New-York tribune., 1922-11-19

"Genevteves" but the title was claimed
by Chicago producer for production
which CHARLES PURCELL is sched-
u.ed to head. Lait's show goes into re.
hesrsal next week and will open out Of
town Christmas Day. AARON
HoFFMAN'S GIVE and Take" which
is now in rehearsal, with HURTIG &
SEAMoN and MAX MARGIN interest
ed, will have ita out-of-town premiere
about the first of next month. Around
the holidays it will probably seek New
York home. HARRY DELI and
LEW CANTOR are to produce "Moon.
beams" written by the former. Mr..
Deli has staged vaudeville productions
and has also appeared in vaudeville.
I. Listening In" closed in Pitts
burgh and cast changes will be made be-
fore it is sent out again. THE
SHUBERTS are to wait until next
spring before they start work on their
production of sold Heidelberg"
The Revue Russo" has Jared as badly
on the road as it did here. It lasted
week In Chicago, where the scale was
reduced from SIS to 50 Immediately
after the opening, just as was the
case here. The production was
scheduled to close in Baltimore
yesterday and at present writing
it is not known whether it will
try for a weeks run in Boston
W mot IL
losses in connection with the venture
are set at $4,000. ALEXANDER
LETFWICH, General stare director for
DANIEL FROHMAN, is staging a revue
which he Gals "f-sn4on ons ~ ... It
will present a contrast between period
costumes and modern garments. The
production will have dance numbers
and ballet staged by SERGEI PER-
NIKOFF, and FORD DABNEY'S or
ehestra will furnish the music. Mr..
Leftwich plans to bring the revue to
New York in January and is scheduling
later tour for the chief cities between
Boston and Chicago. The cast
of "a Fantast Fricassee" will motor
to Sing Sing to-day where, at the in
vitation of the Mutual Welfare League.
an entertainment for the prisoners will
tbe given. +. !. FRANCIS REID, Of
the A. L. ERLANGER office, suggests
that the telegraph companies add
to their list of form messages, one
for the out-of-town opening of theatri-
cal productions. He thinks there ought
to be one for dramatic productions and
another for musical comedy produc-
| tions. Mr.. Reid is sure that il would
isave him and numerous other publicity
men a great deal of work"
LOUIS WERBA has called in PHILIP
EARTHQUAKES "Barnum Was
i Right" for textual and cast changes
! 1t will be put on again early next
month. The Union of East and
West will present "Buddha." a Hindu
play in Engiish, in the auditorium cf
the Community Church, Park Avenue
and Thirty-fonrth Street, on Thurs
day night and Saturday night
"The Curtain" new little playhouse.
viii give 8 dinner 30 its friends and
patrons at the Hotel Commodore next
Sunday.
The Stockbridge Stocks wlll present
on december bill of four one-aet
Plays. one each by Don Marquis. Hey
wood Rroun, Christopher Morley and
one by an anonymous critic, at the
Metropolitan Theater, Madison Avenua
and Twenty-fourth Street. Don Mar
quis's @Words and Thoughts deals
with q domestic tragedy, Haywood
Broun's "Death Says 1t Isn't So" is q
fantasy and Christopher Morley's
.aT'he Bedroom Suite is study of the
effect of set of furniture on the win
dow dresser Of department store and
his assistant. The anonymous play Is
Ia satire.
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