Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-09
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o HERE were moments when
Oliver Morosco must have
been tempted to change the
title OF please Get Mar
ried'' to al Should Worry
Ssp-eome other colloquiaIism express
5nE great personal anxiety. Audacious
ks it is in theme. the little play is a
sgork requiring the most accurate re-
shearsal- The day before the opening
here, one of the principal players be-
came i'll. A single unrehearsed part
an a farce upsets the entire machin-
ery and the performance kept missing
.-ire more or less all week One of the
znost interesting figures connected
with the play was unnoted by the au-
dience; a smooth-shayen, alert,
straight backed man, thoughtful of
suppression, vet physically fit appar-
Fntly for a foot bali game. He smiled
Ind chatted while scene was going
~ pieces before his eyes He confess
70 that he had worked hard all day;
-&xpected to work equally hard next
day and some days after that. If any
IEed business man was entitled to
A1yerSion it was this one. Yet no dis
AntereSted bystander couia have ap-
1Sared more nonchalant 1t was oliver
Proseo himself, with nerves evident
~ as well trained as brain and mus
Sles-
IS @#
The public is learning to take more
and more interest in the theatric Off
cal known as the stage director. For
- long time he was obscure over
worked and unthanked. Now his name
Fneans much on a program. Producing
1ndnagerS like 10 40 their own stage
directing as Idr as possible. Mr.. Mo-
fosco does much of Ihis- But produc-
1ng managers have many irons in the
Ore and they are not the kind of iron
fnat can be turned over to q black
smith. THE Girl Behind the Gun" pro-
gram notes THAI the brisk and really
human dialogue is directed by Edgar
AiacGregor- This is the same director
Who had in hand the musical play
@She Took-a Chance" which appeared
mere earlier in the season to not very
enthusiastic audiences. However. the
4naterial was there and ii did not go
do the Storehouse. ON the eontrary,-i it
has turned up on Broadway with new
music and new players. Under the
3itle ''rhe Velvet Lady il is one of
the hits of the big city.
= The MacGregoria plans for the flu
11re embrace a. variety of material.
'Sharles Preyin, the Girl Behind the
gun musical director, is doing the
-
2ietta for him. Mr.. MaeGregor is also
interested in a work by the Washing
Pn author George Hazleton; work
which he confidently believes will at
tain as much literary eminence as
The Yellow Jacket" itself and more
4ox Office prosperity. 1t is an eXqui
site oriental fantasy combined with
genuine modern comedy. A reading
or it holds the attention in fascina-
1ian and leaves the mind wondering
whether the greater charm lies in the
mystic moon-boat excursions into the
far oriental past or in the lively and
precise analysis of character of our
own Gme and country. 1t is called
The Haunted Pajamas. its origin
being a clever story published under
the same title.
= j. =
"Oh, Lady, Lady, lingering lay OF
Hitting loneliness, found delighted
audiences all the week at the .Shubert-
Be@asco The Passing Show took its
bNn good time about passing on its
Way from Polls the Shubert manage
ment evidently being mistaken in it's
faith that Washington is. in the case
ef a big scenic production entitled
TO recognition as a two-week stand.