The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08
READY FOR TUESDAY MIGHT.
PRESIDENT GRHENWALL PUSHING
THE WORK ON THE THEATER.

First Nightcrs-The old Green
Room Done Away WIth-Presidcut
GreenuaII Thinks the Old building
should Have Been Made "a Museum.
some OF This seasons Attractions.
The shows THAT VIII Appear This
week.
There has been some noticeable progress
on the new Savannah theater every hour
since President Henry Greenwall, Of the
Greenwau Theatrical Circuit Company.
has been in the city. With the opening
IL view on Tuesday night the work was
not going along rapidly enough TO suit
AIR. Greenwall. and he had an extra force
put on for night work, with the result
that the scaffoldng has been torn out
OF the interior of the building and the
parqueite chairs have been put in place.
This leaves only a few finishing touches
yet 10 be put on in order to get the house
IN shape for the opening night
1t is impossible. Of course. 10 think Of
completing the house this week, on which
account the chief object Of the manage
ment has been to get the interior in shape
doubtedly be accomplished. The decora-
tions of the interior. which. with the ex-
eepuon OF a few finishing touches, have
about been completed. are in light blue,
gold. light pink and light bun. The light
blue is predominant in the colorng
throughout the house, and in accordance
with this the carpets and plush trimmings
are all Of that color. The design Of the
ceiling decorations is a dome in the cen-
ter with an elegant sunburner surrounded
by a clouded sky and decorated with GU
pids and flowers. The coloring of the
walls is light blue with borders in gold,
light pink and light buff. and with floral
designs ON the cornices.
So much for the decorations. The par
Quette, or lower hoor VIII, when props
erly arranged, seat go people comfor-
tably, anording a full view of the stage
from every seat. On account Of the fact
that the diagram from the company
which manufactured the chairs was lost
in the mall it was impossible to arrange
the chairs as they belong for the OPEN
ing night. They have been put down,
however, but their present arrangement
is only temporary, and viii be changed
after the performances of this week. The
chairs are upholstered in blue plush have
q comfortable incline to the backs and
are equipped with coat and hat racks.
The balcony has been changed In sucn
a manner as to afford a full view of the
stage from every seat in 1T. The chairs
that were used in the parquet of the old
theater have been placed there and Will
make far more comfortable seats than
those in the balcony Of the old theater.
The gallery likewise has been remOdeled
snl trfI1 an 81 "a
81 fun view of the stage at the lowest
price. The boxes, of which there are five
on each side OF the house, have been deco
rated In the same manner as the other
part of the theater, and Will be hung with
delicate silk draperies. The balustrades
around them VIII be covered with blue
plush and surrounded by a nickel-plated
railing, as viii also be the case with the
railing OF the orchestra apartment just in
front Of the stage
The interest OF course, viii center In the
interior OF the new theater on the open
ing night, on account of the fact that it
viii be the only portion of the building
that VIII be entirely complete. It viii
be built on the same style, and finished
In the same manner, Mr.. Greenwau says,
as the Empire theater in New York city.
The floors of the parquette viii be covered
with plush carpets, those of the balcony
with Brussels carpets, all in blue, and the
aisles of the gallery with good cocoa mat
ting.
AS for the stage 1t has been improved
and remodeled until it is now like the stage
of a modern theater. The roof over the
stage was raised until now it is sixty feet
from the stage floor to the ceiling above
where the grdiron is located. From the
gridiron the scenery is hung, and is put in
place or removed by lowering and raising
It by means of pulleys instead of sliding it
an grooves as was done on the old-style
stages. More space has been secured in
front of the stage and it is as large and
roomy now as the stage of any theater in
the country There are six new dressing
rooms underneath the stage. and the
others above the stage will also be prop
erly fitted up.
The management will do away with the
old green room. and in fact this feature
IS being dispensed with in modern theaters
everywhere. The star of to-day is busi-
ness woman or man, as the case may
be, and when they see their friends they
must see them outside and not during
business hours. Nor are the ballet and
chorus girls allowed any of those privi-
leges. The old green room of the Savan-
nah theater has been turned into a room
for the storage of scenery which Is not in
use, and it is more than likely that the
new management viii put it to that use
permanently.
let room viii be on the right hand Of
the parquette floor and the gentlemen
room on the left. There win also be
private rooms on the balcony floor. Pres
sdent Greenwall will have his private
room on the balcony floor, and will have
It handsomely furnished for use whenever
he visits Savannah. The box Office will
be right in the entrance, which is at
the McDonough and Bull street corner,
while the managers Office will be just
TO the other side of the entrance Be-
tween the two will be an elegant foyer,
from which will lead the entrance to the
parquette floor and the stairs to the
balcony. There will also be a foyer on
the balcony floor. The walls of these hall
ways viii be elegantly decorated, and the
floors richly carpeted.
II VIII be about six weeks before the
building has been entirely completed.
There are great many details to at
tend TO and there is yet much work to
be done on the outside of the building.
There will be a dome twenty feet in
hight right over the main entrance. The
side approaches to the house, which win
be in iron, are yet to be built. None of
the walls have been painted, and there
are details everywhere which viii have
10 be attended TO. The raising of the walls
in front in the rear leaves a blank space