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JU j-\NEW HOUSE PLANNEDIS JLAST YKAIt OF UPSTAIRSVAl IH \ [LLE.Manager Kowemluil Annoumrs lie Will Positively Have a Bowu Htairs TlicatP© In aY ©a r.The corning season will mark the passing away of an upstairs vaudeville theatre hi Dubuque ami when the season of 1909-10 is ushered in vaudeville patrons will not be compelled to climb a flight, oi stairs In order to reach the center of attraction. This is an authoritative statement from Jake Rosenthal, of the Bijou,who declares that he will positive^have a first floor theatre after another year. ,tv;^.:Mr. Rosenthal’s lease on the Bijou expires next season. During the summer a well known firm of theatrical architects of Chicago will s* ml m n here to go over tie* ground with Mr. Rosenthal ami plans for a first floor theatre will ho made. It is not stated whether a new house will be constructed or whether the present build-wlll be remodeled to meet the im r* using demand for clean vaudeville. In any event there will be a first floorvaudeville house when the season of19fl9*10 is opened sixteen months hence.The Fourth street house has served its purpose in Introducing vaudevillef.nd bringing it to Its* present standing in Dubuque, but as the city is growing and this brand of entertainment is becoming more popular the necessity for a more commodious structure becomes apparent Vaudeville is young ns yet and the day Is comingwhen this bianch of stageland wincommand as much, if not more, attention than * the legitimate.Time was when the Fourth street theatre was considered one of the best in the west ami the stars of the profession w*ere annual visitors to itsstage. With the construction of theGrand, however, the Fourth street theatre lay idle for several years until leased by Mr. Rosenthal four years ago and it has served the purpose of establishing vaudeville on a firm basis in Dubuque. *
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Dubuque Times Journal
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Jun 14, 1908
Page 13
Full Page
Clipped by
Paul H.
IA, USA 11 Apr 2019
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