The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-03-05
SUMMER OPERA
FOR NEWARK IN
FINE NEW HOUSE
Will Be Opened by Milton and
Sargent Aborn About June
Next.
THREE BLOCKS BELOW
OLYMPIC PARK GROUNDS
Will Seat 1900 Persons and Be
Thanked by a Beautiful
Garden.

Milton and Sergeant Aborn, whose
opera companies have played in olym-
pic Park, Irvington, for the past four
summers. will open a summer theatre
three blocks below Olympic Park, at
Springfield avenue and Fortieth street,
lrvington, about June 1. They have
leased the Killian Jubert property con-
sisting of about two acres at this To-
cation for ten years, and expect to be-
gin work or the new building April 1.
1t will. seat 1900 persons and will be
modelled after the best summer theatres
of Europe.
The hotel which is on the site now
will be converted into an u~p-to-date
restaurant, n the property will be
further improved by the erection of re-
freshment stands and transformation
OF the grounds into an opera garden.
The Aborn Opera Company will open
an engagement at the Newark Theatre
April rs, at the close of the regular sea-
son, n will play there nightly until
the new opera house is finished. 1t Is
understood that vaudeville will hold the
stage at Olympic Park.
Everything Up-to-Date.
Following is the description of the
new summer theatre and opera garden,
as given by the promoters:
1t will contain twelve private boxes
and twenty loges, holding eight seats
each. The house will nave roomy opera
chairs, and wide aisles. Both sides Of
the house may be opened, SO as to
empty the building inside of two min
utes. The building, which is to be-
l0Gx150, will have a sliding roof, which
may be opened on warm evenings, and
large windows on either side, which
may be opened and closed at will. The
orchestra pit will seat tw~enty-four
musicians, the prosecenium opening
which is to be AZ feet wide and the
stage AZ feet deep, will be equipped
with every modern invention, and will
permit the staging of the largest of
spectacular productions.
The latest inventions will be utilized
in the lighting and electrical effects.
The rear of the stage will have sliding
doors. which. may open, showing a
beautiful landscape or woods, as occa-
sion may demand.
All the attaches and ushers are to be
dressed in white duck uniforms. The
grounds will be illuminated with thou
sands OF electric. prisms. The gardens
will be laid out in a perfect bower of
beauty, with fountains, beds Of flowers
and wide macadamized walks. There
will be an ~up-to-date. automobile gar
age, with sgasoline fortfie asking
carriage shed or stable for those 4driv-
ing to the gardens,
Beautiful Garden. .
There will be no catch penny de-
vices or dance halls of any character,
simply ian opera garden catering to
music lovers who desire opera given in
first-class and with beautiful
surroundings. There is to be a first
class cafe and restaurant, with a ban
quet hall seating 400, (which is to be
under the management of a we'll known
caterer, who is to make theatre and
dinner parties a speciality. There will
also be a confectionery and soda water
and ice cream booth.
/. The entrance to the Aborn Gardens
will occupy 140 feet of beautiful archi-
lecture on Springfield avenue, and a
special exit for automobiles and car
riages is being provided for on the
Fortieth street side. to be utilized after
the opera. There is to be no charge for
admission to the gardens, the price OF
any seat emitting the holder to free
admission. thus doing away with the
ten-cent charge at the gate.
The box office will be at the entrance
to the gardens, in Springfield avenue
where direct telephone communication
may be had. There will also be a
branch ticket office in the vicinity Of
Broad and Market streets. W. H. Nc
Elfatrick, the well-known architect. is
to have charge of all the plans, and
bids will be received only from Newark
builders.