Articles on the rennovations of the New-York Theatre

“The Worrell Sisters’ Theatre was devoted to benefits the past week…The theatre remains closed all this week for the purpose of giving it a cleaning, and otherwise improving it, as well as to give the new burlesque a number of careful rehearsals. Over one hundred workmen will be employed to push the necessary alterations forward. The front of the house will change its color, and, what is more needed than anything else, will be brilliantly lighted. The vestibule will be handsomely frescoed and neatly carpeted. The auditorium will undergo a complete change. All the chairs will be newly upholstered, new carpeting laid on the floor, the walls newly papered, the dome retouched, the private boxes located even with the dress circle, which will give an unobstructed view of the stage from the sides of the parquet, which cannot be had at present. The stairs leading to the balcony seats from the orchestra will be changed so as to make a straight flight instead of the present style. The proscenium will be, widened five feet, two and a half each side. The reopening will take palce on Easter Monday—April 13th—with a new burlesque on the bouffe opera of ‘La Belle Helene,’ entitled ‘Paris and Helene, or the Grecian Elopement,’ written by Molineux St. John, an English gentleman at present in this country.” Concludes with more information on the burlesque.

Description of alterations to the interior of the theater.