The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-26

Robert Rendel, the BroaoWay act- tor whose performance of the East ern waster in 'rThe Storm, was des- cribed by feminine newspaper writs CT who saw his performance as the 'sheavy',iman of the play as "a per fectly adorable rotter.''
 Paul Gordon will be seen in New York fortnight hence in '+The Si1- ent Legion,'' a new play. It is by Anthony Billy, well known author, and the theme and situations are being held secret until it has been exhibited. It possesses qualities which promise to make it one of the Rota- ble plays of the present season.
 That wonderful singer of gypsy and Slavic folk-soegs, Madame Ruano Bogislav, is to offer a distinctive en- tertainment for music patrons of the United States, establishing in New York 8 group of recitals where shy will exploit the colorrur songs of that picturesque race. She is the most noted exponent of this form of vocal art we have.
 Mighty Night "The Woman in Room Thirteen" Up in Mabers Room" and "The Gold Diggers'' are a quartette of successful American plays which are to be staged in China, Japan and India, by a company which has as its leading woman War da Howard, who has acted in pictures and on the dramatic stage.
 Writing of Ethel Newcomb, who is one of the most distins suished An CT iean concert pianistes and teachers, a commentator in "Contemporary Review declares that it was "in the musical field that women first dem orstrated the equal capacity for ar tistfc competttis,n.'' Miss Newcomt r as taken the causa Of the Anleri- can musician successfully through several seasons of European concert work and is now ''home again"
 Pietro A. Ton, whose organ recit- a1s have been the means of stimu- lating unusual interest in organ form Of music as popular enjoyment, is contemplating the most effective tour of propaganda that has been sched- uled by any artist. MT. Ton is the most noted composer of organ music in the United States, and is so com plete a master of his instrument that he is enabled to demonstrate to a
 
 ability.
 Langdon Mccormack, the master of stagecraft'' as one of the New York reviews called him after the sensational premiere of his melodra- ma with effects, "The Storm,'' has built a complete theatre with full electrical equipment in which he is to develop his future stage creations. He has already contributed stage effects that sent chills over British French and American audiences '"The Storm is sensatioha1ism devel- oped to the nth degree.
 Walter Brooks, well known on the Pacific Coast and in England as an actor, stage director and producer and whose own companies won just renown for the intelligence of their production, has joined the fast grow ig ranks of producers in New York He recently staged with great skill and success "Fifty-Fifty, Limited which scored a pronounced success credited to the c1everness of the cas and the effectiveness of MT. Brooks work as the producer.
 | The critics of the Boston conserva. | tive press, where the Theatre Pari sien Company began their American tour last week. reve1ed in the de l light of these excellent comedian.
 and aingers. The opening bill a 1 their own playhouse in New YorE will include a comedy, and a com | edy with tuneful music most ingra tiatingly sung. The Theatre Parisiel
 is to have Richard G. Herndon a | the business manager and Rober 1 Casedesus as art director. It will b' located at the new Theatre Parisi CT
 in the heart of the Rialto.
 l Helene Flanders, whose beaut,
 makes poets write and whose voca
 charm stirred to a high pitch of en 1 thusiasm the critics of the Metro 1 politan press in New York when sh
 sang at Carnegie Hall, was formerl.
 a member of the Metropolitan Oper; | Company but she deserted that aviar i because of the lack of artistic op portunity which she finds in tn i broader concert field. Miss Kander
 rivals the palny days of the pas | generation of brilliant concert sing
 CTS, and has brought back to. Carne gie Hall echoes of the days and night