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Show THE SILVER CIRCUIT. What Manager 'McCourt lias to Say of Bay of Western Tlumters. N8w York Dramatic Mtli'or. Peter McCourt, the manager of the Tabor Grand Opera house, Denver, Colo., looks very much like Cornelius Vandcrbilt. Mr. McCourt is a busy and successful manager, anil a Mirror reporter conjectured at once that something some-thing was up, when ho saw him in tho city the Other day. "Yes, sir, I am here for a purpose," was Mr. McCourt' s reply to tho reporter's report-er's question. "I am arrangiug with Charles Trohmau, who represents Al Hayman's interests and his own, for the establishment of a circuit by which attractions at-tractions can bo booked or be taken on tours of the Western country with much better financial results than heretofore. All the arrangements, too, can be made at Mr. Frohman's ollico. The new scheme will closely connect my circuit with that of Mr. Haymau." "As you' are aware Mr. Hayman's circuit commences in Chicago aud includes in-cludes Kansns City, Omaha, the leading theaters in San Francisco, 'Portland aud the upper Oregon country. My circuit includes the Tabor Grand, a now $500,-000 $500,-000 opera house now being built at pueblo, Colo,, and for which I am prepared pre-pared to negotiate for an opening attraction at-traction on a guarantee. Leadvillo, Aspen, Colorado Springs and the Grand Opera House, Salt Lako city. "An interesting fact to theatrical people peo-ple in connection with tho Salt Lako house is lhat attractions cau play at it on Saturday night and often ou Mou-day Mou-day uight in San Francisco. This can be accomplished by taking a special train after tho performance and catching catch-ing the regular train at Ogdeu, forty miles away. The cost' is very reasonable. reason-able. "The business of tho silver circuit and the coast has reached such importance that it is absolutely necessary to have it handled in Now York. Wo have just played Shenandoah' in Salt Lake City at $4500 iu three days and matinee, and to $9500 in Deuver in one week. Other attractions like Kvaugcline.' that have recently been playing with me, are doing a business that excels that of the eastern country, and the towns of my circuit are growing so rapidly that onc-night onc-night stands are dune away with. Salt Lake City will uext season be a week .stand, and 1 can play good attractions four weeks in six tow us." 'The next, regular season of the Tabor Grand opens ou August 13 wilh the- -Prince and Pauper," and tho house will only close one week. The Leadville theater this summer will be lowered to tho ground Hour, and all our theaters will compare favorably with those of any In towns of equal importance impor-tance in the east. Tho Pueblo house in particular, will be an elegant theater, thea-ter, comparing favorablv with the Tabor Grand and the New Marquam opera house, Portland. It will hae a roof garden open all summer with an orchestra from the east that will remain there all the year round." j |