Evening star., 1925-08-02
In the Spotlight.

''TT ALL DEPENDS" which John
Cromwell and William j. Brady,
jr., are managing, had it's first show
Ing at Asbury Park last week.
''Mercenary Mary" will end it's
New York run next Saturday night
and reopen in Chicago August 16.
Felix Edwards will come to Amer
lea to stage the new Bolton Thomp-
SON -GerShWin musical comedy for
Aarons & Freedley.
Lady. Be Good" VIII remain in
New York until after the first week
IN September. 1t has been drawing
large houses throughout the sum
mer.
The Eyes Have It," new musical
rlay, viii be produced by Mrs Henry
B. Harris in New York late in the
Fall.
Back in Half, an Hour" an
nounced for production by the Play
goers, Inc, was written by oliver
Herford and Bertrame Hobbs.
The musical version of "The For-
tune Hunter" will be known as 1.-The
City Chap" After a two.week run
IN Philadelphia II will open in New
York late in September. "Skeets"
Gallagher is featured.
Roberta Arnold will be featured In
Playthings," a comedy by Frederic
and Fanny Hatton, which A. l..
Jones and Morris Green in associa-
tion with Thomas Wilkes, will pro4
duce in Los Angeles next month.
The English cast of "a Night Out"
arrived in New York last week. The
company opens in Boston next FRI
day night. The cast is headed by
Toots Pounds, Norman Griffin and
Andy Tombs.
Hassart Short will stage and pro-
duce Marilyn hiIlcr's new musical
comedy Sunny" for Charles Dilling-
ham, which opens in New York late
in September.
Two plays and musical comedy
are announced by r. II. Burnside for
production next season, the first.
Merry and Bright" a musical COM
edy by Julian Gordon with music by
Raymond Hubbelk The others in
clude a play. Burnt Ashes" by
Charles H. L, Brookfeld. which Mr..
Burnside viii present In association
with A. II. Candy, and Sea Robber,"
play adapted from the German Of
Ludwig Pulda.
Catherine Chi sho m Cushingis
"Marge' will be produced in the
Fab by Walter c. .Tordor, with Liz
lian Foster in the leading role:
Drought" by Reginald Goode.
VIII be tried out by A. e. Anson's
;tA Ilat yok
week of August 26. fr
Hugh Huntley, Herbert Yost, Gill
bert Douglas and Phyllis Joyce have
been added to the cast of THE En-
chanted April" which opens in New
York August Pa .....ss.a..y-.,s
Canary Dutch" by Willard Mack,
with the author in the leading role,
was placed in rehearsal last week, in
New York, by David Belasco.
Hope Hampton, 1t Is announced.
viii probably appear in an adapta-
ton or a European operetta during
the coming season. under the Shu-
bert management.
Spring Fever" by Vincent Law
renee. will open in New York to-
morrow night under the management
of A. III. Woods. James Rennie and
Marion Coakley are featured,
Donald Gallagher. producer of
The Gorilla and John Meehan,
who staged the London production
of this play, returned to New York
last week pleased with their success
.ful, work in London. 81
A cast was assembled last week in
70
which Is to be produced by the
Carter-Arkatov Production Company
in the Fall.
T. L. Donovan says the play in
which Lila Lee and James Kirkwood
are to appear is called 1.-The Vaga-
bond Poet" 1t is a new play by
Catherine Chisholm Gushing.
s. Fiske o'Hara and his wife are re-
hearsing a new sketch for vaudeville
called Wanted: A Boy" that was
written by Anne Nichols.
Laura Hope Crews will have the
leading role in "Hay Fever" Noel
GoWard's play. which will be pro-
dnced by the Shuberts. Miss Crews
sailed for London last week, will
see the play the two days she is
there and then return to New York
TO begin rehearsals Immediately.
Helen McKellar. n was announced
last week, will open In "The Mud
Turtles" by Elliott Lester. August
"a In New York. The play is pre-
sented by the Riskin brothers.
Meyer Davis played host to the
popular National Theater PLAYERS. AT
his Chateau LIE Paradis Saturday
night a week ago. Following the
evening performance the PLAYERS
motored to Ammendale, Md, and
danced and dined to their hearts
content. Mr.. Davis, himself, was abb
sent, having been commissioned to
play at the Vanderbilt wedding in
New York. but before leaving he left
ample representation to care for the
players welfare.
When Leneta Lane leaves the Ma
tional Players early in September her
forwarding address most likely will
be New Orleans, La. She has re-
ceived a f1attering bid for her serv-
ices in the quaint city and will prob
ably accept, though she is holding in
abeyance an offer from a Broadway
producer for featured role in one of
his forthcoming plays.
The New York Herald Tribune last
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