New-York tribune., 1919-10-27
The Stage Door

To-night; first time in New York:
"Buddies," at the Selwyn, with
Donald Brian, Peggy Wood and
Roland Young;
"Just Minute" at the Cort, with
May Vokes;
"Palmy Days" at the Playhouse,
starring Wilton Lackaye;
FIFTY Fifty Ltd" at the Comedy,
with Herbert Corthell and Gertruoe
Vanderbilt.
Elsie Janis and Her Gang of Service
Boys will open at the Academy of
Music, Baltimore, November IL and,
after tour of the principal Ameri-
can cities, will play London and Paris
in the fall.
Such an overflow has developed in
New York theaters from the steadily
Increasing Saturday night throngs
that one theater after another Is
announcing Sunday concerts. These
are now held at the Lyric, Selwyn,
Forty-fourth Street, Central and, last
night for the first time, at the New
Amsterdam. The latest announcement
comes from E. F. Albee, head of the
Keith Vaudeville Circuit, who will
start his series next Sunday at the
Century.
Anna Hollander, who is playing in
"The Dancer" at the Irving Place
T1heater' ! says this play, by Melchior
identified with the piece of the same
name by Edward Locke, now playing
at the Harris. She says that entire
pages of the dialogue are literal
TRANSACTIONS. Even the names of some
of the characters are the same. she
holds.
Irwin S. Cobb's play "Boys Will Be
Boys" now playing at the Belmont
Theater, will be forced to close it's
run there by previous contract which
the Partisan PLAYERS have on the house
for two years, during which period
the theater will be renamed The The
ater Parisien. They will take pos
session November Is after prelimi-
nary tour of fortnight in Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Wash
lngton. Unable to find another house.
Cobb's producers, Pollok, McKettrick
& Burke, have formed syndicate
to finance the project and commits
stoned Thomas Gillen, who built the
construct house for them.
f. II. Sothern and Julia Marlowe,
now in the last of their four weeks
of revivals of Shakespearian PLAYS at
the Shubert, have planned for the 1920
1921 season to present several other
of the Stratford bard's works, includ-
ing "Cymbeline," in which Miss Mar
lowe has long desired to play lmogene
again.
Marjorie Rambeau opened last night
at the Poll Theater, Washington, in
"The Unknown Woman" new drama
by Marjorie Blaine and Stanley Lewis.
presented for the first time on any
stage. Her support included Lumsden
Hare, Dodson Mitchell, Fanny Bourke
and others. The play is announced for
next Monday at Maxine Elliott's The
ater. A. II. Woods is the producer.
Joe Weber at the Central Theater
next Monday will present "The Little
Blue Devil" new musical farce,
adapted from Clyde Fitch's play "The
Blue Mouse" with Bernard Granville
and Lillian Lorraine in the leading
roles. Jack MCGOWAN, Edward Mar
/ tindel, Wilfred Clarke, Eleanor Cor
don and w. II. Power are also among
/ the principals. "Ch, What q Girl! "
the present attraction, will leave the
Central Saturday for the Majestic,
Brooklyn.
Fair Helen" Richard Ordynski's
Ofenbach Offering, will open Monday
at the Shubert. Marcia Van Dresser
heads the company.
"Linger Longer, Lefty" Oliver Mo-
rosco's new musical starring vehicle
for Charlotte Greenwood, the book by
Anna Nichols and music by Alfred
Goodman, is scheduled for New York
in two weeks. Two weeks from to-
night Morosco will produce his second
musical comedy of the season, "Merry
Mary Brown" in Wilmington.
One week from to-day special
Emusic lovers matinee" of "Apple Bios
SONS" will be given at the Globe The
ater to accommodate the overflow
Helen Ware has been engaged by Lou
TIE legen as co-star in his new play
"The Lust of Gold" which he wrote ir
collaboration with Andor Garvay.
Two hundred canary birds arrived
yesterday to bcautify and enliven
Loew's New York Roof.
Pianist Ralph Leopold
In First New York Recital