Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-15
In the Spotlight.

| Ill lllS OpOlllSlll.
Leo Dietrichstein will appear In a new
play by himself.
Flo Irwin is appearing in a comedy
playlet called Looks"
The new Potash and Perlmutter" play
Is to be called Business Before Pleas
ure."
Donald Brian is now in vaudeville,
with a sketch called Somewhere in
Mexico"
William Harris next month will pro-
duce Bayard Veiller's new play. Tho
Chatterbox."
Paula Shay and Robert Maitland have
been engaged by Henry w. Savage for
leading roles in "Everywoman."
Josephine Victor is to appear in a new
and as yet unnamed play by Thomas
Buchanon, author Of "a Woman's Way"
James Montgomery and A. E. Thomas.
dramatists. will be represented by
plays the coming season.
Blanch Dufield, who starred In
Princess Pat" is to give a series of
concerts in Atlantic City next month.
cohan & Harris will produce drama
| tization of Gelett Burgess' novel, Mrs
Hopes Husband" Mr.. Conan is making
the stage adaptation.
THE Target" a new play by Samuel
| Shipman.- was produced In Atlant!t
City last week under the direction OF
| A. H. Woods
| 1.-THE Aviator" by James Montgomery,
| which was produced several seasons
| ago, Is to appear again under the guise
OF musical comedy.
Seven Chances" will have its run in
| Chicago extended through July, but
| Frank Craven will leave the cast, be-
ing replaced by Taylor Holmes.
| Julie Herns has been engaged for an
important part in Tho Inner Man." by
Abraham Schooner. in which Wilton
l.ackaye is to star
| Henry w. Savage has engaged Kath-
crime Galloway. young soprano from
Louisville. for the role of Peggy in the
eastern company of Have a Heart"
1t is said that musical version of
nabelle," Is to be produced. with songs
written by Miss Hummer herself.
| William Collier will continue next
season in Nothing But the Truth"
which he has made a big SUCCESS His
next tour will begin In August
"Annabel Lee" a new play was pro-
duced by Edward H Robins and James
| p. Reury in Toronto last week. with
| Edith Taliaferro in the leading part.
| Tho Charles F'rohman Company has
acquired the American rights Of Henri
Rernste,n's play. Elevation" which,
has been great SUCCESS in Paris.
| The Shuberts are to produce a. mu-
al oal play by Rida johnson Young call
ed once in May" with music by Sid
mund Romberg.
| Silvio Helm will write the music for
"Furs and Frills," which Arthur Ham
merstein will produce next season The
book Is by Edward Clark.
Klaw & Erlanger will produce n new
play by sydney Eosenfeld called
Under Pressure" The piece had a try
out in the spring at Atlantic City.
| Conan & Harris will make "A Tailor
made Man. by Harry James Smith,
their first production of the new season.
Grant Mitchell will have the leading
role.
Edward Childs Carpenter. author of
'called The Three Bears" which will
be produced by the Frohman COMPANY
early next season.
! The spacious lobby on the 18th street
| side of Polls Theater as we'll az the
porch deck at that point. will ba util-
| ICED for dancing between the acts and
special music will be provided
/ The name of the operetta, THE Monte
Carlo Girls" by Emmerich Kahlman
| has been changed to Tho Riviera
Girl" 1t will have an early production
| by Klaw & Erlanger.
! The marmba. a form Of xylophone
made in various shapes and frequently
having calabash resonators, is used in
Central America This ts the instrument
from which the Marimba Band takes II
name. The. music u different from that