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Memorial Day Weekend (May, 1971)
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This was the first year since federal legislation changed observance of Memorial Day from a fixed date of May 30th to the final Monday in May. As luck would have it, this ad was published on Sunday, May 30th, with Memorial Day following on Monday, May 31st.
On Stage was the fabulous Rhapsody in Blue production number. A classic that played through the years like Bolero and the Undersea ballet. I believe the last time it had been done was during the original run of Mary Poppins with again the pianist Anthoney Makas. It was the last time it would be done as the Music Hall got rid of its ballet company and they were always the one to present the famous production spectacles though they might be supplemented by the Rockettes. The next year The Undersea Ballet would be presented with Butterflies are Free(previously with Where Were You When the Lights Went Out) and that was it and all you got were just the Rockettes and then they were cut from 36 to 30. Very embarrassing.
I went to see it twice though I found Plaza Suite anything but wildly funny and Old Fashioned Family Entertainment. How was this a hit on Broadway? It was Maureen Stapleton and George C Scott that sold it. But to tell the truth SJ Parker and Matthew Broderick had a hit with it in NY and I believe London fairly recently.