Evening star., 1932-01-24

or TN FuIltDSI
award the coming FranchOt Tone.
Spring. r,,oo+.r
enid for the Martin Beck Theater IN
New York for the presentation OF
s'Reunion in Vienna" the Group The
ater moved to another house, aoolns
To its prestige. and then unoerIook "a q
Syrief swing around the circle which VIII
take II hack into New York again, after
the Boston engagement, which toi4oWs
that in washington. l.,
The work of the Theater Group III
presenting "The House OF Connelly
has been highly praised by many crlC.
les. who feel that a grim ana earileSV @
Tacv is given all the lights and shades
Of theatric art in the groups per-
formance. ...4
The company. which has been most
sctive. rehearsing steadily even through
the Summer, will be seen mere IN ltS
full strength. Its personnel mcluoeS'
Franchot Tone, Margaret Barker, MOI
ris Carnovsky, Stella Adler, Mary Nor
ris. Funice Stoddard, J. Edward Brom-
berg, Ruth Nelson, William Challees,
Phoebe Brand, Walter Coy, Sylvia
Feningston, Friendly Ford, Virginia
Farmer, Gerrit Kraber, Robert Lewis
LAWS lPNeTGII, NC1 u ONAC ANAoy
Sanford Meisner, Paula Miller, Clifford
Odetts Dorothy Patten. Herbert Rat
ner. Philip Robinson, Arthur Smith,
Alike Walker and Clement Wilenchik.
'oThe House of Connolly" has been
directed by Lee Strasberg and CheryI
Crawford. It's settings are by Cleon
Throckmorton.
RFLASCO-"The Student Prince"
CIGMUNp RoMBERG's familiar op-
- eretta, "The Student Prince" in
sparkling new dress and scenic in
vestiture, will swing merrily into its
farewell engagement here at the
Shubert -Belasco tonight.
Interest in this Romberg master
piece is apparently as keen as ever. II
burst forth in fresh blaze last season
during a 20-week sensational engage
ment on Broadway; while in Boston it
brought such a response from music
lovers of the Hub that two extensions
of the engagement were necessary to
satisfy the demand. There Is rare
union of the beautiful, tender love
story of the old piece as produced oy
Richard Mansfield at the old Lyric
Theater, New York, october IL, 1904,
and the exquisite score by Sigmund
Romberg in the operetta.
The popular old non-musical COMEDY
concerns the romantic love story OF
Prince Karl Franz and Kathie, the
little maiden at Heidelberg. The book
and lyrics are by the late Dorothy
Donneily, who also arranged the book
of Blossom Time" and My Maryland"
offered this time at popular prices,
the cast includes the names OF many
prominent Broadway players, among
them George Hassel, Allan Prior, Charles
Chesney, Gertrude Lang, Marion Weeks,
Leo Beggs, Eollis Daveny, Gus Alex
ander, Margaret Cantrell, Robert Long,
Edwin FroSoerg, Belle Sylvia and
others with a large student male
chorus.
GAYETY,-BiIIy Arlington Show.
6yNITH the pomp and eclat OF
w high-priced Broadway musical
revue" says Manager Jimmy Lake
"Billy Arlington and his own show
the latest Columbia Burlesque enter
tainment, featuring six stars will en-
tertain at the Gayety Theater matinee
today No other attraction on the
Herk circuit has that many luminar1es,
and some at the stellar lights now pre-
sented have starred in their own shows
in seasons past.
The sextet comprises Billy Arlington
himself, Karl Bowers, a dron Dutch
dialect dispenser; Jack Niesman,
versatile character comedian; Lou
Costello, Washington's own; Diana,
young pretty entertainer, making her
first appearance and known as the
girl from the Golden West" and
Cherie, chic and charming Parisienne:
Others include Luther Yantis, Al
Darr, Jessie Reece, a prima donna who
can really sing, and Winnie Philips,
ingenue and comedienne, with chorus