Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-11
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Work to Have Co.
IoniaI Ready.
All Will Be Complete for
"FIorodora."
Manager Pierce Has Made Metro
poIitan Plans.

The sale of seats for the opening
performances at the Colonial Opera
house will open Friday morning. Feb.
2S, ut o'clock. The first production
in the new theater will be 'Florodora,"
with Isadore Rush. long the leading
lady with Roland Reed, in the princi-
pal part. Miss Rush has been seen
in Akron only once. She played with
Reed in "Thc Wrong Mr. Wright" at
the Grand Opera house four years
ago. She is one of the very clcvercst
women on the stage and one of the
,most beautiful.
"Florodora" will be given two nights
at the opening of the Colonial-March
3 and 4. This attraction has played
to high prices elsewhere and it will
not be because 1t is the opening attrac-
ton, If prices prevail here.
The new opera house is TO Ac ready
and entirely complete so far as the
interior Is concerned for the opening
nights. Work is progressing rapidly.
The scaffolding will all be removed
tomorrow. and many of the decorations
have already been put in place. 9th
crs need only he put up.
Mr.. John Il. Pierce, the local man
agcr of the house, is n man of wide
theatrical experience, and has travelled
extensively: but he said Tuesday that
he was most agrecably surprised upon
his arrival in Akron to find the Colon
ial so perfect in every way. He could
suggest no change. Everything has
been arranged to make "A thcater which
can be managed upon the metropolitan
lines which he has laid down. Mr..
Pierce was for II years manager of
the lyceum in Rochester, the swcllest
thcatcr of that city. He resigned IL
year ago and during the Pan Amcri-
can exposition was chief clerk in the
UNION passenger Office of the railroads
in Buffalo, he having been q railroad
man prior to his work in the theltrcal
business. Mr.. Pierce has brought his
wife to Akron and they are now cs-
tablshed residents of Akron.
An innovation which Mr.. Pierce is
to inaugurate here will prove vastly
popular, rs soon ns it is generally un-
dcrstopd, That Is II plan of absolute
fairness In the sale oG reserved seats.
No seats will be put away for any
one. There will he no telephone In tho
box Office. Purchasers of seats in ad-
vance must call at the, office and Sc
cure their tickets in advance. The
advance sale of seats for each regular
performance will open three days
in advance of the show--always. No
one purchaser in the line at the open
ing of the sale will be allowed to buy
more than six seats. This Is to pre-
vent speculation and to give everyone
an equal chance. A man may want
dozen seats, but, If SO, he must have
someonc--a messenger boy maybe--
but someone in the line to buy the
six that he cannot buy himself, for
nobody can buy more than six at one
time.
tine list of attractions has been
booked for the Colonial ana Manager
Pierce will scarcely he disappointed
IN his expectations that the house Will
do large busines. I'VE expect TO
do It, he said Tuesday. Everything
viii be done for the comfort and con.
veniencc of our patrons but in attend
ng TO this, the actors have not been
forgotten. The house is 10 be com.
plete, both in front of and behind the
stage"