At the Wilbur Theatre this week, George Holland is presenting an all-colored musical extravaganza, "Hi-de-ho." Written by Addison Carey and John Mason, the production is a series of amazingly informal individual acts, unconnected yet entertaining and completely winning the sympathy of the audience.

Jules Bledsoe, whom the fates have both blessed and cursed by having first brought him to fame by the means of a single hit, "OI' Man River," is the star attraction of the show. His part in the production, however, is limited and he does much better with selecting "a from hits of the past than with music which the present authors prepared for him.

There is no plot that the reviewer could discover in "Hi-de-ho." A very pleasing devil was running about and his domain seemed to be peopled with most agreeable dancers and singers. The most extravagantly successful act of the show was a prison orchestration by Bruce Johnson's Washboard Serenaders. The positively incredible way this group could make music go mad almost drove the audience into a frenzy. Your reviewer distinctly counted three women who actually jumped at least six inches out of their seats during one of the rendition. Also peppy was Sandy and his band. While scientific tests may show that colored children have no more rhythm than their white school-mates there can be on possible dispute that the actors and actresses in "Hi-de-ho" achieve an ecstatic chaos of the human body that defies the Nordic.

The chorus, while it succeeded in establishing a feeling of general sociability, lacked as did the rest of the show, any show of disciplined training, and at times was poorly costumed. The original music was completely in distinguished. The way the different players would come on and off-stage during the performance of an act was as disconcerting as it seemed natural. In the middle of a piece by the orchestra one of the principal players was as like as not to pick up his chair and walk out. The various dance routines, also, were interesting conglomeration of as many different dance acts as there were dancers. Unpredictability, However, was not always a fault as the element of surprise added certain charm.

To summarize the impression gained from "Hi-de-ho" is a strange task. It is impossible to judge the show according to ordinary standards. As a series of disorganized acts it wins success through the irrepressibility and charm of a talented collection of individual performers.