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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
2
Dispute erupts in Lincoln over 50 cent higher admission than Omaha for Tiger Tiger. Public clamor labels profiteering while praising Frances Starr's near perfect lead role and the show’s strong reception compared with New York. The piece notes rising production costs and salary demands in theater.
In past decades actors scoffed at cinema art but many later joined films or split time between stage and screen. Some lament limited job options after leaving legitimate theater, while others found success in movies and theater alike.
A Lincoln playhouse reports a sharp decline in quality productions with only six of twenty three top shows selling out. Despite a large cultured middle class and a state university nearby, management finds good attractions no longer pay in a market that has shifted away from first class productions.
The roster of hits like Tiger Tiger Listen Lester The Boomerang Mitzi Hajos in Head Over Heels Tea for Three Parlor Bedroom and Bath Turn to the Right Robin Hood Flo Flo and the Fanchon Marco Revue attracts paying patrons in large venues. After Robin Hood closed two choruses may join the bill as ASsIl ance faces a crowd that enjoyed a genuine musical event.
Local patrons experienced high praise for a comic opera production of Robin Hood, praising the cast and affordability while noting the financial risk to organizers. The reviewer argues profits likely benefited others, not Alliance, as many cities see similar disappointments at the box office despite audience pleasure.
A dated quiz piece lists provocative questions about journalism politics and culture. It mentions a pernicious influence on American journalism, a city ashamed of its mayor, naval and political figures, a famed poet facing vulgar toadyism, and a country harming Americans. It asks about a devalued green piece of paper and various social phenomena citing Life magazine.
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