The evening world. Newspaper, May 23, 1921, Page 18

JAY, MAY 23, 1921 Joe Is Clever From he Hat Up! About Plays and Players accepted two musical pieces already These will be staged before fall and oibers will follow, 11 is Miss Mor- ton’s plan to have the companies re- hearse at her country home, Villa, at Bound Brook, N. J “I have plenty of room at the villa for a whole troupe,” she said. “They can just come over and live here. I like to have plenty of nice people around me.” It is reported that may return to the stage soon, heard her sing yesterday, and there are few in musical comedy to-day, with voices to equal hers. jeisha Miss Morton we ITS THE IMPERIAL. ‘The Messrs. Shubert announce that the theatre they building at 59th Street and Seventh Avenue will be known as the Impe rial. Work on the new house will) be finished in four weeks, The} capacity of the theatre will be 2,000. , NEW PLAYS. | William Harris jr. has obtained the! American rights to “La Huitieine Femme de Barbe-Bleue,” a Paris suc- cous by Alfred Savoir. He will pro-! duce it here under the title of “Blue-| pares Eighth Wife.” WMiiam A. Brady has a new play. ‘ “Dreamy Eyes," by Martha M agrror and Adelaide Mathe' soon. For the cast nism, pare Binney have been cn- ie de gre, Shubert will produce "4 suena Theatre, Clev xt! ® play by Louis E in Tentitied “Fools Eran includes Lucile Watson, “aitchell, Kathleen MacDonne! » Murry, Shirley Stanley, Charles Mile ward, Charles Hammond, Alexander Onslow, Harry Hammil, Charics {¢ e- | al, David Andrada, English Cody and John Blac! © JANSSEN ENGAGED. | Oliver Morosco has commissioned | ‘Werner Janssen to compose the mu- sic for the new Charlotte Greenwood play which will be produced in the Yall, We suspect Mr. Morosco him- self will have a hand in writing the play. STONE SOUND AGAIN. Fred Stone's foot is O. K. again, It was in April, while dancing down some stairs in “Tip Top,” that the comedian broke a bone and had to leave the cast. KALICH AS HAMLET. Mme. Bertha Kalich will be scen soon in a series of matinee perform- ances of “Hamlet,” playing the role of the melancholy Dane, Fifteen years ago she acted this part at the Thalia Theatre. A REPERTORY COMPANY. The first American repertory com- pany of note in years will be in ex- istence next season. It will be a co- operative organization, touring under the direction of Richard G. Herndon ‘The basis of the company will be the “Mixed Marriage” troupe and will inelude Augustin Duncan, Whitford ¢, Barry Macollom, Harmon Mac- Gregor, Margaret Wycherly, Angela hill and others. Besides “Mixed Marriage” it will present Chee” a: and “John Ferguson.” GOSSIP. Van and Schenck have ben re- engaged for “The Follies.” The Dumbells will entertain the soldiers at the Fox Hills Hospital to- Morrow afternoon. “Just Married” moves from the Comedy Theatre to the Shubert to Marc Klaw, Inc, announces that “Sonya” will be produced in August with Violet Heming and Alfred Lunt in the cast. “Jane “The book Vincent Lawrence, author of Ghost Between,” has written the and lyrics of a musical comedy Ned Wayburn has engaged Vinton Freedley to appear in a leading role) in a musical play called “Flying ey | “The Melody of Money” wil] open | in Stamford on May 30. It was writ- ten by George H. Atkinson We have been informed by a man who knows beauty that “Sunkist,” at the Globe, has some real California peaches. It is understood that Dorothy Ward, who was in “Phoebe of Qual ity Street,” will be seen in “The Belle of New York." 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