Evening star., 1923-03-11

feature Tinh.y in the next Music
Box Revue"
,si, Sidney J: ToleT; ; , author e,.nos Of The 70
the theater as actor. author and stage
manager. He began his career In
the stock companies and gradually
worked his way up to his present
playing an important role in 'kiki'
at the Relasco Theater. New York.
flay- writing is, however. Mr.. Toler's
chief ambition. The Exile" is said
to be the most important work that
has come from his pen SO far.
Eleanor Painter began her musical
career as a choir singer at Colorado
niticent promise that she went to
Berlin to study under Madame
Niklsch. wife of the noted conductor,
and presently she made her operate
lottenburS Opera House. She re-
NAMED there for two years and then
joined the company at Covent Gar
den. London. where she made an i'm
her debut. as, Musetta in La
Boheme. At the outbreak of the
war. Miss Painter returned to Ameri-
ca 10 create the leading role I'm
Andre as pippells production of 1.-The
Lilac Domino" Next she was seen
in The Princess Pat and then fol-
lowed the prma donna roles in
"Gloriana' and THE Last waltz
Mon Papa" by Thompson Buc-
hanon. will be placed in rehearsal
shortly by Oliver Morosco.
{ known European jugglers. reached
New York last week and starts tour
! Of the Keith circuit tomorrow night
: in Brooklyn.
I Tour Avoir Adrienne" comedy by
Louis Nerneuil. now playing in lon
! don as The Love Habit" has been
| piaced in rehearsal in New York by
Brock lcmbcrton. Gladys Enger ia 8
made thc adaptation and the cast in
! cludeS Florence Eldridge, James Ren-
ME and Ernest Cossart
I. Alfred Goodman. chief of music and
Jonchestras for Shubert productions.
VIII sail for Italy in June to pre-
pare for a career as a director OF
grand opera and symphony orches-
tras. Mr.. Goodman made part of the
score of The Lady in Ermine."
cRloSsom Time" and THE Dancing
| Marguerite Forrest has been en-
gagged to play the ingenue role IN
! Olga Petrova's new play, 'Hurri-
cane" Miss FORESTS recent engage
ments have been in "Voltaire' and
IS. s. Tenacity."
/ Ned Wayburn will present Marion
! and Madeline Fairbanks in Keith
! vaudeville. starting in New York
March II in Make Believe a dane
. ing and singing act. with music by
! Irving Berlin and book and lyrics by
! Edgar Allan Woolf.
The A. l.. Shay Company is planning
several productions for the spring
and fall The first will be a musical
play by William Carey Duncan and
! Lambert Stewart. 9 drama by Julia
Chandler and Aiethea Lucas. called
The Gift" will be presented in the
/ fall.
! Byron Bea asley has gone TO Chicago
| TO join THE Last Warning" COM
pany at the Blackstone Theater in
the part in which William courtle gh
s now appearing in New York.
! Another Shakespearean record VII,
! b" broken when David Warheld
closes his New York run next Satur-
day night. Originally booked tor
J eight weeks. the run was extend ed
and will just fall short of 100 per-
+: formances.
| Eva le Gallienne will start at the
| Provincetown Theater. beginning g
/ March 26. in Mercedes de Acosta s
| play. "Sandro Botticelli."
/ Arthur Hammerstein will sail for
London this month to be present at
the initial performance of "katinka,' -
which was first produced i'll New
| York in 1915 Robert Macdonald will
make the English production.
/ Mary Hay is likely to be seen in
| the prima donna role of a musical
! version of My Lady Friends this
season under the management of RI.
H. FraZee. Otto Harbach wrote the
| book and lyrics and Vincent You
mans the score. RehearSals are
scheduled to start the first week IN
lApril.