SHORT TAKES : Stars to Salute Shubert’s 75th
Mary Martin and Celeste Holm are among nearly two dozen stars marking the Shubert Theater’s 75th birthday Saturday by reprising or reminiscing about its Broadway shows that “opened out of town.”
Miss Martin is expected to sing Cole Porter’s “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” from “Leave It To Me,” which premiered at the Shubert in 1938. Her tryout for the show was her first time on stage.
Miss Martin also appeared at the Shubert in the pre-Broadway tryouts of “South Pacific,” in 1949, and “The Sound of Music,” in 1959.
John Raitt will sing “Bill’s Soliloquy” from “Carousel,” which opened here in 1945. Miss Holm will sing “I’m Just a Girl Who Can’t Say No,” from “Oklahoma!” which opened in 1943.
Others stars featured include Yvonne DeCarlo, Robert Goulet, Connie Stevens, Maureen Stapleton, Vincent Gardenia and the Rockettes in the 90-minute show directed by Joe Layton, creative director of Radio City Music Hall.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, the Shubert was known as the “birthplace of the nation’s greatest hits.”
Slides and film will be used to help retrace the theater’s history, starting with its opening in 1914 with the musical, “Belle of Bond Street.”
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