The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-01-24
ROUNDING
ROUND
THEATERS
WALTER D. HICKMAN

81 . Iar as Indianapolis was con-
al cerned the cold shoulder was
III given Jane Cowl and her
mighty production of Romeo and
Juliet saint Joan" did not do
the business at English's that such
noteworthy production deserved.
The engagement from the box Of
flee standpoint was Just fair" This
week a second rate road company
presented Little Jessie James" at
the Murat. On the opening night
it did four times as much as Jane
Cowl did on her opening night, and
on Tuesday night Jessie" jumped
$3.50 over the opening night. The
Wednesday matinee was done in
face Of adverse reviews. 1 did not
hesitate in my review Monday TO
tell the theater goers that a mighty
weak company was present. To my
way Of thinking 1t was one of the
weakest companies ever assembled
and sent here at the prices charged.
But the public knew by the reviews
that the company was a poor one
and the production shopworn. And
yet Little Jessie James" did the
biggest three-day business Of any
show staying that length of time
at the Murat this season. am sure
that 1.-THE Goose Hangs High" with
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen and a great
cast would have starved to death
here for the first part Of the week.
1t was Cancelled and the time given
Blossom Time" On it's fourth visit
this hit will do big business, it seems
from the advance sale. We are buy
ing Just what we want to buy, re-
gardless of conditions. blossom
Time" deserves real patronage and
will get it for the fourth time.
i + i
Roltaire Egg1eston has Just re-
turned from New York where he at
tended the opening Of the New E.
F. Albee Theater in Brooklyn, Mon
day night. Eggleston says that this
theater is the most costly and per-
feet playhouse that the big town"
has ever possessed. 1t is the Gull
mination and realization of e. F..
AIbee's long cherished hope, dream
and determination to give the great
est city in the world the most COM
plete and perfect playhouse. Yester-
days opening dedication and pre-
miere performance has convinced
everybody that Mr.. Albee has real
lied his idea.
An idea of the widespread inter
est aroused by this latest metropol-
itan adventure Of Mr.. Albee may be
had when it is stated that over a
hundred newspaper men, sixty out
of-town vaudeville managers and
scores of specialists in dramatic,
musical and recital enterprises were
members Of the congregation which
packed every seat of the 300 capac-
ity of the new Albee sTheater In
Brooklyn.
The people of Brooklyn. biggest
borough Of Greater New York, incl
dentally proved that they know what
Mr.. Albee means when he says to
them: 1.-THE new theater Is to be a
civic center, a lyceum, a place of
community activity regardless. of
the "show business. That utter
ance gave flavor and significance to
the dedicatory premiere. With the
opening Of the new theater, Mr.. AL.
bee gives to Brooklyn the best ap.
pointed theater in the world, not only
for the visiting patron, but also for
the artists who appear there.
The new e. F.. Albee Theater in
Brooklyn is the latest milestone in
the nearly forty years of progress
made by American vaudeville since
B. f. Keith and E. F. Albee first
started their little store show in Bos-
ton
The attitude of managers of all
branches of theatrical business of the
organized artists of vaudeville, OF
the newspapers everywhere and OF
the metropolitan public as disclosed
at Mondays dedication and opening
indicates the significance OF the
event to the world of the theater and
its public.