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Show iNHIION APPEARS "TUMI" More Than One Hundred Million Dollars Now Invested in Things Theatrical. WAR OF SYNDICATE AND INDEPENDENTS STIMULATES Scarcity of Suitable New Plays One of the Things Thai i Worries" Managers. ? Tho new theatrical season which J is -just opening will .be tho most 4- important, from many viewpoints, in the theatrical history o the v i- United States. ' 4- While managers throughout tho v United States arc optimistic in 4 their predictions, nevertheless 4 there is an undercurrent of alarm 4 4- engendered by tho theatrical war. 4 Moro than $100,000,000 is now 4-4- invested in things theatrical in 4-4 4-4 this country, 4 4- Over 40 now theaters have either 4 4 been built for tho new season or 4 4 arc in tho courso of construction 4 4 One hundred and fifty new plays 4 4- will be produced. 4-4 4-4 As usual, Charles Frohman is 4 4 the central figuro in the arrange- 4-4 4-4 monts for the season, and tho 4-4 4-4 greatest national interest is ecu- 4 4 torcd in his forthcoming produc- 4 j tion o ' Chanticleer. ' ' f BY JAMES GRANT THURSTON. By "Leased Wire to The Tribune. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. Tho 1910-11 theatrical season which is now opening open-ing will bo the most important from eevoral viewpoints in tho theatrical history his-tory of tho United States. After threo months o preparation on tho part of tho indopendonts and the B3Tndieatc, theatrical managers throughout tho United States aro now allied with their rospectivo sides. Bnft John Cort, the head and front of the Rj'jj, independents in the northwest, arrived i in this city today after a tour of in- r.NTCj Bpoction over tho Cort circuit, and will Mr N xomaiu hero until after tho season is wfi Py -well under way. As might bo supposed, interest ccn-MW' ccn-MW' tors around Charles Inrohman, Mr. ffifiare Frohman is the big man in the present Rl49 ! situation, and tho greatest speculation afc is directed towards his forthcoming pro- fMOO duction of Rostand's " Chanticleer," Hfe for Interesting statistics compiled show jjrrr an increaso in ruination of tho real fflsrot properties, duo to tho bitter compcti- faem- ' tion between the independents and the ffr ; byndicatc 4 . Staggering Investment. Mphon, It is ostimatod that over $100,000,000 rcrrn ia invested in tho properties, plays and jRTUa f other things theatrical. MewS0? The warfare started a movement of BiSS " theater building and ovor forty play Bap m'e houses havo either been constructed or BlThc . are under erection at the present time. Ifi&l'y Ono hundred and fifty new plays will f bo presented, 'Mr. Frohman lendiug as '; tho producer of now attractions. JBg Whilo theatrical managers aro op- DNICB timistic in thoir statements conccrn- Hfoor; ing tho winter's outlook, nevertheless Bg; there is an undercurrent of alarm. It BJU,,VJ is feared tliat tho warfare will hurt g , both sides, and it was" predicted today HRe. ' that er'o tho seasou is dono both sides Rjf-- will be ready to negotiato towards a yrJBIG friondlj' merger. The battleground for Kg . "3d-! the theater warfare is the whole, broad Mp -f t United States. Consequently tho thca- MfNIOE or building movement was broad. mjf: hpu) New play houses arc being built in lKEasC Syracuse, N. Y.: Seattle, Vancouver, 2 3C Portland, Chicago, Boston and At- lanta. New theaters have "been con-jKWt con-jKWt structcd in Minneapolis and St. Paul. BfifiLJ Viola Allon will opon tho Minneapolis BwJ Iioubo a week from Monday. Now iHPiaj U theaters woro built throughout Ala-"bama, Ala-"bama, Texas, Tennessee. Californi.ij Missouri and several other middlo-:BU8,I middlo-:BU8,I western states. IKtexif Thoro is going to bo a scarcity of mtlerl productions. It was said today that if 5 1 hoth indopondoutB and syndicated IKptI4 pooled their attractions thoro would not Sf Tr sl '0 sufficient plays to supply the de- j ff'i. fe niand. Tho syndicate controls thirty- m '4BOof: wo Now York theaters and the inde- jS lt5(M pondonto nino. The former has over IMQ. Bell 300 out-of-town theaters and the latter IP? PctV Need of Moro Plays. th, 1 ?3t& Tt is said thero should be three times SttwqI Ik as man-Y P'".Y-,; s thero aro In satisfy hk, )eJ mfc the national demand, under tho condi- ?i ilht; tff tjons which will prevail during tho T.'PcT M Glinrjcs Frohman, in Bpcaking of the R- "Our season wili be an artistic and f , 4.'TOC 9f financial bucccss. On my return from mi :tl. m$ Europe I at once entored into active lT'l'hOfle, If preparations for the coming season, IPt.J s ' f'.) with tho result that we are now roadv. RS5lTll l loo1c for tlie season to be "a RwJMi vory 9,1C,;cHf, ono from every point jWFSLSWa' of viow, and it cannot bo denied that yijJPj5EA Jt will bo an important ono. Several Bff? !'' things tend to make this latter prcdic- Mr. Frohmnu will try to havo WfcS,tfc'fl "Chanticlocr," with Miss Maude rrilKlSiSw? Adams in tho star rolo, cither late in liuflESiw October or in November. . JhEnSrv There was a mooting of the now Na- sHV.KB! tional Thoator Owners' association here IRndl' this afternoon, following tho arrival of PBB1 0It- Mr. Cort camo hero from rt&Hfl1 Seattlo by way of Portland, Sau Fran-ciaco, Fran-ciaco, Salt Lake City, Denver and Chi- vt'SHv is devoting his personal attention EfVBH' to a new musical comedy written by iffvaflE Itufus Hughes, in which Mrs. Leslie JHHRL Carter will jitar. Speaking of the out Ji 1 HBHl "Vo hope to give managers in the 'vfrHflnV'' northwest and middlc-wnst the best ultflBflftMi productions thoj' ever had. We waut vHll io .euit everyone. Wo know we havo 'ImBBly' .undfQTtakon a big contract, but we jK kuovfwo can cariy it through." |