The sun., 1918-08-18


dering one. indeed, for those
trying to obtain a definite idea
as TO what could be expected in the
way of openings during the coming
week. Premieres were pushed forward
and backward with the same abandon
that characterized the last few minutes
Of Yale Harvard football game In the
ante-bellum days of Brickley and Phil
bin. Every time you put your finger
everything is ready. and seven OPEN
ings may be expected unless a bit
more juggling Is introduced In the way
Of variety.
A. IL. Woods is outdoing even him
self this week with three attempts, two
OF which are war plays. Under
Orders has but two in the cast, which
is something else again, as Abe Potash
would say. Marjorie Rambeau will be
seen in Where Peoples Bloom" and
although an opinion ventured prema-
turely on play is foolhardy, yet this
piece has everything to recommend 1t.
Percy Knight and Pedro de Cordoba
are among those who are in the cast.
The other Woods piece. with Fannie
Brioe, will be. overhauled this week. as
when it was brought out at Atlantic
City the illness Of the author, Monta-
que Glass, prevented him from revis-
ing some scenes.
Wallace Eddinger returns in "A Very
: Good Young Man, which will mark
the opening Of the Arthur Hopkins
season. He Didn't Want to Do It."
the second effort of George Broad
hurst, will shine forth on Tuesday,
the opening having been set back one
day in order not to conflict with the
Camp Upton revue, which opens to-
morrow at the Century. Sentiment is
said to figure In this, although there is
no reason for taking 1t seriously. Basil
Broadhurst. the military offspring OF
. Broadhurst the elder, is managing the
Upton show, and We are told that
neither desired competition between
members Of the family.
The Upton show, although said by
the capable though temperamental au-
thor none other than Sergeant Irving
Berlin. to be an amateur show, is
really better than that. Berlin has the
obsession that If folks get the idea
there are sonic professionals in the
piece they will judge the entertain
ment BY a higher standard than they
otherwise would. which is proceeding
on the theory that the audience is I'M
able to think.
Zip, Zip, Yaphanks is the name of
the revue, which seems at the Offset to
be good, whether taking It from an in
dividual standpoint or from the view
that Sergeant Berlin desires 1t to be
taken. The revue has been prepared
through the aid Of Major-Gen. J.
Franklin Bell. commanding at Camp
Upton, and the proceeds will 20 for a
fund to establish community house
at the cantonment to take care of rel
atives and friends who are visitors to
the camp. The project is a worthy one
and nobody need be coy in withhold
ing whatever assistance they can give
The HippodrOme show is described
as "superspectacle," which is another
Hay OF saying that "Everything,'
Nlbich opens at the big playhouse next
Thursday, will be good. But then the
shows at the Hip invariably are. The
cast Of principals runs three columns
long in agate type. so they are neces-
sarily withheld. De Wolf Hopper and
the usual crowd of Hippodrome IA
vorites. with new faces culled by
Charles Dillingham; from the wayside
and nearer than that, will also be seen
burnside is staging the show and a
dozen good writer's OF the same grade
as Sousa and Irving Berlin have col
Elaborated on the music and lyrics.
1t Is a pleasure to note that Three
Faces East" appears to he destined fol
a success even though it wasn't pro
duced in London. After a period Of
trying times, Conan q Harris made