The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-08
ART And DOLLARS
TO FORM A FIRM
Broadway Is JOltcd by the An
nounccmcnt Of a New Musi-
cal Combination.
CHANGES IN OPERA PLANS

tons In the theatre and music are soon
10 unite for the exploitation OF musl-
ca, works of a light character. One
q the parties to this new combination
H. AN important firm Of VIC
have made three or four productions Of
musical plays every year. The party Of
the second part IL a firm Of music pub
fishers which controls the rights to
many foreign operettas.
The object OF the union il to make
the publishers full partners In the pro-
duction Of these works. 1t is OF ad-
vantage to the publishers to see h
certain works get a hearing. II they
are successful there Is a great demand
FOR the music. Even II the operetta
may as n whole fail Of complete sue
cess. II Is possible for certain numbers
10 become 70 well liked that they may
sell into the thousands.
80 the new enterprise said one of
It's members yesterday. Fought to he OF
sdyan,age to both sides. The manager
will no longer have to produce the
opcretta altogether on his own RESPONSE
hility. Then he will have under the
present agreement the first choice OF all
he works of European origin which the
publishing firm may control. The ad-
vantage to the music publishers will
come from their greater facility In find
iNg productions for all the operettas to
which they control the rights. Tn
managers. having a divide responsible
~ IN the matter. will he able to put
on many more works II a they were
when all the risk fell on them. So the
lew plan is looked upon In amusement
circles as advantageous to both sides
ard "A shrewd business move which
ought 10 have been thought OF long
ago
Frances Aida will maxi her first APP
i'carancc as "A dramatic soprano during
Tho Atlanta season Of the Metropolitan
onera Company. With Signor Caruso
- Rhddomss she will sing Aida. for
which she has been preparing ever since
asst spring.
Geraldine Farrar has decided not TO
ing the title role in Charpeftier's
louise" although Giulio Gatti-Casazza
was anxious to add that work to the
repertoire of the metropolitan Opera
House next winter. Evidently Miss
Farrar was considered the only person
In the company capable OF singing the
work.
Nine. Aida made her first great sue
cess in Milan in the title role of this
opera when Arturo Toscanini first gave
Il at La Scala. Does Mr.. Gatti hesitate
TO give the prima donna the role here
for fear II might be said that he re-
yived the work for the sake OF his
wife?
The Knickerbocker Theatre has re-
pented of its brief plunge into the thea
tire OF the movies and will after the
srAsant Haagnn ~ hack IN the drama
with and without music. The Keystone
s!apstick and the emotional lnce Will
know It's tai no more.
Indeed. few persons will know the
'heatre any more. according TO the state
ment OF the Charles Frohman estate
and klaw a Erlanger. who yesterday
signed another lease with Robert Wal
'on Goele, for five more years. Tn
Interior of the playhouse will be re-
decorated and the stage will he sup
Piled with the most modern and arts
&c apparatus. klaw & Erlanger have
already booked an important and at
~'ractive lot OF companies. who will tie
able to restore the former repute OF the
theatre which has been the home or
SO many noted New York successes.
Just as IL the loss of the knicker-
locker Theatre were not enough 10 the
movies. here is the United States Gov
ernment trying To put them In a hole.
Read the complaint OF one OF the movie
companies, which has been put TO all
sorts OF inconvenience just because
President Wilson would send troops
after villa
VILLAS raid has proved a severe blow
% the Blank company. which stands to
lee approximately $4,000 on the pro-
auction which was in the making along
the Mexican border line when inter-
rational hostilities began.
I'm several instances motion picture
concerns have had the permission of the
War Department for the use Of the
army and navy in spectacular manPu-
res, which assisted in the perfection OF
the action and also added 10 the real
ism of the picture"
Even so, it's jus. one thing after
aroths 10 put it over the managers
of III" moving picture theatres. After
a.. the R!alto will not be opened to-
y sh'. oscar Hammerstein is blamed
~ the delay. The trouble had best be
stated in the words Of the manager:
The opening has been deferred until
Friday, April 81. According TO
Managing Director :. l.. Rothapfel,
tbs is just about the period
.pst through the activities OF Oscar
iiammereteiu, which represents the d.
20 lpNN NuSldlIlVu ny Nv manu- ~
-" Company through the interference
that led to court proceedings last
Wednesdays
There will be 1000 persons at the
~ performance. which will be invita-
ton, on Friday night.
kitty Gordon has been engaged to
pay Mrs, 81. Aubyn in Arnold DAYS
t,'.ytl Of Richard Mansfield's success
Beau Brummel." by Clyde Fitch.
Heretofore Mss Gordon has acted only
n musical comedy and vaudeville. Her
Last appearance was at the Winter
Garden.
Pedro de Cordoba and Hedw!g fletcher
fa'" b"en added TO the list OF well
brown actors and actresses who Will
ttae part In the benefit performance at
tho L. ric Theatre next Tuesday after
noon
Louis Mann in THE Bubble" will re-
urn 20 New York next week and open
~ engagement at the Maxine Elliott
Theatre. Pay Day" scheduled for this
theatre, will be Withdrawn entirely.
tn" estate Of Henry u. Harris, in
conjunction with Margaret Anglin, an
LOUNGES a revival Of Oscar Wildc's "a
Woman Of No Importance" This play
hts not been presented in New York
sHoc II was produced by Rose Coghlan
and her brother, Charles Coghlan, at
"nllack's Theatre about twenty years
hSp,