"And her post bow curtain speech seemed like she was talking off the top of her head and speaking just to me directly, even though I am sure it was the exact speech she gave every night!"
It certainly was...the old Broadway Theatre Guides, that PLAYBILL used to publish and distribute for free in all the theatres, would include the running time for every production and, on the day my friend and I saw that revival of HELLO, DOLLY!, we got out of the Lunt-Fontanne at exactly the time listed, right after Channing's lengthy curtain speech. |