The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-25
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THE LOUNGER

Methods change with the times IN
every kind of business and the the.
atrical Is no exception to the rule, as
may be seen by the present tendency
I" build small cozy theaters. There
are several new houses now contem-
plated where the seating capacity will
he very small. and the theater that
Is to take the place of the precent
Century theater that was originally til.
New theater. Is to seat only 299. Win
throp Ames. who ruled the des,ini"s
of the old house. will be the lessee. The.
house will be modeler largely after the
plans of the Camera theater of Berlin
and will be known al the Little thea
ter. The plays to be produced will
not attract the great mass of the the
~atergoers and will be known as the
modern or intimate type. Within and
without the theater is to present Il
compromise between opulence and
austerity. There will be no boxes or
balcony. and every one OF the ae9
q will have a perfect view of the
stage.
Talking OF new theaters puts me in
mind Of a scheme that was Matched
the other day in Cleveland. Frank
b. Alexander comes forward with n
proposition to build sixty new play
houses in and around the city Of
Cleveland and Mr.. Alexander would
be tickled to death If only the dear
public would contribute generously to
the plan. The proposition Is TO or
ganize a company with a capitalization
of 100000 to be p,rceled ont in $40
shares. The theaters are to be devot-
ed to the exhibition OF moving pic
lures and the promoter figures out
on paper-that he will be Paying divf-
dends as soon as the first three houses
have been running about ninety days.
He figures the net profit Of each house
will be about 1854 on a weekly outlay
of $444. When James Lederer read
out-Alexander Alexander and
would build s%ixty-one grand opera
houses in the city of Toledo.
Grand Opera in New York Is even
more successful than at any time in
the past. and the premier Of the new
opera "Lobetanz" was absolutely the
most satisfactory in the season. This
German opera is the first Of the works
Of Otto Julius Bferbaum and Ludwig
ished his criticism with the wish that
he could listen to a dozen such.
The trouble in New York at the
present time is to choose from such ar
abundance Of good things, all really
good entertainment. The list ranges
from the broadcast farce and musical
comedies to tragedies of Shakespeare
and the works of Moliere. Tastidious
indeed must be the theatergoer who
cannot appease his appetite from the
feast set before him.
"The Red Widow ia still al the Az.
tor theater with Raymond Hitchcock
in n Of the most agreeable roles Of
his life.
The Quaker Girl" with Clifton
Crawford still continues on its melod-
ious way al the Park.
Rose Stahl in the department ro-
nance, Maggie Pepper" is still en-.
joytng the same prosperity that mark
ed the beginning 6f her season..
The continued success Of David War.
field in THE Return of Peter Grimm"
at the Belasco IL still undoubted. There
is yet to be the fret vacant seat in
the house.
The Woman" continues blythly on
Its way at the Republic.
Kitty Gordon has entered on the
axth week Of her stay at the New York
theater in The Encnantress."
The Pink Lady" at tile New Am.
sterdam has entered on its ninth
month with no loss Of interest in the
production.
THE Garden of Allah" continues 10
be the crystalized dream that one of
the reviewers called it.
George B. Conan as THE Little MIL
%lionaire," registers his seventy-sec.