Evening star., 1928-04-29
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
Notes of the Stage and It's People.

Cafe Tomaza," which had been
Scheduled to start in Chicago this
Spring, may open in New York instead.
Sophie Tucker. favorite In vaudeville,
has sailed for London for an eight-week
| engagement at the Kit Kat Club.
Hugh O'Connell, who last appeared
as one Of the reporters in THE Racket"
has been engaged for Ward Warehouses;
play, Gentlemen Of the Press"
Josephine whittell has signed a con-
tract for Horace Liveright's production,
version Of "The Firebrand."
In the cast of "Skidding," comedy,
! by Aurania Rouverol, which Chamber
lain Brown tried out last Summer, will
| be Charles Eaton and Louise Carter
Hyman Adler and Merton Gering are
the producers.
Samuel Samach and Edgar Mac
Gregor. who are producing Young
Truth" In which Judith Anderson and
Lou Tellegen will be co-stars announce
their intention Of producing six more
new plays. Among them will be one by
Rudolph Lothar
When the Henry Miller Theater, New
York. opens next season Berkeley
Square" will be offered by Gilbert Miller,
With Leslie Howard as the star The
story OF the play Is based on Henry
James novel. "A Sense of the Past
/ and John L. Balderson and j. c. Squire
are the playwrights.
Philip Goodman announces that he
has Vincent Youman's signature on a
| contract calling for one show a season
! for the next three years The first is
due next September. This will not in
terriers with Mr.. Youman writing
musical shows for his own production.
Joseph Schildkraut. stage and screen
| star, has taken over the HOLLYWOOD
| Playhouse in Los Angeles for one year
| to produce legitimate attractions. Asso-
| ciated with Mr.. Schildkraut will be
Fritz Field. who portrayed the Piper in
| THE Miracle" as assistant director.
| Among '':e plays to be sponsored by Mr..
! Schildkraut Is The Valley Of Life"
Louis Sobels new comedy, entitled
THE High Hatters," will be presented
! first In New York next Tuesday night.
| This Is the first of series Of plays
which Louis Isquith is to offer under a
| box office policy which will have 50 as
| the top price.
| Murdock Pemberton sailed for Europe
last week as the representative of Edgar
| B. Davis. producer of The Ladder,
and with the expectation Of arranging
| for foreign productions OF that play.
Richard Bennett ha been engaged for
the star role in The People," which
goes into rehearsal tomorrow In New
| York. Albert Lewis is sponsoring the
| production in association with Sam Fl.
| Harris. William S. Carson is the author
OF The People" The play will begin a
| Chicago engagement late next month,
| prior 70 its New York opening Sydney
| Shields Will also be in the cast.
Robert Emmett Sherwood is to have
/ two plays running this season in Lon
! don. Not only is his The Road TO
Rome" going to be done there. and i'm
| mediately. but The Queens Husband
will get under way next month. Ro-
land Young and Edward Rigby will re-
peat their performances of the king
and the flunkey in the London produc-
| ton.
The next production by George Miller
will be a new comedy entitled "Gas0-
line GypSies." This play, by Charles
/ Conger Stewart. concerns the adven-
lures Of cross-country automobile tour
| lists.
| William Faversham, jr.. and Flora
| Sheffield took over the leading roles in
The Ivory Door" in New York last
/ Monday. The occasion marked the New
York debut of the junior Fayersham.
Sidney Howard is adapting Olympia"
for its New York production. This is
the new Ferenc Molnar play which Gil
bert Miller will present as the first
effort on his schedule this coming Fall.
olympia" is now playing at a theater
in Budapest.
| Edward Arnold corpulent. handsome
l nS ever and with an added kvir,-la u,