New Britain herald., 1917-02-16
NCH GIVING UP RUSSW|N LYCEUM
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1 SSoSS u bS hllOWu by tIldL LGlll, Fill become the second balcony as
 any theaters elsewhere. In the 1 floor foyer a ladies parlor will pilt and the present one on the floor will also be used. It is the 1 tion of the new management to Is the second balcony just as desir- 1 A place, to sit as any other in the 1 Ter and no pains will be spared in f1ng it perfectably acceptable to len and children as we'll as men.
 discipline will be maintained
 and all sanitary precautions will Sken
 soon as the theater becomes ad- I'd to it's new management MT. ftt plans to bring a resident mana here from New York whose duty it sbe to ascertain just what the Eer-going people want and then < it to them. It will be the en- For of the management to make INyceum the civic entertainment fsr of the city. Modern advertis- gnethods will be used and large Erie sign will be installed on the |folank wall. facing Washington E4e and the railroad tracks.
 g Will Improve Entrance.
 Hans are already being formulated
 mproving the street entrance to kheater. The court, between the \ building and the National Bank Hing will be repaved and concrete d walks will be put in. The entire |4kh of the court will be arched with
 lamps, according to out Fl plans, and in seasonable weather entrance will be made more at Rive by floral decorations. Flow Twill also play prominent part in Hobby. MT. Levitt stated that all fr reports to the contrary, he in- to keep the Lyceum theater a le-
 hate playhouse as long as the pub fxill support it. despite the fact it |ht be possible to make more by ling 1t into moving picture house mother year the management may ke an attempt to get onto the big luit again and may compete with |tford and New Haven in securing |e of the best theatrical produc- Is of the day.
 ihS hooAiNety NV hiIiaSo AAAoNiii6 pIStuI OS
 be continued under the close su- vision of the management and 1t is sible that summer movies will also MT. Levitt states that will permit no picture to be shown is not perfectly proper. There enough good pictures to be secured hout taking pictures that suggest , either in action or title" he said.
 he new lessee is a weIl-knowD ng man. He is a graduate of the versity Of New York .and also lied law at Yale and for the past F years has been located perma- tly in this city. In addition to a law office, he is inter- d in building operations and since ing here has erected about ten .ks. His largest block is the Auto 'hanee building at the corner of nkIn Square and Park streets, 7 in process of construction and ch will probably be N 'pleted by 7 1. t-
 Many Stars Seen Here.
 Ir. Lynch is retiring in order to ote his entire attention to his ter advertising business which has Z assumed such proportions as to land his entire attention. MT. ch took charge of this theater twenty-five years ago. actively it's construction and ing a prominent part in collecting for the money with Jo0 mi hn
 just returned from active work , National league baseball umpire.
 a number of years he was asso- ed with Claude Gilbert in the atrieal business but for more than cen years has conducted the thea
 alone. Under MT. Lynch's man. ment some of the greatest stars in gedom have appeared at the Ly- m. They include Mary Ander- Joseph Jefferson. Rose Coghlan, prey Boucicault, Madam Modjeska.
 Robertson, Forbes Robertson. art Robcson, Lillian Russell, udc Allen Julia Marlow, Willie Her John Drew, Grace George,
 lie Burke, William and Dustin mum, Douglas Fairbanks, William lett, William Faversham, Mary nnering, Jessie Bartlett Davis, nes K. Hackett, Chauncey Olcott, orge M. Cohan, Thomas A. Wise, bert ManteI, Richard Mansfield, t Goodwin, Herbert Kelsey, John cey, Fife Shannon, John Mason, Idred Holland, Denman Thompson, W Dockstader, Otis Skinner, Robert eson and many others.
 Tn looking back over the past years MT. Lynch stated s morning that he has no regrets "I have been in the game ; the past quarter Of century. I ye had all there is in it. have had pleasures of success and the trials
 less happy ventures. Twenty-Five lrs is a long time and, I believe, 1t now time to get some new and 1nger blood" said MT. Lynch.
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