{"id":483,"date":"2009-05-03T20:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clients.chrisvanpatten.com\/theatreaficionado.com\/2009\/05\/your-intermission-interview-1956.html"},"modified":"2009-05-03T20:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-04T00:43:00","slug":"your-intermission-interview-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theatreaficionado.com\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"Your Intermission Interview: 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I love collecting theatre memorabilia, whether it be Playbills from older shows, cast albums on LP and other formats and souvenir programs. Leafing through “The PLAYBILL for the Sam S. Shubert Theatre” for the original Broadway production of Pipe Dream, <\/span>I came across this page entitled “Your Intermission Interview” which presents a checklist of the shows on the boards. This idea has been modified into the “How Many Have You Seen?” pages in the contemporary theatre Playbill which isn’t as participatory. I thought I’d share it:<\/p>\n

YOUR INTERMISSION INTERVIEW<\/p>\n

How many of these hits have you seen?<\/p>\n

If your score is 14 or more you are a star; <\/span>13, you are featured<\/span>; 12, you’re a bit player<\/span>; less than 12, you need more rehearsals at the box office<\/span>.<\/p>\n


MUSICAL<\/p>\n

\u25a1 FANNY – Majestic – Ezio Pinza, Walter Slezak
\u25a1 THE PAJAMA GAME – St. James – John Raitt, Eddie Foy Jr., Helen Gallagher
\u25a1 PIPE DREAM – Shubert – Helen Traubel, William Johnson
\u25a1 SILK STOCKINGS – Imperial – Hildegard Neff<\/p>\n

COMEDY<\/p>\n

\u25a1 BUS STOP – Winter Garden – By William Inge
\u25a1 THE CHALK GARDEN – Barrymore – Gladys Cooper, Siobhan McKenna
\u25a1 THE DESK SET – Broadhurst – Shirley Booth
\u25a1 THE MATCHMAKER – Royale – Ruth Gordon, Eileen Herlie, Loring Smith
\u25a1 THE PONDER HEART – Music Box – David Wayne
\u25a1 JANUS – Plymouth – Margaret Sullavan, Claude Dauphin, Robert Preston<\/p>\n

DRAMA<\/p>\n

\u25a1 A HATFUL OF RAIN – Lyceum – Shelley Winters, Ben Gazzara
\u25a1 INHERIT THE WIND – National – Paul Muni, Ed Begley, Tony Randall
\u25a1 THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK – Cort – Joseph Schildkraut, Susan Strasberg, Gusti Huber
\u25a1 THE LARK – Longacre – Julie Harris, also starring Boris Karloff
\u25a1 TIME LIMIT – Booth – Arthur Kennedy, Richard Kiley<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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