The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-05-15

Independents Will Present Sixty
Productions From New York
To San Francisco.

NEW YORK, May l5.-Back OF the
announcement made by the Shuoerts
today. confirming the exclusive dis
patch Of several weeks ago that they
ale now in a position To offer forty
weeks bookings in continuous
string OF playhouses reaching from
New York TO San Francisco. appears
for the first time the factor which has
made an open door in theatricals pos
sible, and threatens 10 break the lron
grip of the theatrical trust.
According 10 we'll founded reports
today, this factor is none other than
the financial support or some OF the
wealthiest men in Wall-st., with whom
l. -Shuhert- has come IN toueA
through his dictatorship Of the New
Theater. America nearest approach
10 a National theater, which Is TO De
opened In the fall. Since the election
OF Lee Shubert, the trusts oitterest
enemy, 10 the directorate. the New
Theater has been the subject OF open
attack by leaders OF the theatrical
trust
AS a result OF this, the men back OF
the New Theater, and the list includes
such names as Morgan, Gould. Mackey'
Vanderbilt and Astor. are said TO have
been Influenced TO put their support
back OF the independents.
In their announcement today, con.
firIning In every detail the United
Press dispatch 10 some weeks ago,
the Shuberts deny the report that Har-
rison Grey Fiske. one of the most
prominent figures in the theatrical
world from an artistic STANDPOINT, mas
deserted them 10 ally himself Win
Klaw and Erlanger. VITA the ne"
contracts for theaters announced TO
day, and the new houses reported as
either contracted for or already under
construction. the Shuberts loom up 10
asx as the first real rival klaw and
Granger nave ever been called on 10
compete with.
In their official statement regarding
their plans for next season the Shu-
berts say:
we shall present this year about
sixty productions, constituting dram
attic and musical offerings. and many
other PLAYS will be Offered by such
producers as Liebler and company
Lew Fields, Joe Weber, Ray Comstoek
and Harrison Grey Fiske. with whom
we are allied.
Among the theaters pledged 10 the
"Open door" policy are four In Arkan'
sas, nine in Indiana. twenty-three IN
Missouri. twenty in Iowa, tnirty-six IN
Illinois nine In Minnesota, six IN Ne
braska twenty-four in Kansas, five IN
Oklahoma, three in Otah, one III
Wyoming and eleven in Colorado. A
list OF the Shubert theaters Includes
these:
lyric and Adelphi. philadelphia;
The Relasco. Washington; The
Duouesne. Pittsburg; The Garrick, 81.
.ouis. The Lyric. Cincinnati. the Ma
iestic and a new theater being built
Boston: Sam s. Shubert theater, Kan
cas- CITY. the Shubert theater. MI.
waukee, the Teck, Buffalo: the Prov.
dence opera house. Providence, the
Eype rion, New Haven. the Baker
Rochester: the Grand opera house
syracuse: the Shubert theater. Utica !;
the Garrick Chicago: the Royal Alex
sndra Toronto the Colonial. Cleve
land. Harmanius Bleecker, Albany;
Star theater. Tacoma. New Alhamora.
Seattle and in Manhattan, the Bronx.
and Brooklyn, the Lyric, Maxine HI
uott's DAYS. Casino. Lew Fields Her
aid Square. Majestic. Yorkyille.
Metropolis, Comedy, New Thirty-ninth.
Al playhouse. Broadway. West End.
Graz, -, srS 49, t8Se2kl[ynl ana
the Hippodrome. -,
New theaters for the Shuberts VIII
be located in Columbus Indianapolis.
Omaha. Portland. Seattle, Los Angeles
San Francisco ST. Paul and Mime
apolis