The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-22
SPICE Of 1922
OPENS SUMMER
SEASON IN \. !.
Annual Winter Garden Show
Has Galaxy of Stars in
the Cast.
CHIEF INTEREST IN ACTORS
Other Plays Starting Meet Sue
cess in Spite of Hot
Weather.
BY DIXIE HINES

NEW YORK, July 22.-The annual
summer tenant Of the Winter Garden
"a happy nomenclature for hot
weather-came to town last week IN
der the title Of ''Spice of 1922" A new
combination made the presentation,
Arman KalisZ, Is the director and
manager, while Jack Lat, a writer,
contributed most of the words. James
Hanley and J. Fred Cook wrote the
music and Jack Yellen and Owen Muir
ply contributed the lyrics.
The principals include Valeska
Suratt, Adele Rowland, Jane Richard
son, Jimmy Hussey, Georgia Price,
James Watts. Rath Brothers. James
Q. Morton. Mile Marion, Sam Hearn,
Florence Brown. VIII Oakland, Flavia
Arcara and a host Of others. One
would naturally infer from this group
Of artists that anything would go big.
AS q matter Of honest record, how
ever, the chief interest was in the
personalities OF the varied artists.
There is much good material in the
new revue, and much that lacks both
wit, cleverness and spontaneity.
Stadium Season Opens
Last week noted the opening Of the
music season at the Stadium. the
commodious bowl associated with the
City College. Each year for the last
three this summer season Of standard
and classical music has been a mu-
steal event which has stimulated the
movement for the popularization of
music throughout the United States.
The opening night, devoted to an all
Wagner program, conducted by Henry
Hadley, was attended by more than
10000 music lovers. For the first
time since this seriea was established
It opened with a full orchestra, re-
cruited from the New York Phuhar-
monte, which in itself was an I'm
portant contributing clement to the
smoothness Of the opening. and the
success IL attained.
The band is not less popular than
the symphony. Edwin Frankie Gold
man, conductor of the Goldman Band
which gives It's summer night concerts
at Columbia University, has been es-
pecially happy in blending his pro-
gram Of orchestra and band music
together. AS many as $4,000 music
lovers attend these outdoor concerts,
and this, the fourth week, shows ev-
cry sign of increasing rather than
abatement Of interest.
'sThat Day. Successful
That Day" a new play by Louis
*. Anspacher. staged under the di-
rection of Iden Payne and produced
under the management of Richard
Herndon as the first of the plays to
be done by the permanent Belmont
Theater Company. was highly sue
cessfuI when presented last week at
Atlantic City. Bertha Mann. George
MacQuarrie, Hedda Hopper, Frances
Nelson. Ellis Baker. Edward Field
ing, Raymond Hackett, Frederick
Truesdell and others in the case gave
brilliant performances. It is to be
done in New York In the fall.
Introduce Italian Actress
Another new play produced out of
town for later presentation here was
THE Inevitable" which served to in
troduce to English-speaking playgoers
q noted Italian actress, Maria BazZi,
VINO taxes commanding pOSlLOu a.
an actress Of intelligence, effectiveness
and force. She will make her metro
politan debut in the fall
Emanuel Reicher sailed this week
for Germany. his former home, to
celebrate in that country the sixtieth
anniversary of his appearance on the
stage For the past seven or eight
years he has contributed Of his talent
as actor and director TO the American
stage, and having recently become q
fcitizen OF this country. he will return
to form and direct q repertory com
pany, which will be one of the new
and outstanding enterprises Of the
coming season.
The authors Of ''Kempy." the com
edy which shows every evidence OF
being a legitimate competitor to The
Bat" and "Lghtnin' for endurance
in running continuously in New York
have written a new play. They are
J. c. Nugent and Elliott Nugent, and
this new play. having been read to
an admirfng group. has been pro
,-o,rrced q twin brother to Kenny