The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-01
SHUBERTS TO HAVE
7HEATER IN ZION
1t Is Said That They Have Sc
cured a Lease Upon
the Lyric.
FIRST PLAY TO BE GIVEN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
Three Companies of Shuberts'
Players to Arrive Here Oh
November III.

There is to be Shubcrt theater in
Salt Lake. It will it is stated, open
two weeks from today, Monday, No
vember Is. What play Will be present
ed upon the opening night has not
been decided upon. II may be "The
Bachelor" it may be "Grls; it may
be ''Biny." This, however. will de-
pend upon which OF the three com
panics under Shubert management, who
viii arrivcs here Sunday, November II,
can best be left in Salt Lake.
In The Tribune of Saturday was
printed special dispatch from New
York regarding the plans Of the Shu-
berts in the west This dispatch fol-
lows:
Shuberts' plan of triple iEvasion Of the
Pacific coast is about To be realized, and
their recently acquired thcatcrS are soon
TO DC visited by some of the country s
best talent. In addition 20 the attractions
they have already placed in tho far west
ern cities. Their invasion is TO be made
within the next fortnight when three OF
their ompanios-Charl"s Cherry In The
Bachelor" the originaf billy" company
and The second Girls company-Start
west on a special train OF palace ears.
They Will leave a week from next Mon
day. Tho train VIII carry the complete
scenic equipment. well the PLAYERS,
VIII travel together as far as salt Lake
City. From there The Bachelor will go
10 San Francisco. Girls VIII go TO-
Portland and Billy TO Seattle. Al
three attractions win open simultaneous
~ and will tour through the whole Pa
Cidc coast territory before starting on
Il return journey through the middle west
After the Lyric.
II is understood that Il lease has
been obtained ON the Lyric theaLcr Oh
South Main street by the Shuberts
and that their plays viii be presented
there. 1t is also stated that during
the time that the thcater would be
dark, that Is when no Shubcrt attrac.
tion was here, that a stock company
will hold the boards, and 1T is said
that the Arlington players are TO bc
the stock company
Those who are on the inside say that
the ShubcrtS must have playhouse
here, or else end their western circuit
at Denver. AS the Jump from Denver
TO tho Pacific coast is too great. Ever
since the deal for the Grand thcateT
fell through the Shuberts have been
quietly at work, through some local
people, to secure II ihcatcr here. and
have. it is said. leased the Lyric.
There. viii necessarily have TO be
some changes made in the interior of
the Lyric and this will bc done before
the date mentioned above The Lyric
will seat 1850 people. and this capacity,
it is stated, will be increased later. For
the past two years it has been occu-
pied rs moving picture thcster
With this playhouse running under
The Shuberts' direction it viii make
four theatcrs in Salt Lake playing the
legitimate and three others presenting
vaudeville seven thcatcrS IN all This
VIII mean ono ihcater for every 10000
population. In New York there is one
thoater for every $1,000 population,
Whether Salt Lake can support the
seven regular thcatcrs remains 20 be
seen. II viii be a survival of the fit.
test.