Evening star., 1921-01-23
In the Spotlight

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Violet Heming has been engaged for
"The Night Cap" which Max MARGIN
is to produce shortly.
Vivienne Segal will head the cast OF
Three Kisses to be presented by
Wilmer and Romberg.
A. l.. Erlanger has acquired the in
terests of ]. Fred Zimmerman, j.. in
the Colonial Theater. Chicago. Mr..
Eriauser, 1t is said. now controls 81
per cent of the stock of the theater.
THE waldies," by George J. Ham
lin. and Susan Glaspelfs Suppressed
Desires were presented by the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
at the Lyceum Theater, New York,
last Friday afternoon.
Word was received in New York
last Wednesday from Hadley, Me, that
William Gillette, the well known ac-
tor-playwright, had suffered dislo-
Gated shoulder during recent storm,
while aboard his yacht.
Albert Perry of the cast of Heart
break House." now showing in New
York. was struck by an automobile
last Wednesday night and seriously
injured. His role has been taken in
the play by Edgar Kent, until Mr..
Perry is able to return to the stage.
Joseph Santley and Ivy Sawyer
have joined the cast of Its Up to
YOU a musical comedy now playing
in Rosfop The Micro 10 pYneCfed TO
go into New York soon for a long
run. :
In Harrisburg, Pa. last Monday
nig1t. William A. Brady presented
for the first time on any stage The
Haunted House." a new play by Owen
Davis, with a cast headed by Vivian
Tobin and Harold Anstruther.
"Cognac" a comedy drama, by David
Arnold Balch, opened in Stamford.
Conn. last Friday night and will go
into the Princess Theater. New York,
for a run tomorrow night.
.The Rose Girl" by Anselm Goetzl
Atlantic City last Thursday night. 1t
will go to the new Ambassador Thea
ter, New York, next month.
A. H. Woods will put in rehearsal
tomorrow. in New York. new farce
by Wilson Collision and Avery Hop
wood. entitled Getting Gertie's Car
ter" Hazel Dawn and Walter Jones
will have the principal roles. The
play will be staged by Bertram Harri-
son.
Easy to Get" a dramatization by
Max MARGIN and Frederick S. Isham
of a novel by the latter. will be pro-
ducei by the former early next sea-
son.
Arthur Hopkins is out with the an
nouncement that he will present
Lionel Barrymore in Macbeth" at the
Apollo Theater. New York. February
Macbeth. An entirely new musical set
ting has been arranged by Robert
Russell Bennett as an added valuation
to the beauty of the production and
also with view to avoiding all at
tempts at exact or conventional COM
ment on the drama.
Widespread interest among play
goers and everybody connected with
the theatrical business has been
aroused by the recent announcement
that Maude Adams has selected A. l..
ErIanger and Charles b. Dillingham;
as her managers and that she is to
appear in a new play under their di-
rection early next autumn. Miss Ad-
ans is one of the most popular ac-
tresses in America.
Morris Gest last week in New York
made arrangements with Michel Fo-
kline. the founder of the Russian bal
let. to remain in AmericS. and create
a native school Of dance mimics. Fo-
tract with Mr.. Gest to create the bal
let's for "Aphrodite" and afterward
for Mecca" which he did with en-
tirely American talent.
George c. Tyler and H. H. Frazee
have Joined forces for the production
of a new comedy entitled "Dulcy," by
George S. Kaufman and Marc Con-
nelly. Lynn Fontainne is to have the
leading role. The piece will be pre-
next month. but will not be seen In
the east until next season.
Ed Wynn is to appear hereafter
under the joint management Of A. L.
Erlanger and B. c. Whitney, the con-
will be seen in a new musical piece
in the fall Wynn has found the work
of managing his own production too
irksome and has decided to stick to
the actors part Of the game.
Grace Morse. who plays the part of
a dancing teacher with Bryant Wash
burn in Burglar Proof" is the origina-
tor of the la Nouvelle coiffure.' a
hairdress which partially reveals the
ears. Ears have been out of fashion
long enough" says Miss Morse.
Cleveland set its most pronounced
approval on the John Drinkwater
drama of abraham Lincoln" last
week. All the seats for every regular
performance were sold by Tuesday
| morning. and before the public could
be at all satisfied there were added
two special matinees ION Thursday
and Friday afternoons, milk
beginning at 10 o'clock, and an even
ing performance on Sunday. This was
only possible by special action Of the
city authorities. The play. it is said,
will go on the records as the only
theatrical presentation ever given in
1;t h.