“Seven Hours in New York”

Comic dialogue and singing.

"Seven Hours in New York." "Chef Song" and "Kentucky Lady."

Long on comedy and light on equipment and general ability, this aggregation, coming to Union Square after a season of one-nighters, looks like a possible contender for a position on the eastern tabloid line, but in certain spots should undergo some immediate strengthening to bring it up to within sufficient reach of perfection to warrant its entry as a booking possibility. The redeeming feature of the production lies solely in the book, which carries an excellent theme with a good series of complications. The story is build along farcical lines and carries sufficient color to warrant a much better equipment. The comedy is up to the standard, and the laughs were rather continual, interrupted by the usual numbers. [Joseph] Mack in an eccentric dance scored an individual mark, and Herbert and Frances Folsom occasionally earned encores, the latter as a maid ruining somewhat ahead of her division in ever particular. A comedy number, called "Chef Song," led by Mack, took the honors of the musical division, made up of several other apparently new or restrictly numbers. "Kentucky Lady," a ballad, scored very well, in the second section, also a baseball number, staged with a descriptive background. Grace Macurda and Margie Norworth were prominent at times, but permanently eclipsed by the men who carried the comedy section through. In order to maintain the pace established by the preceding production at the Square, "Seven Hours in New York" will have to build up in order to record a run that will exceed the length carried in the title.

Variety, 38:10 (05/07/1915)