The New York herald., 1921-09-18
News and Gossip of the Stage
as New Theatre Season Starts
David Beasco Rewarded by Success of The Easiest
Way for Inability to Send Deburau' on Tour
Facts About Popular Singer.

But the demand for them Is so strong
that almost any price may be asked by
the specs"
Theatre Art in Germany.
Lee Slmonson will sail for Germany
next month on behalf OF the Theatre
Guild to study conditions in the theatres.
Born more or less Of necessity. the Ger
man stage directors have made much
progress in their art during the last
five years. Its direction has, Of course,
been toward sfmpiification and economy.
Since American stage directors feel
keenly the need Of economy, It Is thought
that Mr.. Simonson may learn some les
sons valuable to his colleagues In this
country.
zone of the changes which will sur
prise American producers" said Lau-
renee Langner Of the Theatre Guild.
lis the present tendency Of directors to
flood their stages with light. The old
habit OF producing plays in such shadow
that the actors were scarcely visible Is
not followed now in Germany IL It ever
was. II it is possible to sum UP in a
single sentence the method OF the Ger
man stage directors so-day, their ten
dency to show a few simple but signifi-
cant objects under nigh light might be
the correct way of doing It,"
Mr.. Simonson win remain abroad six
weeks.
Passing or the Winter Garden.
The use OF the Winter Garden by the
Shuberts as their chief Broadway vaude-
Vile theatre will remove one of New
York's noted theatres The Winter
Garden stamp identified a certain type
OF musical extravaganza to the public
Of every large city In the country. J. J.
Shubert OF the famous firm had madc
this theatre the special object Of his
activities ever since it was opened to
the public.
so many inquiries concerning the his
tory Of the theatre have como 70 me-"
said Claude Grenelser Of the Shubert Of
fees to the theatre reporter OF THE
NEW YORK HERALD, that anybody would
suppose some national institution wac
about to change its policy. / was man
ager OF the theatre during the first
years of its existence. therefore I am
called on to answer most OF the in
quiries. Look, here is one small mat
ter alone I am compiling some statis-
tics about the dancers who appeared
there.
How many people remember that
dancer of the Strauss waltzes. who Is OF
this day one of the most popular Of the
dancers OF Continental Europe. was seen
there and only there? She did not re-
peat her European success there. ind
was glad TO return to Vienna. In the
Ballet Russo season, organized by Ger
tride Hoffman there. both kosloffs
danced In this country for the first tme
Lydia Lopokova was also in that ballet
company which danced the Rimsky-
Kersalsoff 'Scheherazade' and Les Syl-
phides' to the Chopin music there for
the frst time.
Then who remembers charming little
Lydia Kyasht, one OF the most famous
Of Russian dancers. who failed to repeat
the great success she enjoyed for years
In London? Mr.. Shubcrt saw Marilynn
Miller at a club in London and engaged
her for tho Winter Garden. where she
danced and gave limitations for the first
time in New York. Then Irene Bo.dcni
made her first appearance at the Winter
Garden" added Mr.. Greneker with a
sigh of regret.