Word: impresario
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...orchestra quits, brings on a hand-organ impresario who blindly grinds out the intermission music. In the second act Sipperly steps into the cast, replaces the leading man and kisses the leading woman. From then on the show receives generous jabs of hokum, such as the injection of a complete new substitute company of palpable hams when the original cast walks out on strike in the middle of a scene...
Rolf de Mare, famed impresario, also returned to Paris from America. Said he: 'Audacious works like The Skating Rink, by Candou les Maries, and La Tour Eifel, by Jean Cocteau, are beyond the American's narrow comprehension and slow...
...stared at me incredulously. He was the great impresario, and I a little singer looking for a post. I turned and walked away. As I was passing out of the door, he came running up behind...
Despite the autocracy of Art, it is found that Eleanora Duse, "greatest living actress," does not disdain American dollars. Mme. Duse received from Morris Gest $2,000 per performance for her tour under his management. When the Italian tragedienne discovered that the astute impresario was gleaning receipts substantially in excess of her own portion for the earlier performances, she made objection. It was pointed out to her that a contract was a contract...
...eager to pay immoderate sums to see her was undiminished. Meanwhile Morris Gest had become involved in the colossal complications incident to the preparation of his half million dollar Miracle. Their mutual negotiations proving fruitless, Mme. Duse signed for an extended tour with the Selwyns and Fortune Gallo, opera impresario. She will travel under their management over a southern route to the coast. She receives $3,000 a performance for herself and her cast...