Master showman and producer ...

              Master Showman and Producer …
Howard Tooley is the master showman.  The name of Tooley is found early in the history of the theater.  One Nicholas Tooley, a Warwickshire man, was one of the principal backers of William Shakespeare and his theatrical ventures in London-town as early as 1589.

Shakespeare said in As You Like It, All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players.  This might be Howard Tooley's theatrical Theme Song.  He likes to take every day events of life and dramatize them, make them live in song and story.

Mr. Tooley has been a Supervisor of Public School Music, receiving his training at Indiana State Normal and Cornell University.  Even while teaching, his sense of dramatics was ever asserting itself.  One of his productions, which had a cast of 1,000 school children, received national recognition and eventually took him away from his school work into his specialized field.

He has produced most of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and has had them on tour, featuring in them such stars as the late Dean of Comic Opera, Mr. De Wolf Hopper.

He was commissioned to write and produce all the patriotic pageants presented in the Colonial Village at A CENTURY OF PROGRESS.  He has collaborated in the presentations of several spectacles, both at the International Amphitheater and Navy Pier.

He is Director of several Little Theater Groups, such as the Lake Shore Opera Players, a group of North Shore artists, who have banded themselves together to present the better things in the operatic field, and the Chicago Play Makers, who make a specialty of presenting Broadway Plays for the Windy City.  As head of the Production Staff of the Redpath Concert Bureau, he produces each year many attractions that tour through the east and central states.

Every winter at the Chicago Civic Opera House, Mr. Tooley produces one of the leading productions of the social season, and during the holidays he presents an outstanding dramatic and musical event at Chicago's Orchestra Hall.  Among his outstanding Chicago revivals have been such well-known Broadway successes as My Maryland, Student Prince, Blossom Time, and Rio Rita.


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Write for Information on the Following Howard Tooley Productions
CAMPUS CO-ED:  A new discovery in musical comedy.  Dear old Whoosis College set to music.  1000 performances in both United States and Canada.

H. M. S. SWINGAFORE:  A clever travesty on the popular Gilbert and Sullivan masterpiece.  First performed with an all star cast at the Chicago Civic Opera House.

WHEELS OF PROGRESS:  Historical Pageant—so arranged as to include your own events of interest.  Has been presented both out doors and on auditorium stages.  A moving panorama of lights, color and music.  Thrilling Drama!

OUR MOTTO:Every production a masterpiece.




Let Us Present Your Next Civic Affair!
Pageant - Oratorio - Opera - Musical Comedy - Sales Show - Banquet - Circus
A Master Showman Points the Way
We announce with great pleasure that Howard Tooley, noted originator and producer of a score of theatrical and musical hits, will contribute his wide experience and consummate showmanship to the production of civic and community pageants, oratorio or opera.  He will also lend his genius to the planning and production of community musical comedies, sales shows, banquets for the specific purpose of raising funds, etc.  Mr. Tooley has agreed to devote part of his time in this ever developing field of community presentation, because he feels that these events offer vast possibilities to the entire field of the theatre.  Mr. Tooley and his entire staff of experts will be available for this service.



Five Star Service
Originating and Planning
Your entire event will have a notable start through our help in originating and planning the proper civic presentation that will best meet your needs.  Expert advice will be offered to your planning board or civic committee in the setting up of proper budgets and the coordination of all committees as well as the type of pageant, show or banquet you should present.



Special Scripts, Music and Dialogue
Special scripts with the proper music and dialogue will be originated especially for your affair.  If it is a bit of history you want presented, experts will do the research for you.  Every detail will be planned to perfection, and the entire script worked into a finished production with music and action.  You will be mighty proud of it.



Costumes, Make-up and Wigs
No matter how simple or how elaborate an affair you plan, it must be properly costumed and in most cases you need advice as to proper make-up and wigs.  This service we are prepared to extend to you putting you in touch with the proper designers and costume firms that will handle your affair at a nominal cost.



Scenery and Properties
If your production calls for scenery or special properties, these will be planned and furnished for you, always keeping an eye on the budget and with the thought that an economic production is after all the best for everyone concerned.



Production, Finance and Promotion
Taking into account all the above services, we are now ready to go forward with the details of dress rehearsal and production.  These will all be handled in a very professional way.  Added to all this will be the help of expert planning in the method of finance and promotion.  All these things go together to make for you a real Five Star Service; a superior service that has satisfied others—we feel that we can satisfy you.



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