The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-07
AUDIENCE TO Join
IN PLAY ON STAGE
Unusual Plan Of New Thea
ter to Open on Wash
ington Stage.

Things revolutionary are happening in
Washington theatrical affairs
Il Is not enough that Washington Is
10 have new theater to be built and
furnished in the marveIously short time
Ct one week. but the whole relation OF
newspaper critics. audience. and stage
FOLK must be jumble0 10 the extent that
each factor in the success OF stage
production must have dfffCUlty in re-
CuEEiZinG his own identity
Possibly IL Is All q dire conspiracy on
the part Of the thsater management 10
get even with the critics for some y
the Unkind things they occasionally
feel called upon 10 print In any event
some OF those Washington newspaper
men whose opinions Of things theatrical
occasionally appear in type, today know
now II feels to take part in a big Stage
production And lust TO heap Goals OF
FIRE" on their heads, those who make
their living on the stage have given
these embryos every assurance that
they acquitted themselves admirably
Newspaper Men Guests.
Representative Of the four daily
papers OF Washington yesterday were
the guests of the management OF The
Midnight Sons now playing in Balti-
more. and Manager Taylor. OF the Bel
production is TO appear next week. Man
ager Dorsett, Of the Studebaker Com
pany, drove the party in a new machine
over the road 20 Baltimore
Lew Fields terms his attraction, which
has just left New York after a year on
Broadway, a musical moving picture
in eight films No other characterize
ZION could be more apt The production
has the rapid and unceasinE movement
Of that form Of entertainment In ad-
ditiOn, musical numbers are tuueful and
pleasing With a cast Of Is. the chorus
Is large, and those caIIous critics agreed
that il was pleasing
The capital prize Of the numerous new
features seen in The Midnight Sons Is
The S0-Czued rheater scene In this a
complete thsater. stase, boxes. Orches-
ira balcony and gallery Is set upon the
stage proper In the theater more than
90 real people" witness a vaudeville
entertainment, which includes aerial
artists, singers. and other performers
Seems an Illusion.
Seen from the front Of the house. ones
first thought IS that there must be an
immense mirror placed on the stage. and
rh6t the audience IS gazing al a re-
Election OF It's own assembIsge- so COM
this audience begins 10 applaud the
artists Of the NerTi Murray Theater. as
il is called. one is convinced
To lend further SemblauCe TO the
reality. the newspaper men were ushered
INTO orchestra chairs IN the stage theater
some minutes after the performance had
begun And the patrons Of the Merri
Murray were no more pleased at their
hardness than are other audiences
With upper and lower boxes on either
side Of the stage, filled with women
handsomely gOwned. with the dress
suit belt in the first rows OF the or
chestra- grading OF TO the shabby al
tire Of the familiar gods Of the bal
conv' leaning over the rail above one
felt indeed that nothing was lacking
and settled down TO enjoy the perform
anCe- regardless Of that other audience
beyond the fCOtliEhfS- and Il is this
Murrt Murray Theater which IS being
built a. the BeIasco-
Clothes Govern Pay.
a peculiar feature Of the Murri Muir
ray Theater IS that the patrons are
paid according to their dress One hun
dred and fifty persons are required to
supplement the cast of The Midnight
sons Those who appear in evening
clothes are paid 81 each appearance
while others less faShiOnably dressed.
are relocated to the upper regions at
- cents each II is said BY the man
aEGmenJ that during the Washington
engagement parties Of well-knOwn peo-
pie VIII be made I'D 10 occupy the com
and the regular super money Will 20
70 some charity
The curtain TUuE down on the stage