The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-24
In the Playhouses of Salt Lake

| tanning offering called GA Double
Pianologue'' in which they play duet
accompaniments to their several songs,
Both Miss Boynton and Miss Bonrke
possess very pleasing voices as well as
being finished pianistes
| To tell jokes, sing and whistle 80 as
to keep the audience in laughter while
he draws pictures with crayons is tho
measure Of the act undertaken by Hal
Merritt, ''The college boy from lps.
wich," Mr., Merritt is q cartoonist off
the stage as we'll as on ii and he shows
to the tbeater audiences how cartoons
arc drawn for the newspapers. His act
is exceptionally diverting
Bert and Lottie Walton arc clever
singing and dancing acrobnts, who have
been featured i'll several New York mu-
sical comedies. They en1iven q pro-
gramme with their agility and surprise
an audience with the unusual versatility
of their performance. They sing and
dance well but their twists and turns
are feature Of what they present
during the ten minutes they ore on tho
stage.
Motion pictures and the regulation
musical programme by the Orpheum or.
chestra complete the opening bill.
James Rogers of the Salt Lake
Amusement association who owns and
controls the Grand theater aud who
went to New York and the east to con-
fer with Mr.. William Ingerson about
two weeks ago, writes that frst~class
company has ben secured and would be
landed by Mr.. Ingersoll. 1t is tho in
tention to make the Grand theater the
homo of high-class stock production,
presented by the best talent obtainable
and it is to this end that Mr.. Ingersoll
has been engaged by Mr.. Rogers. The
company wlll open at the Grand early
In September. When it was first an
nounced that the Grand management
had secured this talented actor aud
that he would head company selected
and controlled by himself, many play
goers predicted that no would not come,
and thought that not enough influence
could be brought to bear on Mr.. Inger-
soil to get him to leave the four cities
of the east where he had become idol |
lZed by theater-goers, In Philadelphia
he played three successive seasons and
for seven years he played in New
York, Pittsburg and Providence. Mr.. |
Ingersoll had some very flatterinp of. !
fers by some Of the big producers in
the east; another offer was made to
him to head and direct stock com
pany in New York; and still another
OTTER TO create new part IN a new
play which is soon to be given it's |
first presentation in New York.
Considering all the obstacles which |
Mr.. Rogers has had to overcome, he is
certainly to be congratulated on his
his Salt Lake enterprise. Mr.. Rogers
Will shortly return from his trip, but |
before returning he and Mr.. 1nger-
soil VIII call on the producing man
ayers and arrange for the great sue
cesses In high-class royalty plays and |
secure the exclusive rights for Salt |
Lake.
During Mr.. Rogers absence the re.
of the old Grand has been
Mr.: Onderdonk, the architect, and |
nothing is being left undone that will |
add IN any way to the comfort and at
tractiveness of the playhouse The or
,hostra pit has been substantially en-
arged for the orchestra which will bo
among the beg in the city. The heat
ing plant will be changed so that the
'heater can be heated without any spe-
'ial effort. New draperies and brass
DECORATIONS, and will make the interior
IF the playhouse appear like a palace.
The front of the theater has been
changed and made to correspond with
,he interior, the old portico and walls,
etc., will be of soft color and O great
contrast to those that have been in
evidence for the past years. With a
pretty tbeater, and company of tai
'nted players, headed by q man with
,he versatility and talent Of William
[ngersoll, theater-goers Of Salt Lake
IAN look forward to the coming sea
ION with great expectations.
For the sixth week of the engage
nent of the Curtis Musical Comedy com.