The sun., 1919-06-27
OLCOTT TUNES UP
FOR FULL 2 YEARS
Celtic Tenor Has Signed I'm
der Management Of A.
L. Erlanger.
CANDY TO SPREAD JOY
Lew Fields to Toss Liquor to
Audience Who Sees "A
Lovely Romeo"

No doubt due to the presence here OF
canon do Valera, president of the un-
recognized IIrish republic. announcement
Is made that Chauncey Olcott, under ar
engagements Just completed, will tune up
his Celtic tenor for the next two years
under the management of A. L. Erlan-
ger. For this enterprise. which he will
undertake apart from Marc Klaw. Mr..
Erlanger IL stirring up for the public
early next season a spectacular revival
of 'Macushla," the play Rida johnson
Young in which Mr.. olcott is generally
considered to have his brogue under bet
ter control than In any other vehicle.
For this FIRST production under the
new management Mr.. Olcott is planning
a now presentation that will make the
original 'Macushla" look like hole In
doughnut. Nc. Erlanger has assumed
personal charge of the selection OF a
cast that will be At to move in the same
sphere with Nc. Olcott.
The press agent for F. Ray Comstock
and Morris Gest, possessing the Midas
touch, disgorged tho information yester-
day that his masters had transferred TO
London by cable $500, 000--or forty
was not intended to come TO the rescue
of the London stage and save 1t from
theatrical Bolshevism, but to enable
Capt. ]. A. Z. Malone. recently appointed
general manager for Comstock d Gest
in London, to pay for costumes and
scenery for the second edition OF "Chu
Chin Chow" to bedazzle the Century
Theatre on August &; for "Aphrodite,"
which will take up the running there in
November, and for 'Mecca," Oscar
Asche's preparation for the blues. which
will have tho final lap at the Century
starting in February The press agent
claims this remittance from the Com
stock Gest subtreasury was the largest
in theatrical history, and expressed sur
prise that the exchange market here
didn't seem to be more affected by 1t.
A bit Of real theatrical news which
dripped out yesterday was that Lew
| Fields, on the eve of the day when
Broadways mind will become a total
| blank, will toss out into the auditorium
at the end OF the second act OF "A
| Lonely Romeo" candles containing real
liquor behind their innocent exterior.
| During the candy Jag number. when
I Mr.. Fields inoculates various characters
with bon bons supposed to hold concen-
trated liquors, Mr.. Fields and the COM
pany-take the story or leave 1t, says
| the press agent-will throw to the raw
ening multitude 200 pounds of gum
drops supplied by a candy manufacturer
who Is a benefactor of the race, since
each morsel Of Doc Cooks favorite fruit
will have a small amount OF whiskey
rye, gin, rum or other variety OF mrs
aid Not even Doc Cook could have
thought up anything better.
The prize for the best rumor Of tn
day goes to Claude Greneker. who urge
to your 90 ntion the report that Edwar,
Leste.-.4s. Little Journey" at the Van
derbilt Theatre is about to forfeit hi
standing as a bachelor. recompensinl
himself, however by marrying a title'
English lady. Mr.. Lester doesn't den.
the report. and promises that prospec
tus. containing dates and names of tn
parties involved. will be issued gratis t
the North American continent In a feV
days.
Not only has the date for the openinl
OF the mad orgy at the Greenwich Viliag
Theatre been changed to wednesday
July 2, but the title has been recon
structed into The Greenwich Village
Nights" as a mark of esteem for F
Ziegfeld, II. The Greenwich Villagers
however make only a technical surren
der. still maintaining their moral righ
to indulge in "follies."
Another shift in the seasons curric'
uum is in the Schubert Gaieties OF
1919" which will be translated from
Atlantic City to the Forty-fourth street
Theatre on Tuesday evening OF the fate
full day, instead of on Monday. The
change was necessitated because thu
remodeling OF the theatre wasn't quite
completed, and more tents were needed
to be pitched on the roof Of the theatre
for houseless chorus girls who couldni
find accommodations for themselves anC
their poodle dogs