Word: trocadero
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their trysts. The second act is set in turn-of-the-century Chicago, the centerpiece being the Palmer House Hotel. But here, too, the set undergoes a series of eye-popping transformations, conjuring up scenes as divergent as the gate of a convent and the glitzy interior of the Trocadero Night Club before flipping back to Main Street. The passing of time from 1889 to 1921 is ingeniously marked by the use of the Palmer Hotel's revolving door, the headlines at a newsstand and the changing attire and manners of the Chicago denizens who pass through the streets...
...radiant innocence winsomely, as well as her later, more subdued dignity as an abandoned wife. Real-life husband-wife team Kirby and Beverly Ward almost steal the show as the husband-wife comic team of Frank and Ellie who leave the show-boat for a gig in the Trocadero. And Elizabeth Mary O'Neill does steal the show, if only briefly, as Magnolia's daughter Kim: her Charleston, near the very end of the show, is a terrific eyeful with a lot of pizazz--the best-choreographed and quite possibly the best scene of the entire show...