Listen the episode about "The Music Man" from Season Three of our podcast!
www.aithpodcast.com/the-music-ma...

Well . . . . Shillington PA is John Updike country, after all. Anything could happen. #RabbitRun

Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, the pride of Center Valley, PA, was the onstage orchestra for "The New Yorkers.

Waring had already recorded one of Cole Porter's most iconic songs from the show, "Love for Sale," for RCA Victor across the river in Camden NJ.
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The entirety of Chapter 28 in Ethel Merman's memoirs:

(The pangram that day was PETTIFOG. That is not a word . . . I will not relitigate the matter, nor accept any appeals. Harumph.)

. . and, ahem, we also did an entire episode about Porter's biggest hit ever, which also had it's world premiere at the Shubert Theatre in Philly:
www.aithpodcast.com/kiss-me-kate...

(Addendum) - Critics loved it, but it did suffer a bit in comparison to the *previous* tryout show at the Shubert - "Guys and Dolls" - which was still in town at a nearby Philly theater. We covered that story in one of the most popular episodes of our podcast.
www.aithpodcast.com/guys-and-dol...

(3 of 3) Greenwood's big number was "Nobody's Chasing Me." It was a typical Cole Porter 'list" song:

"The cook is chasing the chicken
The pea wakes up, pee-wee-wee
The cat is taking a lickin’
But nobody’s taking me!"

Nobody wants to own me
And I object
Nobody wants to phone me
Even collect!

However the show centered his jealous wife Hera, played by a real-life goddess of the theater, Charlotte Greenwood.

Greenwood, in fact, was from #Philadelphia. But she had left to become an "eccentric dancer" in vaudeville. She was 6 feet tall and she could kick her leg up over her head. (2 of 3)

Have you ever considered taking acting lessons and Going On The Stage? Could be your next great career move!

👆👆More content like this on Bluesky, please! 👆👆

I mean . . . (finishes puzzle, hooks thumbs in suspenders, and arches eyebrows at the jury box) . . . I'm no Philadelphia lawyer, but I've done enough crossword puzzles in my time to know a lightweight tropical hat made firm by cork, pith or other fibers.

No matter how much fun we're having over here on Halloween, there's always someone back in Eire doing Samhain better.