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It may be said that the “numbers” as ” put on” as far as the inevitable dancing goes in each, do not vary sufficiently. The same dance step of steps are repeated. Perhaps it is because the choristers knew but little, and could not be taught much more.
Settings are a “department Store” and “Actor’s Fair”
The chorus girls are a good looking bunch when costumed for numbers.
What did go well were the numbers "Under the Yum Yum Tree" and "Sleepy Head."
Girlies.Jungle Band
Under the Yum Yum Tree
Sleepy Head
When the Old Oaken Bucket
Fritz Hall
O Mister Moon.
A very large percentage of the show seemed to appeal upstairs more than the orchestra floor.
The number Moonlight on Broadway made a noisy hit.
Mr. Mason staged Frederick Thompson's Firlies which played the New Amsterdam all the summer. Mr. Mason can stage numbers. It doesn't have to be admitted. The evidence is there. The 'numbers' in the Rentz-Stanley' show have an individuality that removes the chorus people in them from "burlesque". The stage is given the atmosphere of Broadway. Girls and boys look real, in the carrying of themselves, and in the dressing.
But the Rentz-Stanley show is short of good comedy, and has a dialog seemingly home made. No author is given the credit for a story, and none is needed.
The opening of the second part is too slow.
The dressing of the show is tasteful, and the music well chosen.
The Rentz-Stanley show will do business. There is something attractive about it. if the comedy is looked after, the show should do big business all along the route. It is too early in the season to look for perfection; Mr. Mason has plenty of time. He has started in his first season as a burlesque manager, with a real show.
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Variety 29: 13 (September 3, 1910)