On 25 and 26 December 1923, three musicals opened – The Rise of Rosie-Reilly, Mary Jane McKane, and Almond Eye – each of which reflected takes on current theatrical trends, whether a rags-to-riches scenario or Orientalism, followed on New Year’s Eve by The Song and Dance Man, a play about a musician, and Kid Boots, a musical comedy created for Eddie Cantor and, as a Ziegfeld production, included a revue built in to the plot. Kid Boots marked a change in professional reputation for Cantor as he moved from being known primarily as a blackface, often crass, comedian to a physical comedian whose humour was always clean.