Show BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET It If Takes a Youngster to fo Tell Rose About Show Business By BILLY BILL ROSE One of the actors I recently interviewed for tor my television show was a young fellow tellow named Bill lull Ferguson I seen you in something I asked If It you didn't blink blin said the youngster you foU might have noticed me in the chorus of South Pacific Still SUll with the show No I left it a few months ago to try my luck at television Show business is a Q tough touch racket T I ora ld I 1 haven't found it so 10 said laid Bill BIU Matter of fact ever since I got to town its it's been one good break after another Incidentally your friend Dick Rodgers was responsible for the e first one one What did Richrd Rich Rich- and ard rd do for you rou I b eked asked Well Weil laid said the 7 youngster 0 un I ter it started when Mr Rodgers Rodlera and ad Mr Hammerstein were holding auditions audition DIU Wily Billy ROM Roo for the chorus and bit parts parti in South Pacific My wife wife her her stage Uge name Is ii Evelyn Colby Colby also also does tome some I singing am and dancing to so we tried out for the show together Only one on ofus of ot ofus us however got lot picked picked Evelyn Evelyn S e e SOUND like Uke too good load gooda I. I a beginning It U wal wasn't t said id Bill but put w we w. figured there wasn't any anT point moping about it the it-the the important thing was waa not to be separated So when the show went up to New Haven to break in I went along with it and as luck would Have Iian it I landed a job Job as waiter in Catey's Casey's Chop House the the place on College Street across from the Shubert Theatre It U 11 ur was w i tin h but hi thing tbt h could fould 6 d tbt b young you fUr ff w want ON or s II fou couple l at o days Jf before o tbt h o opening I who in Oi J JJ plush plunk lud hi tint bias nil Tell dow Jow ft ss 0 oat oar of o omy my 1 but bu Mr Rod Rodgers He recognized me me and when he be quizzed queued me about what I 1 wn was doing dolog In a waiters waiter's get up I told him I 1 had taken the Job lob to so at as to be near neat my ml wit wile The Th story teemed seemed to tickle Udd him and when he went back to 10 the theatre 1 I understand he b. held beld up a rehearsal to repeat it to Oscar Olcar Ham mentIn and IDd Josh Logs Login the dine dine- I tal tor An hour later the three of them came into the chop house looking for tor me and the next morning I was wai wason on the stale stage of ot the Shubert learning the lyrics of ot There Is II Nothing like Lice A Dame CUTE STORY I laid said Theres Therel more to it It said laid Bill BUI A columnist heard about what hap and wrote it up and as al a result re re- suit sult I got a 1 couple of 01 television nib nib- bles bias Then the nicest thing of all IU happened One night Margaret Truman Tru Tru- man came backstage and after con coo pima Pinia and Ind Mary Martin she Ih asked for tor the Bill Dill Fer Ferguson son she had read about You see lee we went to the same ume high school in ence Missouri and broke into the singing business together In tho the choir ot of the Baptist Did your 14 wit wilt 1 a fit art to 10 milt anal err N Not Nor 0 h rd f laid tid tbt h but bill tbt h did Jid didn n IN few gels Jy fete lu wh when Mill Miti Trum t Cam mt round rod to so 0 our la so 0 rem II tbt lb h aw bb Its been nice talking to you said I J but Im I'm afraid r can cant can't use Ule you 1011 on next weeks week's Im I'm show Im I'm look I lag ing fOr or someone to play pity si a sad lid Luis mis- little man mn |