Stepping Stones (musical)

Costume design by Robert McQuinn, Wilhelm, Cora MacGeachy, Will R. Barnes, and Brooks-Mahieu Company.

She is rescued from the villain in song, dance, and acrobatic comedy by Peter Plug (Fred Stone), an errand boy and wild plumber from the Pampas.

[4] Gerald Boardman points out that, "Most critics devoted their opening paragraphs to extolling the seventeen-year-old Dorothy Stone.

[Fred] Stone's clowning and acrobatics were applauded (he parachuted down for his first entrance), and Dillingham's lavish, tasteful hand was complimented as well.

In the Herald Alexander Woollcott reported that the evening was 'abrim with sweet melodies by Jerome Kern...'"[5] The show was closed as a result of an actor's strike and then had performances on the road until early 1926.