El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-04
Circuit of Musica1 Comedy Proposed.
FL Paso Would Be On It,
With II, Maybe 20, Other
Towns ''HoOked Up"
I'll PAso is going to have-maybe-

III PASO is going to have-mayDe-
n a theater for the presentation Of
tabloid musical comedy that will
be real musical comedy.
Louis B. Jacobs, who for many months
has been touring Arizona with such
company and is now playing the Savoy
theater in Phoenix, is behind the pro
Ject. He was here yesterday and leIt
last night Tor Denver and points nor III
The plan of Mr.. Jacobs is to organize
companies in Phoenix, FL Paso, AIou-
QuerQue, Trinidad, Colorado Springs,
Denver, Kansas City, Chicago, St. Louis,
Oklahoma City, Dallas, Fort Worth
Waco, Austin, Houston, Galveston and
San Antonio, and then alternate the
companies, moving them month by
month after the manner Of the variety
wheel in the east. A company Will
start at Phoenix, then move to El PasO'
then Albuquerque, and so on in the
order named above, the company that
originally started at each Of the othet
towns moving forward to the next city
etc, every company changing every
month or six weeks. This would en-
able one company to present eight to
II shows in town, two a week, and
then move on with the same shows
while the company that had been pro-
0ucing the same number of different
shows in another town would come in
and take it's place.
In this manner rehearsals would be
reduced to the smallest number and
each company would be well up in its
particular bills. In this it would have
big advantage over the average mu-
Slcal comedy company in stock, which
has to keep on rehearsing new bills all
the time and must necessarily not be
as well up in its work as company
sticking to the same productions
It would require several hundred bills
to furnish all the companies with some
thing different, also several hundred
1uIl sets of costumes, in order that
neither show would have the same plays
nor costumes, but this would be posi-
Die, Mr.. Jacobs says, as he has already
collected the plays and the costumes
while working out his first company in
Arizona during the past year.
Mr. Jacobs is figuring on securing
the new theater to be erected on the
west side of FL PasO street, between
san Antonio and Overland streets, as
his Ell Paso house.
1 believe that such combination Of
good shows would be a success" he de-
cIared. Il would gather together a
band of good people, equal to the best
IN the big shows, and, by giving two
SHOWS nightly in tabloid form, I could
make it a success Of course I realize
that the circuit would not stand for
anything punk. It would have to be
good stuff, but I feel that I can give
the very best in talent scenery and
costumes at popular prices. By giving
ent equal to the best yet charge popu-
lar prices, as I would have two chances
at the peoples money in an evening,
while the big travelling companies get
but one.
The Pantages and Sullivan & Con-
sldlne vaudeville circuits are paying
and they give good performances. They
pay because of the number Of perform
ances given in a day, for their prices I
are all very low. / can get together a |
musical comedy company for about the /
same price as one of these vaudeville /
blIs- Ny company has been a success /
IN Arizona and this has led me to be- [
lleye that can establish this circuit /
and make a success of it I am now
on my way to visit the various towns |
and see about making arrang ements /
Tor the houses.
If L can get the houses I can get |
the companies together, and I already /
nave the bills and the costumes. The I
railroad rare for the entire circuit is
reasonable enOugh-S65 for the round /
JTlp-and as company would REQUIRE
nearly TWO years to travel over the 4
whole circuit. this cost would not be
neaYy. I believe it is entirely feasible
ana think it will be in operation some
time this summer.
I may include Amarillo Tucson Pie
bee and Globe in the circuit. which
would mean bringing in four more
companies and stretching out the time
0I the trip over the circuit to such an
sAIenI Ihat-say each company remained !
N the town where it originally opened /
-or MONTH"; would take % months
20 make the complete circuit It is
QUITE likely that the companies would
'ehlaln IN town six weeks"