Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
Amusements

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Friml, will shortly be produced in New
York for the summer season.
Henry E. Dixey may play stock
engagement during the summer.
"Trilby" is being presented by a
stock company in st. Paul.
A Missouri stock company is playing
the perennial "St. Elmo"
Christie Macdonald has sketch call
ed "A Dresden Mirror"
Leo Ditrichstein is booked for long
engagement in Chicago.
John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre are
appearing in a new sketch.
The Maid of the Mountains" is near
it's 500th performance in London.
Maybelle Anderson has been engaged
for the leading feminine role in Para
sites-All."
A musical comedy Of army life, call
ed 'Goodby, Bill" written by soldiers,
is being played in Philadelphia.
Maude Fulton, author of THE Brat"
has finished new play, which Oliver
Morosco may produce.
IAN American Ace will move from
New York to Boston. Its title will be
changed to Our Boys in France"
oh Lady, Lady," celebrated its Tooth
performance at the Princess Theater,
New York, last night.
Helen Ware has begun an extensive
tour of the vaudeville houses in a one
act play entitled The Eternal Bar
rier.'
Edith Wynne Matthison Is shortly to
appear in The Servant in the House."
the famous play by her husband.
Charles Ram Kennedy.
In the theaters and among people of
the stage nearly three and a half mil
lion dollars worth of liberty bonds have
been sold.
Loyalty" a sequel to Experience"
will be put in rehearsal by Elliott, Com
stock q Gest. The piece will have sixty
eight speaking characters.
The new musical play. THE Kiss Bur-
g1ar," is to have its first performance in
Baltimore tomorrow night Trixie
Whiteford has been added to the cast.
Regina Connelli who made a vaude-
willie hit with The Lollard," has for
repertoire of the Washington Square
Players.
Frederic and Fanny Hatton's satire on
the movies, THE SQUAD Farm" closed
it's New York engagement at the Bijou
Ia MI he nix TO
Chicago for a run.
A melodrama by Stanislas STANCE and
Stannard Mears. called Peg of Pea
cock Alley" is shortly to be produced.
Antoinette Walker. Orrin Johnson and
Florence Johns are in the cast.
Two new plays by Butler Davenport,
"The Call to Women and THE Figure
Worth Saving" were produced in New
York last Friday night. Ellen Gierum
played the principal role in both pieces.
Edith Garlic, wife of Leo GARLIC,
star of lombard, Limited" has join
ed the government forces as a member
of womans motor corps. She will
present an automobile ambulance to
the corps.
the Hills which David Belasco will
present for the first time in Baltimore
next month. She is said to have a role
in this play different from any in
which she has yet been seen.
Florence Reed ends her engagement
with "Chu Chin Chow" this week in
New York. and leaves Immediately for
Los Angeles. where she will appear in
the role she created in 1.-The Wan
derer.''
1t is reported in New York that Emily
Stevens and Oliver Morosco have sew
cred business relations. The actress was
under a fve-year contract, which had
two more years to run. but the closing
of The Madonna of the Future" led to
the cancellation of the contract.
Herbert Corthell. for three years one
of the principal comedians of the VIM
maker of Canary Cottage" is playing
in the new musical comedy. See You
Later at Polls Theater next week,
with Zitelka Dolores. a former Follies
beauty.
Ethel Barrymore will present the
third play of her New York season at
Empire Theater, May 6, the title being
Belinda" 1t is a comedy in three acts
which was successfully produced in
London recently with Irene Vanbrugh
in the title role, the part Miss Barry
more will act.
selwyn and Company will bring to
the Belasco May 3, "Rock-a Bye Baby"
an adaptation by Edgar Allan Woolf |
of Margaret Mayos Baby Mine" with |
music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by
Herbert Reynolds. The cast includes
Adele Rowland, John Cumberland, Paul
Kerr. Frank Morgan and Edna Munsey.
In the cast of Rambler Rose" is
Stewart Baird. a Harvard man. who
received his first amateur stage train |
time was a soloist of the Harvard Glee
Club. When finishing college. another
Bostonian and Harvard man. Winthrop
Ames. gave him his first professional |
engagement at the New Theater where
he anneared in .srha Blue Bird ..Cha