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...climb the iron stair the stage door man points out and walk along the paint peeling corridor until you come to the second door. There is a little piece of shiny paper taped on the door that says, "Eartha Kitt...
...years, New Faces will be remembered only as the show that introduced Broadway to Eartha Kitt. And since Miss Kitt is sensational, that should be enough to guarantee the revue some sort of immortality. A dusky beauty, Miss Kitt is as feline as her name, sometimes playful, often with her claws showing. Her voice is equally unpredictable--a mellow huskiness which rises to a wail like fingernails on a blackboard. When she stalks on stage, it is not to win the favor of her audience. Instead, she toys languorously with her show-stopping song "Monotonous" and the result is electrifying...
Evenwith these lags, New Faces is a bright, fast-paced production. Many of the new faces have the talent and personality to become nationally familiar. And in the case of Eartha Kitt, any delay is inexcusable...
Recordings are sure to come, but so far she and the record companies don't agree on the songs she ought to sing. To sell the most records, they tell her, she ought to go to work on songs like Wheel of Fortune and Cry. Eartha is reluctant, feels they aren't her type...
...That's the problem," says Eartha. "Nobody is able to put a definite type on me. All I can do is keep them guessing. I'm a liberal artist...