The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-12
IN THE THEATRES
ROGERS BROTHERS The
SAME AMUSING PAIR.
I'm Panama Their Most Successful
show-clyde Fitch Playlet at
Proctor's.

Funny as ever were the Rogers
Brothers when they appeared last
night at the Newark Theatre for a
weeks run In their latest musical play,
IN Panama.
After their many conquests in Wall
Street. IN Paris I'm Ireland" etc.. one
might expect that the new adventures of
the two comedians, Gus and Max, would
lack the snap and ginger of novelty
but such Is not the case. Indeed, the
~laughable trials and fluctuations of the
happy pair are more strenuous thai
of old (f hat were possib1e). Posing
as a couple of U. S. N. admirals (by
request). being arrested as fakirs and
clapped into Jail, quaking in fear from
death at the hands of a couple OF
Jealous and enraged lovers, falling
into the sea while escaping during a
life-saving test, swimming many,
many leagues to a strange island, es-
Gaping in a stray balloon which kind
ly happens along. and finally Staying
a bull in the arena to the plaudits OF
the populace, are some of the stunts al
lotted to them, and they live through
1t all as funnily as ever, with the
usual accompaniment of pretty dances.
catchy songs and nonsensica1 sayings.
The show is good all the way
through, and 1t doesn't need Its long New
York run to prove it. It speaks and
sings and dances for itself. Gus and
Max are just Gus and Max. If you've
seen them before you know what that
means. If you haven't It's worth while
finding out. Comically stupid. they
twist their words and do their rapid
fire talk-fests. nose to nose, the same
as of old, with new material, of course,
and they sing and dance with new
songs and ~parodies and some new
steps. 1t would be a late day to go
into further detail over their quality
of fun, although 1t might be inter-
esting, If the space permitted, to in
quire into the why and wherefore of
1t all. for 1t Is sometimes a matter
of wonder to some observers why
audiences, slipping off their cares so
easily, become ~convulsed over such
a hodge-podge of sheer nonsense.
The present vehicle of the Rogers
Brothers merriment is catchy in its lyrics,
pleasing in its ballots and bright in its
words. When the large udienc left the
theatre smilingly humming and whistling
such of the shows popular airs as I'm
Panama" Way Down In Colon Town
and Under the Jungle Moon 1t was a
pretty good guarantee that 1t had enjoyed
itself.
II 1t Is necessary to reveal the deep-laid
"plot"-the most unwelcome part of the
IGNlGM6T , IdSh-LHe IOllOW11R mlR0I De
said:
Hunting Coyne, played by Alfred Hlck-
man, in love with Rose Gay miss Marion
Stanley, daughter of the Hon. Gideon
Gay, United States Commissioner to Pana-
ma, deputized to arrange for the canal
deal with President Jose Amador. hears
that Gay and his two admirals have been
kidnapped by the Panama revolutionists.
Because his suit had been repulsed by
CNaa rnI--4@~ 6--r -.- T.-As-
Coyne's lack of cash (hence his name), the
latter youth decides to impersonate Mr.
Gay and get two men, one ON his yacht
and the other on that of his friend, Club
Featherweight, to pose as the missing ad-
mirals. This precious pair are no other
than Hugo Kisser (Gus Rogers and A.
Gustave Windt MAX Rogers. They don
uniforms and medals, and the fun begins,
In which they quickly face the sword
points of Camille Mendoza George Ly-
decker and Gruimo DeIIabana (Joseph
Rane), the former in love with Bella
Amador. daughter of the President, and
the latter with two sisters, Mia and
Pequita. But there Is little use of detail
ing further the usual labyrinth which
ensues, for 1t Is much along the regulation
musical comedy lines, and all comes out
straight when the principals line up at the
final curtain and repeat snatches of all the
songs.
The brothers were perhaps best in
the trio Way Down in Colon Town. sung
with Miss Stanley In the first act; in their
parody on well-known songs in the second
act and in II Could Learn to Love You
When You Smile, Smile. Smile sung with
the Misses Hengler CNita and Pequita) in
act three. A special word must be said
for Miss Stanley. She combined a pleasing
appearance with a distinct voice, good
dancing and clever< mimic ability. In
Each One Has a Way of His Own" she
sang of how an Englishman, a German, a
Frenchman and an Italian would fight Il
bull as a toreador, giving limitations of the
two Rogerses and of Mr.. Kane in some
Of the things they had previously done,
namely, the "before-behind' and the
"well-wat" conversations. Mr.. Lydecker
displayed the best voice of the men in his
two songs, I'm Panama and Adorable
Toreador.' The "Cupid's Gay Bouquet"
sang by Mr.. Ward, with the big clock face