For lively action, however, let us examine the offerings in the musical sector. The Duncan sisters have done such a good job of reviving Topsy and Eva that the production current at the Apollo might classify more easily as another musical novelty built around that octogenarian of the theatre—Uncle Tom's Cabin—than as a revival. "Remembering" is the only song carried over from the original, or 1924, version. None of the snap of the original production is sacrificed by the change, for the new score is, according to people who allowed their enthusiasm for the Duncans to send them back to view Topsy and Eva three or four times, at least equally as good as the earlier collection of ballads and sentimental tunes.

  Rosetta's comic approach to the characterization of Topsy is still as good as anything in its class. And Vivian, the fair and angelic Eva, has managed, somehow, not to grow a day older in the past decade. The girls really are good—they write their own songs and lyrics and they step out behind the footlights to put the songs over in a very large way.

  The supporting cast, which is a competent one, includes Maud Lambert, Virgil Johansen, Theo Pennington, Phillips Tully, Ben H. Roberts, John Byam, Myrtle Ferguson (the only veteran, other than the stars, of the original production), Jimmy Billings, Henrietta Countiss, and Tom Collins.