New Britain herald., 1923-11-15
ENORMOUS SHOW ATe CAPITOL.

What does the theater-going pub
 lie want? This is question that
 theater managers spend most all
 rheir time doping out in selecting at fractions for the bills for each weeks
 presentation. The Capitol manage | ment has, since this theater opened,
 given serious thought to tke abose
 query and have spared neither money nor expense to work out it's theory Next week the show going public of this city will have an opportunity or
 seeing a show at the Capitol that is l beyond a doubt the most expensive
 vaudeville bill that this theater has, and probably will ever again offer. 1 This show is to be tried out on the audience and the results will be
 carefully tabulated as the manage
 ment is of the opinion that the pub
 lie wants the very best, the highest
 quality in this sort of entertainment. An ordinary theater wilf vary its
 shows from the small time to the big time, with a combination now and ! then ofsthe two sorts mixed. These
 shows have been watched closely at the Capitol as to the way the audi
 ences receive them and the manage
 ment has now decided to offer bill of the real big headliners to see If
 the patrons can see the difference in the many classes of attractions. Since the opening of the Capitol a few
 months ago the management has
 striven hard to please have given the 1 patrons wonderful orchestra, in 1 fact the largest ever offered in any
 local theater at all performances,
 maintains cleanliness and sanitation,
 and above all has offered the very best amusements. On the bill for the first half of next week there will
 be presented real big time show,
 all five acts are headliners by them
 selves and if these are the kind of
 attractions that are wanted the man
 aeement will watch very closely how
 the public takee them both by ap-
 plausc and attendance, and will then
 decide just how to please in the fu-
 ture. This show is presented at a
 considerable cost just as an experi-
 ment and it is hoped that the pa
 irons will see the difference and de-
 mand, the best. The feature attrac- ton offers Charles Maddock's. The
 Law Breakers" a miniature musical
 comedy with a cast Of f4 people in- cluding a beyy of real Broadway peaches: Joseph Rankin is a 16-year- old musical marvel and features the xylophone; Pearson, Newport and Pearson arc favor1tes and do a great 1a lat French girl" is assisted by Edna Nally in great novelty offering. and the. added feature will show "Thc Third Edition of Along Broadway" with Harry Kessler and big cast of beauties. Show the theater that this Is the kind Of a bill that fig al. ways wanted and they pill know that the efforts have been abpreciat- d as on tho other hand fl a bill of this kind docs not please, the man agement will know what attractions to book that will satisfy.
 The minstrels are here. street | parade, pullman car and all. and | open a three.day engagement at the l Capitol this afternoon where a full house Will greet them, Van Arnam's | Minstrels are an aggregation of 90. | all white stars. including siiver.voiced | songsters. humble dancers, end men. | a real minstrel band. qnartettes and | an olio Of real flne vaudeville. They | present the entire show themselves with a minstrel first part that is very fine entertainment and then the | features that win be well liked and include Koiffer and Scott, | wooden shoe dancers: Olin Landiek |