New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-10

,o--.srondent in a Say-not- the-struggle- naught-
svsileth spirit, writes 10 ask If the season just
kra~srg TO q close has really been so badly s'uhs
NV the musical comedy bug the majority "a
--s-,ss comments on affairs dramatic would seem
TO make out The most effective way to answer -
prohabiy 20 print a list Of the musicai conn -
that have been seen since fall on broao"as' GO
Yistical eloqueuce does not lack persuasion on 0'
Cssions- -, ar
The rrincina1 musical comedy productions al
che various theatres either produced in the seasO
or left over into the season from the suiine me-, W
eIudins tn the loose term "muslcal colieus
1rsvsganza and such a STYLE OF amusement
-Four Cohans Running for ofhce')' are as A0HO'9
shoapwAYE.'saiiy in our Alley. THE Silver SIP
sNEwl l1e s. High BaI. when Johnny
ccnes MsT95,ns MSne, Jewel n Of Asia
KNICKERBoCkER-- The Rogers trO'HeiS O.
In s 85Is AIT7e Emerald Isle Nr Pick
sfloqe M9 T1a ,aI BlEd If s :aP:y Br'"n
T, WEBER FTEIDs,-Twiriy- " el ,n,,icitv.
SSfBTEFNTrI sTREEr.-''Runnng for Once.
s-ITE1 v 3 ca F4:AcE--'p's s'es's Ma0S'' "
NE Sosste0Rs's-.Tonmy Rot Fad and FoiS-
This is indeed. a formidable array. Anu L.
sAan oue Of the twenty-seven pieces mere SCI
s-;,bt very well have born the title, Tommy ho.
- tIish Fafl" THE Jewel Of Asia, Tine
JsiTonaire' the Osborn productions, Saiiy IN oul
Alley" when Johnny Comes Marching f1oine
1.-THE Mocking Bird" even Nancy Bowl on
t.,,sr,cap made musical comedies, are not "or'is
- attention as examples of style OF amusement
So. g. ranah,e of being when well done most de-
nsrh.ful art form. Nancy Brown, by the cieNei-
ness Of Miss CahiIl alone, was MADE lnVeTese"s
,. Of its humble of interpreted songs ana lack VI
,co,sistent atmosphere, THE Rogers BrotheFs IA
frJsrvards as usual, not even an attempt at
real musical comedy-merely noisy form OF Fauoe
sdIle.
I OF the English pieces. The Silver slipper was
,oor imitation of not much better though greatly
.,verestirnated original ''Florodora MI biue
Beard is simply the Drury Lane producuon iioNe
go This country and is the sort of extraVagailza
What the dear British public is content TO s"alio"
rvaar after year and which, TO a lesser extent Is
rak.n st r. gulp with much smacking or lips, by
she American Philistine and vulgarian Inc EN-
L-ald Isle" damned by poor book stun contained
anus,o by Sullivan and German which had merit lar
tove .bs run OF the seasons productions. so that
.,ns Was loath TO admit its failure as a whole A
k-ountrr Girl was the real success among the
u-nul,sh lamentations not forgetting the casino
Production Of "a Chinese Honeymoon IN lts
entire effect IL nearer to what muslca COM
,-s,- o,,rht TO be than any other attempt made in
the last months II was one Of the Few muslcai
comedies worth seeing: of the sort that alone
~bo,d he nut into a Broadway theatre, and that
some day the American public will alone submit To-
: OF course OF the American musical comedies OF
she season 1.-THE Sultan OF Sulu, by virtue OF
AIDES book has won the deserved place of leader
and has enjoyed a more successful season al wal
SACKS Theatre than that house has known for
snany years. Its book IS genuine COMEDY I'm
.ortunately its music is not genuine music Hence
a. z. orIv half the ideal musical comedy, well as
81. leading mart IS played and clever as is its satire
It's sevelopzent tdea- CThere is the point II
contains an idea) It has no lyric quality and 1t
has no musical mirh yet in spite OF this 1t has leo