The Washington herald., 1910-10-11
THE BELAsCO.
Cup and Down broadway"

Cup and Down Broadway"
An audience which filled every seat in
the Belasco and threatened to overflow
into the park opposite was present last
night for the opening performance of
Up and Down Broadway" the new re-
view in forty-eight scenes. more or less.
which Eddie Foy and Emma Carus are
making use OF this season.
And an appreciative. enthusiastic audi
ence it was. a ft assemblage for the
opening of the musical comedy season at
the Belaseo, and their anolause showed
az plainly as anything could their appre-
citation OF the songs, jokes, burlesques,
costumes. dances, and stage settings.
There is semblanee of plot in the
piece but only a semblance. AS Mel
pomone remarks in the opening scene.
I'VE dope ourselves with early Greek
poetry at the starts but the scene soon
shifts 10 New York and Broadway. where
the gods from Parnassus are converted
Ia -'Iow-5row' manner of living and
the "high-brow'' club is at an end.
In the course of the piece there are a
large number of burlesques on the
theatrical successes OF last season, but
II Is sad to say that most OF these failed
TO get across" Doubtless this was be-
cause OF the fact that the pieces bur
lesqued in this show have not reached
this city as yet, bat II was evident. par
ticularly IN the prolonged take-off on
THE Passing OF the Third Floor Back,
that a large number of the illusions 10
this piece hoated over the heads of the
audience and lost themselves among the
tree tops OF Lafayette Park.
But this did not render the perform
ance any the less delightful or amusing,
for the rapId-nre dialogue and dialect.
the numerous songs, the lavish stage set
tings, and the snap and dash with which
the piece went of were sufficient 10
amuse and entertain during every mo-
ment OF the three hours which the piece
consumed
OF course, the greater part of the at
tention Of the audience was conferred on
L@QQlt ny Cull4Nc II " soy NA--AN A4S -
the same old Foy-the same cracked
volce-the same cracked smile-the same
manner OF delivery, and the same sue
cess. Indeed. Mr.. Foy seems TO grow
better with the years. or Is It because
he Is becoming an institution? No mat
ter. He stu amuses. and that Is the
principal thing.
In the present piece he has three songs.
Have a Drink with Menus" The
Ghost of Kelly" and The LILY" The
last named is his big hit Dressed in
short skirts. gray stockings. a waitress
apron, and blond hair, coiffured a la
Nance O'Nein he Is indeed a scream.
Without Foy the piece would be a sand
witch minus the meat.
As the co-star. Emma Carus carries
OF the major portion OF the honors which
Foy has left. To her lot fall four must
cal numbers, a classic piece. a semi
historic number a coon song, and an
Irish ditty. But IL is with the coon song
that she scores heaviest. The audience
could not seem to get enough of That
Beautiful Rag" and the encores were
well-nigh countless. Possessed Of a
piquant personality. a figure on the lines
OF May Irwin and Marie DRESSER. and
magnetism comparable to that OF
Blanche Ring, th5 oomedienne suggests a
uine OF all three. with dash Of her
self 70 indlvidualize the mixture.
AS BELTS a piece OF this kind, the spe-
cialties were numerous. but first place
belongs TO the Dope Dance" a sort of
Chinese-Apache number danced by
James Daley and Melissa Ten Eyck. Tn
fortunately this number did not receive
the applause 1t deserved on account OF
its gTewsomeness.
Barney Bernard and Lee Harrison have
transplanted their vaudeville sketch, Mr..
Cohen. Of Bridgeport" into the review
and II FITS very we'll; Diamond and Cor
don do a special Italian number and
That Spanish Fandango Rag." as
danced by VIDA WhitmOre, Oscar
Schwart. and Lee Harrison, was one of
the big hits OF the evening, In addition
10 this there is a large and attractive
chorus with good voices.
up and Down Broadway will leave
the BeIasco on Saturday night, but il
is safe to say that IT will leave half a
dozen songs and a hundred laughs be-
hind it.