New-York tribune., 1914-12-26
r, HECTOR TURNBULL.

c.orge NJ Conan has done it once
...;,i This time it is no "Baldpatc
:. pNirscle Man" but 3 return TO his
q. lave. the riotous musical comedy.
,.,,s everything goes so long as II is
.,,.v or melodious-or noisy. All
,.rs, ingredients play prominent part
b, n. new show, Hello Broadway"
...,.n,sd for the first time last night
!. a, Astor Theatre. It must be said.
ls.rsr. that fun came first, and 1t
=, Of very good quality, too. The
-.,is was lifting, and there were some
i.llv songs, but 1t was that rare team
- .,,, comedians, Cohsn and Collier,
-, drew the cheers from the crowded
hogss last night
To attempt anything like a coherent
3,,e,intion Of the show is a difficult
,,.k as the author himself dispensed
with even the suggestion of coherency
n constructing the show. The plot, 1t
"a. learned at the very beginning, was
.a,.,,les in a hatb0x. To get At the
,i.t ley the hstb0x) the many prlncl-
III, puFsued Cohan and Collier through
: l.kvriBth of clever travestles on al
usst IN OF the current plays on Broad
nv And then, At the very end, the
l,,hsx Eas found 70 be quite empty.
Csarge ". Cohan, who returns 10
s,srdom in musical comedy after many
years. appeared ss the millionaire klo.
In his role he danced, sang and Joked
HI, WAY through the production with
,he most amazing agility and zest' ~
,lemed difficult 10 believe that ne nad
sysr "rested" Tor so long. Willie
cslli.r. Of course, was Willie Collier,
ouly Ehen paired of with Cohsn he
VA, mare so. We doubt very much ii
Collier has ever appeared 50 humorous
uh, did last night, dressed IN striped
urtsrwesr covered with a gauze nightle,
Standing in the freight, trying des-
psrsts!y hard 20 look like Pauline Fred
srck Ia Innocent COhan, as he
srsggsd with Leo Ditrichstein's ac-
can't
One Of the remarkable features Of
tie show is the dancing OF Rozsika
Doly and Martin Brown. This PAIR
have often danced together IN the city
before, but IN Hello Broadway they
have conceived some breakneck, whirl-
ViAd dances that are graceful as we'll
as artistic, and quite uuusuEL Louise
dresser sings and sings and looks
charming eli the time. Her moment Of
triumph came when Mr. Cohan's clever
ssb,, Down by the Erie Canal was
hsHnsfed into the ears Of the audience
By every kHswn device, TO show how
seRgsmiths get their wares over IN
one musical comedies. Belle Blanche,
10 little lady with very good voice,
aas many numbers, and gave imita-
sons Of well-knDwH stars IN most en-
eriAining manner. Peggy Wood, VINO
,ss long deserved prominence I'm musl-
&. comedy, came IN for a welcome as
tsle Workington. the Outcast
Chsries Dow Clark was d man or
asrJ parts, but the audience liked him
fF a. the man modiste in the bur
isile Of MY Lsdy's Dress" Lawrence
Wheat dashed about 20 good effect in
- scenes spd had one or two good
'ongs. Tom piRglc and Jack Corcoran
also did yeeman service with their
,g which are almost as elastic as
ire4 Stene's pair John Hendricks ap-
pfafed a. ar WI and gave me iml-
'allsn Of Walker Whitesde.
me costumes and the stage effects
we're ~eii conceived and the large
chorus iron the second row. ap-
peSred extremely well selected. Alto
ssther ii was great big success for
george u. Cohsn, and Il we do no,
select any or MS musical numbers for
particular mention IN this report il is
because they were all typically Co.
aAnessgue and therefore thoroughly en-
.0ysbie