Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
In the Spotlight.

Ill ulG OpOtllgllt.
Cyril Maude will make a tour of
the principal cities in THE Saving
Grace"
Frank Moulin is to appear with the
Society Of American Singers as
Koko in THE Mikado."
Three Faces East" celebrated its
15Oth performance at the Conan &
Harris Theater, New York, Wednes-
day evening.
The play of Rita wellman in
which Arthur Hopkins will star
Emily Williams has the odd title of
THE Gay Wife"
Charles Dillingham; has just cele-
brated at the New York Hippodrome
the 2OOth performance of his record
making pageant, Everything.
The musical version of Pinero's
t.The Magistrate" which the Shu-
berts are to produce, will be called
"Oh. JOY" 1t was first named Kiss
Me-
Nothing But Lies" in which William
Collier is starring. is to be produced
both in London and Paris early next
year. Nothing But the Truth. COL
lier's earlier vehicle, is still running
in France and England.
Nora Bayes has leased the Forty.
fourth Street Theater. New York. and
will rename it the Nora Bayes inca
ter On Monday evening. December
80, she will move there with her pres
ent success, Ladies First.
William Faversham's proposed pro-
duction of THE Prince and the Pau
per" will be postponed until next
season Mr.. Faversham' and Maxine
Elliott will appear in Lord and Lady
Algy'' the remainder of this season.
Ethel Barrymore says if she is to
play Shakespeare she would like to
be either Rosalind or Lady Macbeth.
| In the latter case. she says. she
| would like her brother Lionel to play
! Macbeth and her brother John to be
! the Macduff.
Head Over Heels is bringing some
! notable talent of the stage, for pc
| sides the inimitable Mitzi the cast
! contains Charles Judels, the IN, mi
| aye. the "baby vampire" of The very
\ Idea; Carrie McManus, formerly of
Andreas Dippers Love Mill: Lam
! bert Terry. the youngest scion of the
famous EnSllsH idih'iS i1uni "a ~.
Quincy, character actor. playwright
and stage director with G. Bernard
F; Shaw-and still others.
! "Chu Chin Chow is virtually ali
Baba and the Forty Thieves" of the
Arabian Nights embellished with all
! that modern imagination and oriental
color schemes and whimsicalities can
| add to make a mammoth spectacle
which will bewilder the eye and
charm the fancy. while it tickles the
ear with the varied melodies and mu-
steal snap of a colossal eXtravag anza
1t is said to be the biggest theatrical
| entertainment on the stage.
In order that patrons of the Gayet!
| Theater may have an opportunity o.
| watching the old year out and usherins
! the New Year in, special performance
will be given at midnight on Tuesday
December 81. according to an announce
ment made by Manager Harry o. Jar
Doe last night. One OF the best attrac-
| tions connected with the Columbia cir
cult is playing at the Gayety that weel
and the show will be given in its en-
tirety at the special performance.
Ruth Gordon. who plays the "bab by
talk" lady in Seventeen is Bos'
ton society girl She was destined
for a finishing school in Paris wher
the war broke out. Father tele'
| graphed Don't SAIL and Miss Cor
don wired back: It won't if you will
let me go on the stage" She won
And in the past three years she ha:
had much experience, playing will
Maude Adams in Peter Pan" tn,
leading role in Fair and Warmer,
on tour. and summer in stock.
# Grace Georges appearance at tn
Relasco draws attention to comment
in the New York papers which indI
cate that she is to resume her series
of productions at the Playhouse il
that city She made unique plac'
for herself a season or two back b,
establishing a resident company ant
presenting brilliant plays which at
tracted unusual attention. Will
others, she introduced Bernard Shaw:
major Barbara" to this country
and, last season, Henri Bernstein:
great war drama, "LElevatio Wa
and unsettled conditions in the thea
ter world interrupted her plans.
In the cast of the big oriental spec
! tac1e. "Chu Chin Chow" is Lione
i Braham, the big English actor who
created such a sensation two year.
ago, when he played the title role il
"Caliban" at the Harvard Stadium. il
in New York. Mr.. Braham's grea
size and impressive physique i'm
pressed all who saw him. an,
wherever he went he was recognized
and saluted as Ca1iban. Last sea
son he appeared as the big sea cap
tain in the spectacular production o
"The Wanderer."