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...mother, ever the worrier, had not wanted me to go to Times Square for New Year’s Eve 2003, afraid as always that that would be the night terrorists would decide to turn 42nd St. into the latest battleground for jihad. Which of course meant that my then-girlfriend, Allison, and I would not only be headed to watch the ball drop, but we would try to make our way as far forward as possible. Despite arriving at our decision well past 11 p.m., with our Patrolmen’s Benevolence Association cards in hand, we coasted through...
...Allie and Diana conferred ?backstage? as Catherine warmed up the audience of three. When there was a momentary delay, the four-year-old announced, ?We will now have a brief intermission.? The soubrettes then materialized, to sing - not an Alicia Keys or Gretchen Wilson hit, but a number from ?42nd Street,? the 1981 Broadway show revived three years ago and still running, and, in deepest antiquity, the 1933 Warner Bros. musical. And not the famous title song or the semi-standards ?Shuffle Off to Buffalo? or ?You?re Getting to Be a Habit With Me,? but the uptempo flirtation tune...
...Allie and Diana?s duet gave Mary a brainstorm: let?s take the kids to see ?42nd Street? (a road-show company of which Beth had taken the kids to in San Francisco) on 42nd Street. We had less than an hour to don our rain-gear, take a subway uptown and hope tickets were still available for the 8 o?clock performance. The deluge outside only heightened our giddy mood; some of us sang ?Singin? in the Rain? while others whirled, Gene Kelly-style, around lampposts. We arrived at the Ford Theatre and snapped up three pairs of seats...
BAKER LIBRARY, Joseph Losey's The Servant, April 29, 29, 8 and 10, $1 Busby Berkeley's 42nd Street, April...
BAKER LIBRARY, Joseph Losey's The Servant, April 29, 29, 8 and 10, $1 Busby Berkeley's 42nd Street, April...