Word: stage
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...study of operatic directing is not the only radical departure from traditional technique offered by the school. More fluid staging and less wooden "business" have added a lighter touch to the student performances here as well as a feeling of animation which makes an operatic spectacle more than a series of singers parading on and off the stage with little or no attention to acting...
With Tiger, the Flames started burning brighter. Haynes jots down phrases that he says come to him in his dreams. His latest, already made into a song: Ya Ess Goony Gress. On stage, the Flames seem to be amusing each other, and don't seem to mind if the audience listens...
...fought her grandfather, who owned 20 farms, because he was even stingier. After a delicious sneak into Altoona to see Ethel Barrymore in Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, Elda (then 17) fought her way out of the family, once & for all, and headed for Manhattan and the stage. She brought with her from Hollidaysburg two permanent assets: her talons, and an inviolable core of Quaker staidness. "Hedda," says a friend, "is a Quaker from the mouth down...
...show closed in Buffalo, and as Elda stepped off the milk train in Manhattan, DeWolf Hopper, having just divorced his fourth wife, was waiting on the platform to marry her. From that sensationally popular musical comedy star, Elda acquired a dressing-room knowledge of practically everybody on the stage. She also acquired a son, William DeWolf Jr., and a new first, as well as a new last name. For in their honeymoon days...
Every so often she throws a party. Visiting stage celebrities are likely to be the guests of honor. The town turns out obediently. In turn, Hedda expects to be asked to all major parties and weddings of any size. People like to have Hedda at their parties, because she is amusing and inevitably the center of attention...