The billboard (Apr 1917)

APRIL 7, 1917. The Billboard 5 Changes in New York Lilac Time Tu Move to Eltlnge Theater, r will t April 16, on which date the play will move to the El tinge, replacing Cheat- ing Cheaters, Which closes. The trans- fer Is made (or the purpose of accom- modating Peter Ibbeuten at the Rt- publlc on the same dale. In the cast of Peter Ibbetaen. which Lee Shubert n'tII produce, will be found among «thers Laura Hope Crewe, Constance Collier. Lionel Barryrnore and John The etay of Maude Adams jo A Kiss for Cinderella at the Empire Theater has- been extended to Saturday even- ing. May S. Company has i Chsrles FTohman n arranged for Mbio Adams this spring.. On April 9 George Arliss will revive Disraeli at, the Knickerbocker Thea- ter, replacing the Professor's Love Story, which. closes next Saturday right. Margaret Dale has been en- gaged for a part- the Gafrlek Thes r tonight and go o Change Play Title New.. York. March, £1.—George Fos- ter Piatt, playwright and. producer, hat noUJied A, Qi Deiamater.' that as he pepaaced *, jJay "at the Madison. der the «tte pf The .Maater he claims a,-prior srfi i«W-r'9 *■*<$: therefore,- A then™ i.flrownell changed .thieititle■-■of-bis play which igfeuo. sum white New York, March St.—Carolina. White: the opera singer, began suit on Thursday In the Supreme Court for the sum of 150.000 against Robert E. Johnston, her manager, as a. result of bis alleged failure to lire up to prom- ises and a contract he had with her. Miss White charges Mr. Johnston caused her In May. 19is. to sign en agreement with him by false represen- tations, whereby she was to tour the ew York. March Sl.^-Ollver Mo- o will remove' his offices from IBS Fortieth street to his Mfcrosco Iter In a few davs. His nresent I be occupied by e Longacre Build- New York. March SO.—Comstoek A •''•■it have closed' a contract with Alice Nielsen .whereby she will return next seaaon to light opera. The title of her vehicle will be K!|iy Darling, which la a musical verslojAf David Bela*™'- t Kitty bS1S».i .The nlay y Bolton and P. G. „^mu8ic will be writ- f. and White UP ANfrDOWN BROAD WAX :'/~~ ■ I 'With WILLIAM W. RANDALL 2 ' $*> 1 New York. March 3l.—With the glorious country the question' outdoor and Indoor, shows ? the ahow game during the pat. .. _. thinking that it is time enough to talk about' tl There Is a. real manial spirit. In the other day when a small detachmen big thoroughfare, headed by n- fife and dr scouts In regular khaki uniform, which from the Friars' Club, who were on tbeu- of.their Abbot George M. Cohan, who i afternoon. Everybody thought that- the their way to the front until the .Friars we as followed by some 400 Friars ly to the. Strand Theater In honor s 'making his film debut on that rmy" was a body of regulars on One effect of the war probability is the fact of t IDE international Exposition, which was scheduled conditions it was an utter Impossibility aides he thought that the people of the brate the 300th anniversary of the settlement of the Bronx if the United States was In trouble with another country at the time. All of which sounds reason- able enough. It'is likely that the proposed "expo." will be postponed until open on May 30 next, saio. mat under the present It an international affair; be- TheGsrden of Allah Mr: Tyler posed to be laid, and that had been .seen. The Cocoanut 13rove atop the the Century Theater Is already a .great financial success. - While in a. way an opposition to the Aerial -Garden-.ate the New Amsterdam.Theater it does not- hurt the business of the Ziegfeld Ml< night Follies, which.are always, playing to the capacity, .of IhactaMea. tsWrst: And no wonder either, for they always have one of the-^estsaows of;the " " " to be seen anywhere. New Yorkers.like to stay up late. too.. If you will go up and down Broadway any time between'1 and S a-m; you, will find many people about, especially in the section between Forty-second and Fifty-third. I really believe on all-night theater.-playing pictures and vaudeville. In the Woods Calls Off Trip • liability to Get Const Theaters Hi on muz*— = I'to call oft his propoeed to his- inability to secure a suitable. theater in ./California.- It was Mr. * Woods* plan to send a repertory com- pany to the Coast to present a num- ber of his recent New York successes. At the Woods offices it Is announced that while the plan has been dropped temporarily there Is every reason to . believe that Mr. Woods will pot It into . execution immediately If hr Is able to secure a suitable theater or theaters- in" the Pacific Coast region. Missoula Theater Leased Missoula. Mont., March 31.—Tha Missoula Theater, one of the Attest Playhouses In the Northwest, has been - leased by the Missoula. Amusement Company, owners of the Empress. Bijou and Isis theaters in this city. The new management will take charge on April 7, and will plajf road shows. presarto Thirty Tears Ago New York. March 30.—James W Morrissey, who thirty years ago was and Impresarios of this country, died suddenly of heart trouble In the lobby of tbe'Hotel Normandie yesterday. rlcal game as treasurer of the old Grand Opera. House, which position he held for a number of years. He singers, and it was he" who brought to this country the Emma Abbott Opera Company. This undertaking brought Women, wh book, Noted Men- and of age at the time of Is expected -that the Colonel Newcome Cast New York, April 2.—In making the stage version of Thackeray's novel. The Newcomes. which Sir Herbert Tree "will present under the title of. beginning Aprl ■ has introduced ; characters figure In the story. Sir Herbert's cast includes himself as Colonel Newcome, which he first acted at His. Majesty's Theater In London daring .the' season or 1904-'B5: Elsie M«Fkay. as Ethel; Robert Rendel as Cliye; Katherins Sayre as Rosey. Warburtou.Gamble:as Sir Barnes Newcome^ Sydney Green- street as F. B. (Fred Baybara). Helen Bracey as Lady Kew,-Adelaide Prince as Madame de Floracf. Alice-Augsrde Mrs. Mackenzie.-Stella SL man as Iffli^Farlntoah. 'Cnug Ward! as Lord Kfiw. Edward-Forbes as Peo- \ dentils and G. W. Anson as'Martin. 3 Engagement Extended u : , N&V, Yorli," March 31.—Maude; -AB^ ans 1 engagement In A-Klss'for Cinder- ella'at the Empire Theater jSnMaapn been extended until *.W&' 6. - Ituse Adams has been obliged to cancel the California tour she had - arranged in