sentences:  In 1927 he appeared in a London production of the musical "Castles in the Air", playing the role of John Brown opposite soprano Helen Gilliland.Although the show closed in London after just 28 performances, after it closed in London it toured through the United Kingdom for the remainder of the year and well into 1928.Steel returned to the United States, where in the early 1930s he performed in vaudeville and in cabarets and clubs in New York, Chicago, and other cities.