Word: teresina
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...Napoli, was only a few years younger (1842), had even more pantomime as well as one long actful of leaps and turns. It also contained a memorable little piece of stage magic that delighted New York City audiences as if they were children at their first puppet show. When Teresina (Kirsten Ralov) is turned into a naiad, she kneels in a pink gown, then suddenly stands up dressed in green seaweed. Later, with as little fanfare and in full view, she suddenly switches back to pink...
...Milan, Italy, Paolo Motta and his bride, Teresina, retired on their wedding night. Water began to drip on Paolo's neck. He looked for the annoying source, could not find it, went damply muttering back to bed. Next night the same thing happened again. This time he traced the water to a hole in the ceiling. Paolo Motta rushed upstairs, broke into the room above, found one of his popular bride's disgruntled suitors standing over the hole with a pitcher of water...
...were 10,000 ardent spectators, a new producer, a new operetta and a new lighting system. The new producer was Broadway's smart Laurence Schwab (Good News, New Moon), successor to J. J. Shubert who has taken the "Muny" idea to Navin Field, Detroit. The new operetta was Teresina, a confection by Vienna's old Oscar Straus (Chocolate Soldier). At a cost of $25,000 two giant towers had been built to flank the big revolving stage, flood it with light, support an over-head bridge which provides more lights and potent amplifiers. In the background were...
...Forest Park performances. The popcorn sale is heavy. Soft-drink men stalk the aisles. St. Louis expects much this year of Producer Laurence Schwab. Boston-born Harvardman whose Broadway record shines. Producer Schwab will follow the established "Muny" pattern, change operas every Monday during the twelve-week season.* Teresina was a sterile, tuneless start last week but the direction at least was blameless. While Schwab's pretty wife amazed St. Louis by playing golf in scanty shorts and a sunback bandanna, her husband rehearsed tirelessly for 14 hours a day. Producer Schwab's costume: baggy slacks, sweat shirt...
...This summer's repertory: Teresina, Rio Rita, Madame Sherry, The Chocolate Soldier, Good News, The Vagabond King, Sunny, The Beloved Rogue, The Cat and the Fiddle, The Desert Song, Roberta, Lady in the Window, a world première by Sigmund Romberg...
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