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re: Prince vetoed casting Minnelli in the original production

Posted by:	AlanScott 04:53 pm EDT 04/01/14
In reply to:	re: Prince vetoed casting Minnelli in the original production - Dalmaniac 07:26 am EDT 04/01/14

It was at opening night of the Turner-Irwin Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I had just passed the ticket taker and entered the Longacre and was going to turn to go up the stairs to the mezzanine when suddenly I heard an unmistakable voice behind me. I soon realized the owner of this voice was talking to an usher. This was said in her best little old lady voice. "Excuse me, I'm Elaine Stritch. I've got a seat down front but I'm a diabetic, and I was wondering if you could find me a seat in the back on an aisle in case I have to suddenly run downstairs to take a shot of insulin." Now that I've heard MikeR's story, and considering that she'd been a miatinee Martha in the original production (and later did an excellent BBC radio production of the play), I'm wondering if she was thinking, "I may want to make a quick exit from this."

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