New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-13
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Laura Hope Crews Will
Be Leading Woman for
John Drew.

Laura Hope Crews will be john
Drew's leading woman when that actor
beqins his season at the Empire Thea
tre' Miss Crews was last seen In New
York in "The Phantom Rival and has
recently been appearing in the West
with William II. Cranes New Hen
rietta" company, playing the role OF
the Widow Opdyke.
The new Drew play Is a comedy by
Horace Annesley Vachell, and Is as
yet unnamed.
November has been fixed upon as
the date Of the premier of Around
the Map" at the New Amsterdam Thea
tire. Book and lyrics owe their exist
ence to c. NJ. s. Mcclellan, author or
"The Pink Lady" and others, while the
music is by Herman Finck. The busy
Joseph Urban has designed and painted
the scenes-seventeen of them, at that
I'm al least one respect, however, the
production will be distinct novelty.
Melville Ellis has not designed the cos
Among the principals will be Elsie
Alder. William Norris, Robert Pltkln,
Hazel Cox, Georgia O'Ramey, Tylet
Brooke. William Kearney, Irving
Brooks Louise Groody, Fred Nice, Mig
NON Hood and then some. Principals
and chorus will total more than 100.
Although counting the profits OF tho
German war films has been cutting into
Florenz Ziegfeld's time terrifically OF
late. Mr.. Ziegfeld has, nevertheless,
found time to come reasonably close 70
selecting a play for Billie Burke's tri-
umphal return TO the drama MISS
Burke will arrive in New York Sunday
from beflmed California, and her hrst
photoplay will be shown at the knick-
erbocker in a few weeks.
Odds Of 10 to 8 were offered In
Doyles billiard parlor last night tha'
the Germans would reach Constantine,
ple before A. II. Woods gives nnal
title TO the new Potash and Perlmutter
play. There were no takers.
Tbi. afternoons performance at the
Globe Theatre will be the lzotn matt
nee Of "Chin-Chin." and the end IS not
yet in sight.
Emmett Corrigan lie the latest sddi-
ton to the cast OF "The Eternal Mag
dalene." now In rehearsal
To keep the cast Of Under Fire
acquainted with the baseball score, ac-
cording TO statement from the mud
son Theatre. at was arranged that
The Boston score should be told by the
number of German shells exploded
during the third act. and the score OF
the Phillles by the number OF shots
that answered the German guns from
,ba lines ~ the Allies" This is tnken
70 indicate that the battling was light
az the Hudson yesterday afternoon,
and that for once the Germans won
performance.
saharv-Djeli. the Winter Garden
dancer. say. that she will insist that
her trained PRAYER rugs snatch rev
bours' sleep this afternoon In order
that they may stay up TO witness ,he
dres. rehearsal Of "A World OF Pleas
ure" tonight.
A letter from the Queen Of England,
written in acknowledgment OF Two pho-
tooraphs. is one of the priZed posses,
s;ons OF Elsie Janis. Paul Dickey anc
Charles ". Goddard learned OF ms
fact with some dismay yesterday. stat
ing that IL they only had known IL
earlier they could have woven II into
the plot of Miss Information
orville Harold. Belle Storey. Nat
Wills ard the Mirambas will appear
with Sousa's band at the Hippodrome
concert next Sunday evening.