Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-01
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
Cohan & Harris will have three houses
New York this year
Viola Allen Is to appear in a new play
oy Israel Zangwill
Thomas 4. Wise is to create the title
role of The Old New Yorker
Billie Burke recently appeared in New
York in her latest play, Suzanne
Gertrude Quinlin will be in Lew Fields
company appearing in Hen Pecks."
Stair and Havlin are to revive East
Lynne" with Estelle Allen in the fearful
role.
Bickel and Watson, comedians with the
''Follies." will be starred next season
by Ziegfeld.
Nat c. Goodwin Is going into vaude-
Vile early this year. He will play Mr..
Goiightly in Lend Me Five Shillings.''
Clara Lipman may go into vaudeville
with a sketch in which she ha5 the role
of singing and dancing Coincidence.
Willis P. Sweatnam is to play the role
of a Pullman car porter in the farce
Excuse Me- LOttie Alter Is also i'll
the cast.
Eleanor Scott L'Estelle has been en-
gagged to play an important role in the
revival of vanity Fair at the New
Theater, New York
Anne Sutherland has been engaged for
the cast of Sentimental Sally" which
will be produced under the management
Of Charles b. Dillingham;.
James X. Hackett is to appear in
romantic drama called 1.-The Kings
Came" under the management Of w. A.
Brady.
Frank Craven has been engaged for an
important role in Bought and Paid
For by George H. Broadhurst, in which
Henry E. Dixey is to star.
Ernst Won Possart has arrived in this
country for an American tour. He VIII
appear in Shakespearean roles. Mr.. Won
Possart is accompanied by his wife.
have sailed for London. He said before
leaving that he hopes to return to this
country with some new plays.
fOuT 6cIdSCO successes are 10 De pre-
sented in London: "Nobody's Widow"
The Lily lis MatrimOny a Failure?'
and THE Concert"
Sarah Bernhard has decided to extend
her American tour six weeks on account
of the great success achieved in the way
of packed houses.
Puccini's opera. 1.-The Girl Of the Golden
West" was produced last week I'm Chica-
Carolina White RnCtnn
soprano. sang the title role.
Vivian Ogden. who was the successor
Of Helen Lowell as Mis- Hay in Mrs.
Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" is to play
Miss Loweils present role in another
Lottery Man" company.
The Liebler Company IS to produce
play sounned on Judge Ben Lin1sey's
The Beast and the Jungle" and drama
tized by the author in collaboration with
Harriet Ford.
Percy Williams has secured Genee for
a vaudeville tour in his theaters. begin
will be supported by her principal
dancers and her entire ballet
Fl. Reeves Smith has been engaged by
the Liebler Company for the company OF
Margaret Ang1in, who Is shortly to be
seen in two new plays, entitled Green
Stockings and THE Backsliders.''
Mrs Aphie James. widow of Louis
James, is negotiating for a New York
permanent stock company to present
Shakespearean and other classic plays.
Judith Zaraine.' In which Lena Ash
including Charles Waldron. John E. kel-
lerd. Howard Kyle and little Donald
Gallagher very clever boy actor.
The booking of Mile Genee for vaude-
Vile does not mean the abandonment of
the tour OF 1.-The Bachelor Bellies" of
which she was the star Her dances were
incidental to the musical piece itself.
The Egyptian dances in which Ruth
st. Denis is appearing are the second
OF the series Of oriental numbers which
she has i'm preparation. She Is an Amer
lean girl. having been born near Passaic,
n. j.
Mascagni. according TO news from
Rome. gave performance there of his
new opera. ''Ysobel" before an audience
of musical celebrities, critics and news
paper representatives. 1t Is to be pro-
duced in this country under the manage
lnent of the Liebler Company.
The production OF Percy Mackaye's fan
tasticai romance, THE Scarecrow," will
he made in Boston by Henry r. Harris
tomorrow afternoon. The cast will include
Henry Bret sc. who will play Dakon the
Devil. Frank Reicher will p ay the Scare
crow Alice Fisher will be the Witch and
Beatrice Twin will be the heroine
| William Faversham will appear for the
! first time in Edward knobloch's play
THE Faun,' at the Murat Theater, In
dianapOlis. tomorrow afternoon. Knob
Tool, -o6 in T
! last week and joined Faversham at Kan
sas City. and will remain with him until
The Faun" is produced in New York
the latter part OF the month.
| One of the features of the benefit to be
| rendered Marcus Mayer. in New York. is
the revival of A. HI. Woods old success,
Bertha, the Sewing Machine GIRL or
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