My partner was a broke director in the mid-sixties who was friends with the "Mame" stage manager, who'd sneak him in each time a new Mame took over.
He reports that when Miller took over, a bit was added after "That's How Young I Feel" in which a chorus boy would run into the wings and return with a pair of tap shoes on a velvet pillow.
Miller would feign surprise eight times a week, slip into the shoes, and launch into an "impromptu" tap number as the crowd went apeshit!
Great photo!
ReplyDeleteMy partner was a broke director in the mid-sixties who was friends with the "Mame" stage manager, who'd sneak him in each time a new Mame took over.
He reports that when Miller took over, a bit was added after "That's How Young I Feel" in which a chorus boy would run into the wings and return with a pair of tap shoes on a velvet pillow.
Miller would feign surprise eight times a week, slip into the shoes, and launch into an "impromptu" tap number as the crowd went apeshit!
FABULOUS! I'm totally jel-jel.
ReplyDeleteWhat a gal. That woman could tap like a machine gun.
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