Word: cohan
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boston has an idol, it is George M. Cohan. "The Rise of Rosie Q'Reilly", "Little Nellie Kelly", and "The Song and Dance Man" have all scored heavily here within the past two years; and this week the St. James Theatre was packed to capacity on the opening night of "The Tailor Made Man", revived by the Boston Stock Company...
...almost seems foolish to outline the plot of such a well-known play, but some people forget easily, and some may have been touring Europe when this "Cohan show" came to Boston. The story centers about John Paul Bart, who is in the employ of Anton Huber, a tailor. Like all human beings and Horatio Alger heroes, he cherishes fond hopes of becoming a great man, and to further himself intellectually commits to memory many phrases of an unpublished work by Dr. Gustavus Sonntag, the finance of Mr. Huber's daughter, Tanya. Finally opportunity knocks at his door...
After an extremely weak first act (the fault of the play, not the players), "The Tailor Made Man" increases in interest, and by eleven o'clock the audience is quite willing to admit that Mr. Cohan has certainly earned his reputation as a producer and connoisseur of humorous drama...
...SONG AND DANCE MAN-The outward and visible sign of the inward and visible philosophy of George M. Cohan...
...SONG AND DANCE MAN-George M. Cohan playing himself-and that's why it's so good...