Williams and Walker

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A Minstrel/Burlesque Show
The score is full of surprises, crisp little phrases that stick in the mind and are distinctly whistleable, and several of the lyrics that go with them are excellently done.
Realizing, perhaps, that the white public is chronically disinclined to accept the stage negro in any but a purely comedy vein and having at the same time a natural desire to be something better than the conventional colored clown whose class mark is a razor and an ounce or two of cut glass, Williams and Walker have approached the delicate subject from a new side.
"Bandanna Land", with book and lyrics by Alex Rogers and J.A. Shipp. Features Alexander Rogers, George Walker, Henry Troy, Abbie Mitchell and Aida Overton Walker. Includes the songs "Ain't Gwine Be No Rain," a whoop bang piece called "Bon Bon Buddie," and "Kinky". Bert Williams has a novelty number called "Me to Me Is Me."
"Bandanna land" has found substantial success at the Majestic Theatre, where it is now in its fourth week with an almost unbroken record of capacity business. No small part of the credit for this result is due to Will Marion Took, who wrote the music.
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Variety 9:11 (02/22/1908)