New Britain herald., 1923-06-30
Contaras Bros, & Perakos Plan to ENpend About s4o.ooo in Renoyating Fox Theater Building on West Main Street.

When alterations are completed and
 the cid Fox ihsaieF on West Main
 street is entirely renovated under the
 direction of the Rew owners, eantanas
 Bros and PeFakOs, and opened 10 the
 public as the new Capitol lhealer, it Alil be one Of the m0st beautiful and anTtozdats RlaFheases in the New England states, The new owners, Who also conduct the Palace lhsateg on Main street, have spared Ra eN- pense m their plans t0 make the thsater the hest in the city and esli- mate an expenditure of more than sse,eoe in making the changes al the house,
 iieaulifui Marquee
 Strans 4 Co.,, Of New York has al- ready heen awarded the contract for the construction of a marquee in front Of the theater which will cost about s6,AAh when completed, This Will he the first marquee Of its kind m New Britain and will be lighted by i.sse electric light hIihs, On the two sides and in front there will he the name of tho theater while on either side there will be room for display ad- Neftislng in electricity, Reneate the marquee and on the north wall of the iheater there will also he room for advertising, The marquee will he erected by the same firm which in- stalled the one at the Pali Capitol theater in Hartford and every assur- anee has been given the local theater man that this marquee will Rmfpass Tn beauty my in Connecticut.
 ..li New Scenery
 All new sets Of scenery. velour drops and valanccs will he installed [ by the Lee Lash Studios Of Mt. Yer { non. N, Y. The scenery at the thea ! fer at present will be discarded for all I new sets, many of which will be i costly. An entirely new innovation ! will he the installation of a wine red velour drop. hanging from the top Of f the proscenium arch down for dis tance of 10 feet. This curtain will be flame proof and will cover the as- bestos curtain when the latter is rais- ed. To harmonizc with this, all of the draperies and hangings In the boxes will be wine red in color.
 Ivory. BIue and Gold
 aittl weekS OI CbTe1ul studF IT mas been decided to follow out color It scheme of ivory. blue and gold throughout tho theater and lobby. The John Boyle Co.,, is now negotiating with New York firm of decorators ( and painters to come to New Britain to redecorate the entire interior of the ] theater. The entire theater will carry out the color scheme suggested even to 7 the uppermost of the balcony.
 All of the present carpeting will be I torn up and after the floors have been repainted and vanished new carpet ng of taupc color will be installed. F This will be used to harmonize with he color scheme for the theater. = Barry X Bamforth of this city have f oeen awarded the contract to install F m all new lighting system and f1xture- VI Il the playhouse. f.
 Complete Lobby Change t, Not forgetting the lobby the new u 'wners have engaged Davidson of p Hartford, who did the sculpturing for he Poli houses in Hartford to do iimilar work for the lobby in this heater. About $6.0o0 will be expend- q in new lobby fixtures and frames D or advertising purposes, for a new e ghting system with the dome effect h. nd for new mirrors in addition to the " ne now in place. The Stanley Frame Si O., of New York will supply the gc ranes and mirrors. 0,