New-York tribune., 1919-11-12
The Stage Door

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b. S. Moss has christened his new
theatcr, at Broadway and lS1st Street,
which will be completed within n few
months, the Coliseum. The theater
will havo photoplays and vaudeville.
It's great seating capacity will make it
the largest house in New York outside
the Times Square district.
Elsie Janis selected the eve Of
Armistice Day to open at the Academy
of Music, Baltimore, on her return to
the stage, and her appearance was cele-
brated by the Admiral Schley and AL
fred Tennyson posts Of the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars and the local American
Legion posts.
Armistice Day was celebrated last
night by $. Rankin Drew Post of
the American Legion at Keen's, in West
| Raymond Hitchcock and Rennold Wolf
rs to which is the mGhtier, the sword
or the mimeograph, was the headline
attraction. Hy Mayer, cartoonist and
art director of the Capitol Theater,
drew pictures typic,N OF the first bone
dry Armistice celebration. A quartet
of sailors from the United States Glee
Club sang and the band from the u. S.
S. Recruit played.
Ned We burns Demi-Tassc Revue
moved over after the regular perform
ance at the Capitol Theater to put on
a special complimentary performance
for the post.
Alice Lloyd, English comedlenne. and
Grace Nelson, soprano. from the West,
side this week. This is Miss Lloyd's
first appearance in America after sew
eral years snent in war work in Eng
land. Miss Nelson is making her first
appearance in New York after q
Western tour. Other numbers on the
program this week are Gould and Lewis
in Chicken Chow Mein" and Val
lecita's leopards.
The Central Producing Company an
nounces for It's first projection a
comedy drama by Willard Mack called
Sunrise"
John Cort's dramatic production of
the season, "Three's Crowd" a come
dy by Earl Derr Biggers and Christie
pher Morley, based on Mr. Morle s
magazine storv "Kathleen," was give
its premiere at Stamford, Conn. Mon,
day night. The locale O. the new piece is
Stratford on Avon. Phoebe Foster, re-
membered for her work in "The Gin
derella Man." "The Gypsy Trair' ami
/ by Pigeon Post" Byron Beasley,
Charles Compton, William Raymond
Harold Debeacker, Beatrice Moreland
Daisy Rudd, Roy Gordon Harry South
ern, Walter McEwen. NeSta KERN and
Douglass Ross are in the company.
Unable TO obtain another New York
theater or suitable road route for
Five O'clock" which is compelled to
leave the Fulton Saturday night be
cause Of previous bookings nj that
house, Walter +. Wanger has arranged
to present Frank Bacon's comedy in
London: The company now at the Full
ton VIII be sent to England. Mr.. Wan
ger also has completed arrangements
for the presentation there Of 'Profaue
Love-" an adaptation from Balzac.
Tonight at the Neighborhood PLAY
house DR.. Arthur Upham Pope will
give lecture, illustrated with slide.
on "The Relation O. Greek Art to
Ritual
"When Mans Man" by Willard
robertson and kilbourn Gordon, had
its first performance in Washington at
the Garrick Theater Monday night Mrs
Henry B. Harris is the producer, this
being the first play that she has put
on under her own name. 1t is drama
Of the Canadian forests. In the cast
were Pauline Lord, Macy Harlan
Reginald Barlow and Philip Leigh.
Hassard Short, who was loaned to