New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-17
HELLO, NEW York;
A GOOD BURLESQUE
Annual Summer Show Moves
Into the Columbia Theatre.

As soon as the doleful Lew Kelly re-
marked that he had been looking al
that paper for two hours before ne
remembered that he couldn't read, the
audience at the Columbia Theatre yes
terdav afternoon relit its cigars ana
knew that all was right with the world
They had come to pass judgment on
Hello. New York" ian entirely orig
inal burlesque in two acts and htteen
scenes" which began its run at me
Columbia on Monday and IS scheduled
TO 90 through the summer. Ana II Is
TO be recorded. 10 the vast credit OF
Hello. New York." that an audience
of professional burlesque goers looked
at it, listened to it and pronounced II
a great show"
OF course, there is nothing IN the
entertainment to kindle Jealousy IN the
breast of j. VI. Barrie or TO cut INTO
the gross receipts OF Mr.. MacKaye
forthcoming masque. IL wouldh De
good burlesque If there were. buC
from curtain to curtain the sno" j.
consnicuouslv clean-free from even
the left handed innuendo that occa-
siorallv greens into entertainments
ranked high above burlesque in the
amusement scale. Cleanliness, how
over is now so inevitable an attribute
of the better buresque shows that It's
presence no longer. proyoAes comment.
The regiment OF burlesque managers
probably would be the last persons to
assume anv considerable credit for this
state of affairs. They have merely
found that cleanliness pays.
From q scenic standpoint the new
show at the Columbia is reputed 20 out
rank all predecessors. A lack OF init
mate knowledge OF the predecessors
compels the present reviewer to repeat
lobby gossip on this point, but II is
fact that a number of the fifteen scenes
are quite ambitious, particularly view
of the exterior of the public library.
II was a bit of a surprise 20 nnd
burlesque show going even as far the
the exterior Of a library, but there u
was. In costuming. also. the producer
has gone 10 lavish lengths. and a rea-
splendent in everything from cerlse
tights 10 attire designed TO suggest the
Halloween pumpkin pronounced, by
tho chorus. punkun. Was there ever
hurlesque show without pumpkin
scene or its equivalent?
while Junie McCree has ayailed HIM
self az playwriting license in labelling
lie work entirely original" the enter
tainment contains as large percentage
of new material as IL seems legal Tot
any musical show 20 EXHIBIT. ~ II j.
casionallv evident that Mr.. McCree
has not gone through the season with
ont seeing Town Topics" THE Conan
Revue and the Hippodrome show, u
il also a fact that he has made good
use OF the incorporated ideas. James
Gorman's music, also. is everything
,bat could be expected, and is augment
"a bv one or two intcrpolated num-
bers. H..
norsed bv the melancholy Mr. Kelly
now elevated 10 stellar rank. and ever
a huge favorite at the Columbia. Kelly
Who headed last summers show as well,
snnears once more as Professor Dope.
liz Is a variety OF nut comedian
unioue on the American stage. and his
nonuIarity is we'll deserved. Others
beid over from the last show are The
Great Martelle." a female impersonator
Who yies with Julian Eltinge; Eileen
sheridan. a most attractive young per-
con. and Lon Hascall. The Four
O'Brieu Brothers and Bud Snyder and
company are highly entertaining, par
ticularly a baggy comedian belonging
70 the latter Goupe.