The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-27
RACHEL CROTHERS
HAS NEW COMEDY
Writer Of Successful Broadway
Plays Keeps Pace With
Chance.
SHUBERTs SHIFT TITLE
"0h, Uncle" Won't Offend
Pawnbrokers Under Name
Of "The Wrong Number"

Immediately aftsr making her curtain
speech when "3s East" 10 produced at
the Broadhurst Theatre on Monday.
Rachel Orothers will start matching
assorted players for the cast OF another
comedy from her head. She plans to
produce II here before summer has dried
up New York's sap. A. her two Broad
way plays this season have been named
30 East" and "a Little Journey" Miss
Crothers Is said TO be considering for
her third and unnamed play q sippy.
modern title like Taxi, Please"
"oh Uncle" the first title for Edgar
Smiths new comedy. has been deemed
open to Misrepresentation. leading to the
belief that II poked fun at that sacred
Institution, the pawnbroker. The shu-
berts, preparatory to its production next
week. have renamed II "The Wrong
Number" an more likely TO strike n
familiar chord in persons who have been
trying to get along with the Burleson
telephone system.
The English rights to the Kiss Burg
lar" which breaks into the Nora Bayes
Theatre next week, have been raffied
-oh to Andre Chariot. Mr.. Chariot has
been doing his spring shopping hero
for the London trade, buying up all
the loose plays in eight. In fact, he
kept on jamrnins his trunks with plays
until the moment when no sailed on q
steamer bound for his four theatres. and
John l., Golden chased the English man.
ager down to the dock and had him
sign contract for three Wise Fools
a xvaa h~
The end of tho Twenty-seventh Divi-
sions welcome gives US space and breath
to announce other plans OF Winchell
Smith and John L. Golden. thus saving
ourselves from having our hair pulled
by their press commissar. Besides
sending Three Wise Fools abroad at
the end of its run here with the cast I'M
changed-even in it's accent--the mana
gers will crate to London Turn to the
Right" and 'Lightnin'," with Frank
Bacon, though not before Chicago, Bos-
ton and Philadelphia have been given a
fair chance TO get at them.
Alonzo Price, who wrote the book of
Somebody's Sweetheart" now at the
Central Theatre. recently took the place
OF William Kent when the latter was
i'll for week. suffering from too many
curtain calls. Price showed such intelli-
gence. especially In his understanding
Of the speeches, that Arthur Hammer
stein engaged him as general under
study for the male principals and the
chorus. Price Is now trying to learn
all the lines.
The Owls. an organisations OF Bo-
hemians. will attend the performances of
"A Sleepless Night" at the Bljou Thea
tire tonight II they don't oversleep them
selves this afternoon.
Michin It0U TtillA yInAahI
Howarth and Paul Thevenas will give
the second of their three dance recitals
at the Greenwich Village Theatre next
Sunday evening. rain willing.
Lieut. John Philip Sousa, having seen
the war through to a finish. will wave
his band across the continent begin
ming on Saturday. June IL. at the Brook
Ign Academy OF Music in the frst coun-
trywide tour which has been undertaken
In four years by the famous trapshooter.
Lieut. Sousa was recently discharged
from the navy. where he put the making
OF bands on quantity production basis
for the war.
Having failed in their search for an
uptown house that could hold all the
long hair Of "Hobohemla," the manage
ment OF that play announces that II
can't be budged from the Greenwich
Village Theatre. It will remain there
instead OF fitting two weeks hence. as
originally announced. and "shakuntaIa."
the Hindu play which has been running
for 1900 years. will have to take It's
chance OF wriggling into the house on
Tuesday. Thursday and Friday after
Moons.
George Miller Is about 10 put In re-
hearsal the play RED Heart" unless
something prevents him. '-Red Heart"
was given the X-ray privately two weeks
ago. James p. Sinnott, a newspaper
man. acted as copyreader in revising
the play, and Olive wyndham will be
the bell wether OF the cast