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gave the musical a positive review, calling it "a pungent show, with a great amount of feminine spice attractively attired. ... everal clever "numbers" and two or three songs ... doubtless will become contagious." It felt that the "very small plot" was "delicately attenuated" and praised many of the
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Anna, a
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Broadway crowds for many weeks to come". The paper praised many of the performances and the climactic skating scene but concluded: "Real merit the concoction has none, the music being reminiscent, the humor bewhiskered and hoary, and the plot imperceptible. 'La Mattchiche', the dance
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affair with an actress, Violette. Eventually, Anna persuades him that he loves her more. Meanwhile, Silas
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