Evening star., 1918-01-20
In the Spotlight.

In the Spotlight.
FRITZ schen has returned to vaude-
VILE.
Leave It To Jane" closed its New
York run last night and opens in Chi
cago tomorrow.
Tiger Rose" reached It's 125th per-
formance in New York last Tuesday
night.
Cecil Lean and Cleo Mayfleld. who ap-
peared in Miss 1917" have returned to
Words and Music" has closed down,
and will not be sent on tour as recently
decided upon.
1.-THE Copperhead." a civil war drama,
adapted from a story by Frederick
Landis. has been tried out in New
Haven.
Ziegfeld is going to star Will Rogers.
the "Follies." in new musical comedy
next season.
Warren Hill has been added to the
cast Oh seven Lays AeaVo which HdO
its first performance at the Park The
ater. New York, last Thursday night.
Andrew Tombes. recently Of the Miss
1917" company, has signed with the
FLO Flo" company, now running In
New York.
Under the direction of Joseph Hart,
Helen Ware is appearing in vaudeville
in a one-act play by Clifford Parker,
entitled THE Reclamation"
now playing Keith vaudeville in 'The
Sea Wolf" intends lengthening it into
q full-size drama for production next
season.
Junie McCree, we'll known to old pa
irons of Kernan's in this city, and who
later became a musical comedy star.
died last Saturday in New York after
a long illness.
Ed. Wynn. the well known comedian
has left the Winter Garden Company
and taken Roy Barnes place in "Over
the Top at the Forty-fourth street
Theater, New York.
Fuller Mellish will appear with Mar
garet Anglin in the performance OF
Electra" to be given under the aus
pices of the Symphony Society on Feb
ruary 6. in New York.
Ned Wayburn. producer, sailed from
New York to London last Tuesday
where he will remain for six weeks to
stage a musical revue at the London
Hippodrome.
Violet Englefield, a popular artistic
of the London halls, has been added to
the cast of Fancy Free" which will
Oh f1a
by the Shuberts.
Seven Days Leave" a new military
drama by Walter Howard. which had
quite a vogue In London. was given its
American premiere last Thursday even
ing at the Park Theater, New York.
Attractions for the near future at
Keith's include the new Gus Edwards
Song Revue. LIE Roy. Talma and Bosco.
Josie Heather. Burns and Frabito. Hal
ligan and Sykes. Alexander McFadyn
and probably Elizabeth Murray.
The Century Theater. New York, was
reopened last Monday night under the
management of comstock, Elliott and
ferred from the Manhattan Opera
House.
A. H. Woods will shortly put in re-
hearsal new play by koby Kohn, en-
titled THE Spirit of 1876" The play is
in a prologue. two acts and an epiIogue
and deals in a fantastic way with q
widely discussed topic.
The new Bartholomae-Teurs musical
play. Girl o. Nine" is now in rehear-
sal in New York under the direction of
Edward P. Temple. The piece Is sched-
uled for presentation at the Bijou
Theater in that city Tuesday, January
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-Four Queens" recently launched by
H. H. Frazee, has closed down after a
weeks trial, and Marion Coakley, one
0 fthe cast. has been transferred to the
brought out by Brandon lyman in Bos-
ton last Monday night.
A musical comedy called Honor
Bright" Is shortly to be produced in
New York. The piece is by Catherine
and the cast will include the latter.
Grace La Rue. Felix Adler and Char
lotte Granville.
Theodore Kosloff and company went
out of the Keith bill last Sunday be-
cause they had to jump to the Keith
Theater in Cleveland Elizabeth Brice
and Charles King very agreeably sub
stituted. Mr.. King has become an Of
ficer in the Navy, but was enabled to
play this engagement.
Eileen Enrol, who has been in many
Broadway successes, set sail from New
York last week for Cape Town, where
she goes to fulfill an engagement as
leading woman Of the South African
theaters. Her engagement calls for a
year in South Africa and another in
India and Australia.
Oliver Morosco will take to New York
the new comedy. 1.-The Indestructible
Wife," by Fred and Fannie Hatton, but
Grace George. who acted an important
role when it was tried out at Whining
ton recently, will relinquish the part
Jane Houston and most of the other
members Of the present cast will re-
main.
Word came from st. Louis last week
that half dozen or more theatrical
companies were held in that city or
nearby because of lack of transporta-
ton. Several of the companies had
finished engagements In the Mound city
and were not able to move on, while
others had been trying to get into the
city.
Oswald Yorke. the John Pendleton in
"Pollyanna," made his first American
appearance seventeen years ago in COM
pany with E. S. Willard. During this