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re: AGES OF CHARACTERS?

Posted by:	LegitOnce 01:46 am EST 01/17/15
In reply to:	re: AGES OF CHARACTERS? - AlanScott 01:02 am EST 01/16/15

Something about "Who's That Woman?" suggests to me that it was a "classic" number in the Follies-- that is, it was so popular that it was repeated for at least several seasons in a row. Everyone casually calls it "The Mirror Number," which seems to imply that it was something special and out of the ordinary in a show that probably had eight or 10 big chorus numbers. It still would not make sense for Emily Whitman (who was in the show in the 20s or at the latest the very early 30s) to be able to jump right in. The Whitmans were a speciality and ordinarily they would do their turns and maybe show up for the finale, but not just hoof in any old number.

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