Show LIGHTS G ah TRUMBULL 19 WALTER S of 0 NEW YORK some friends of mine who are interested te tn n ll a musical show invited me to the dress rehearsal rehears sal I 1 would not ba have e missed it for worlds anyone I 1 who never has witnessed adress a dress rehearsal bear r al of 0 a musical show like ilke the m man an who never had suffered from froat delirium il aum ium tre tremens tr emens aint seen 11 to watch the director alone Is worth many times the price of 0 admission when someone inadvertently let down tile the drop for the next scene on the heads of tile the chorus doing a dance number none of tile the cast wa was killed but it seemed that the director was going to die of hydrophobia when in the midst 0 of a duet the stage hand parted tile the velvet curtains and tuck stuck his head through the director sule suffered from a form of throat paralysis ue lie could make only weird sounds while his cheeks appeared to innate inflate after the mattler manner of a red balloon his countenance was still so fiery that it shone in n the dark when the electrician missed his cue and gave the performers a blackout black out instead of the expected moonlight ills his language wa was S even more flaming than his face and what saved him from apoplexy when the curtain stuck kl I 1 still cannot imagine no director of a musical show would woul I 1 d seem to be a good insurance risk it even seem to have a s sooth 0 0 th ing effect when the treadmill falle failed d to work and the horse galloped off stage into ohp the wings the dress rehearsal of a musical show generally lasts from around 8 g pm until 0 5 in the morning then the performers authors stage crew musicians and directors make for home and bed and sleep the sleep of exhaustion until about 6 5 tn in mem bared it th there e re was considerable ruction and her husband telephoned back to the hotel naturally the room had been cleaned and remade and looking through the laundry nap hag of a big city hostelry Is quite a job maids bellboys and even extra elevator op orators wire were put to work twenty two efthem of them carefully they searched and they shook but it wits was not until they Jiter literally ally had examined thousands of pieces of linen that a bellboy inverted a pillow case and out rolled the ring I 1 suppose things of that sort happen almost daily at all hotels why broadway Cro adway producers spend a fortune making a show beautiful to the afternoon when they wake up fresh and nervous on the opening night everything usually goes like clockwork the show Is over a little after 11 and those concerned rush out to get the morning paper to see what the critics have to say concerning what has taken weeks of effort and large amounts of money As a gambler producing a musical show makes roulette look like a bikers game one of the denizens of a now new york pet store Is a great advertisement for the business it Is a chimpanzee and every afternoon the owners of the shop take it out for a walk on fifth avenue 1 get most of my hotel news from frank case ted Sa saucier ucler and royal ryan and there always Is something happening in the small cities which are metropolitan hotels mr air ryan tor for example has been telling me of the enells ON ells of pittsburgh it seems that mrs onell oneil hid a valuable val diamond ring in the pillowcase pillow case of her bed in a new york hotel and in the next nest mornings hurry to get away early for atlantic city forgot it when she re the eye and ear car and then suddenly and without necessity drag in something which offends the nostrils I 1 never have been able to figure out they must figure that their public wants it which Is a sure tipon tip on off on what they think of their customers 0 1932 bell ball syndicate service |