Show I Lake ke certainly is on the tho theatrical map this season Producers Producers Pro Pro- cIuccI's say it is very difficult to secure good plays s and as a consequence consequence consequence conse conse- quence more big stars than usual are forced to keep their la last t years yc-ars metropolitan successes success s and leave the blazing lights of Broadway Broadway Broad- Broad way ivay in the search for gold The controversy between the Klaw Erlangen Erlanger crowd crowd and the independents has made mado the local bookings appear more attractive e for there is an old saying that competition is the life of cf trade I But can the smaller c cities Ues support this fierce rivalry That is the burning question In the first place there are so m many ny moving picture shows and so 80 much ten and twenty-cent twenty vaudeville to say nothing of musical attractions and burlesque shows at less less' than 25 cents that the gallery business and much of the family ircle circle patronage are missing from the legitimate theatres when the big big attractions come aloun around It is practically impossible to get a Capacity capacity ca ca- i audience at ata a serious production any more of And those 15 20 and cent 25 25 contributions to the box offices of the leading theatres helped materially up to two and and three years jago lago As you you go to a first class show now just look at the gallery and see how many e empty seats there are Can a city the size of Salt Lake support two 2 attractions a week eek and at the same time keep up up the other amusement enterprises enterprises enter enter- 1 It is doubtful that the trust and independents will keep up the tle fight for the theatrical business all over the country begun to feel the strain and the best way to get rid of anger and sentiment sentiment sentiment senti senti- ment is to feel the pocketbook growing tl thin in S The Salt Lake theatre and the Colonial have some great bookings bookings bookings book book- ings for the near future At the former one of the early attractions will be The Three Twins a musical comedy that has received flattering noti notices es from leading newspapers IJ Lillian llian Russell is coming back The Lily with Nance ONeill O'Neill is also on the schedule in the not far distant future John Drew will bring the late success Smith to the Salt Lake and Ethel Barrymore will return with Mid l Channel which has scored heavily everywhere i it ihas has been presented Two of the biggest musical successes The Dollar Princess and The Arcadians are among Manager l Py- Py y- y pers per's attractive bookings To compete with its rival on First South street the Colonial has arranged for some Viola Allen in The White Sister will be there soon as one of the tho seasons season's biggest drawing c cards ds Nazimova who w was s at the Salt Lake theatre two seasons ago w will ll play at the Colonial three nights The Fairy Tale Talc is isone one of her leading plays this season William Faversham in The rhe rheT World T orId and His Ilis Wife and Mme Mine Kalich will each play two nights at the Colonial Colomal soon Both theatres have long bug lists lists' of big shows booked and if the struggle between the trust and the independent crowd holds out long enough local theatregoers will win see most most- of f th the good things the country has has' hasto to offer |