Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-05
ATTRACTIONS WHEN
THEATRES REOPEN
Believe Closing Order May Be
Revoked October Ia.
Future Playbills

While no date has been named Off
cially for the rcopenine of theatres and
other amusement places which are closed
al present to prevent the spread OF
spanish influenza. It IL generally be-
! lieved that director Krusens order is
sued on Thursday will he revoked after
! next week. permitting the theatres to
/ resume business on Monday. october H.
| The majority of the theatrical managers
| are already making tentative plans for
| that date
/ Mary Ryan. In "The Little Teacher"
! a comedy of country life, announced for
| the Garrick next Monday. will he the
I attraction there week from Monday
/ II the theatre reopens then.
Chu chin Chow" may remain at the
| Shubcrt for the first reopenlng week.
or Al Jolson, in the big Winter Garden
extravaganza, "Sinbad," may come. as
originally announced. No final mana
gerial decision has yet been reached
about the future destinies of these two
attractions Whether "Chu Chin Chow"
remains or goes may depend largely
upon conditions In Boston, where ii has
already been booked, but which Is also
affected by the influenza closing order.
Guy Bates Post, in "rhe Masquerader."
may remain at the Adelphi. since no
| other playbill has been announced
to succeed that capital mefodrama
| dramatized from the novel by Katherine
Cecil Thurston. If The Masquerader"
is allowed to depart Philadelphia will
lose one of the very best plays of the
| current season
The Lyric will probably reopen with
| THE Kiss Burglar" one of the few
| musical comedies which survived the hot
| weather of last summer in New York.
! The music of this piece is by Raymond
/ Hubbell, with book" and lyrics by
| Glen MacDonough.
! "Glorianna," originally scheduled TO
| stay another week at the Forrest. may
! depart without further ceremony in
which event the next attraction at that
I house may be the latest edition of the
| Iegfeld "Follcs" The original date
| for the engagement Of the "Follies" at
| the Forrest was announced az Octo-
I Der 2s
David Belasco's production of Tiger
| Rose which opened at the Broad on
Monday stood not upon the order of
| its going. 1t has been hurredly moved
/ to New York. Without telling the con-
fiding New York public a word about
what has happened here, Mr.. Belasco
| makes the announcement Extraor-
! dnary' in the advertising columns of
the New York papers that. yielding
| to popular demand" he will present
Tiger Rose" tonight at the Manhattan
! Opera House. 1t is understood that
+. the play will be seen at the Broad when
| the lights go up again.
No announcement has been made
! about the reopening attraction at the
Opera House. where Leave 1t to Jane"
has been providing musical comedy
entertainment since the beginning OF the
season, but it is probable this attrac-
ton will continue
The Orpheum, in Germantown. which
was to open next Monday with Mae
Desmond and her own stock company
in "The Brat will probably retain
that play as its initial production for
the postponed opening.
Vaudeville and motion-p picture book
ngs have been radically disorganzed
! by the closing order. 1t is probable
that definite announcement of future
programs will be impossible until the re-
opening date is officially published. The
single exception to this IL the news that
the Griffith feature film, Hearts of the
World will return to the city for al
engagement at the Walnut beginning
October Il at popular prices.
A future attraction at the Shuber
will be Elliot, Comstock and Gest:
comic opera production, THE Maid OF
tho Mountain" which has been running
for two years in London and Is now
holding the stage OF the New iorl
Casino. Other dramatic attractions an
nounced for early presentation here ar,
Ewes of Youth" and Florence Nash il
Remnant