who sleeps with the bully
Of the school, IL Kicked anu cuiied aud
made TO do the drudgery, such 40 eteal-
ing applos, smuggling Ia whisky, and
the Ike. But he IL no boy Al alt. He
~ n man OF business, thirty years old.
He has recently married handsoms
widow, large hiiectionate woman
who towers above her husband ~ high
that ho was takon by all her old admir-
efs ~ her little son, whose father 10 In
the cold tomb. Tho widow Ia the
matron OF the school and tho doctor la
charge OF II hopes 10 marry her. He
has willed her all his property ON cou-
dltion that she will not marry again.
80 she humors him and let's him
imagine her husband 10 "a boy, lie
has n ioaTfully funny time with the
boys and plays wild prAnks, which
keeps the school and the audience ia
an uproar. Bert COoto plays the title
role.