Some famous entrances for broadway shows:
Sally (1920) - Marilyn MIller appeared in a lineup of what looked like street urchins. It wasn't until she did a pirouette that people realized who she was.
Dearest Enemy (1925) - Helen Ford made her entrance in a barell. She had just been swimming naked in the Hudson and a dog had stolen her clothes!
Funny Face (1927) - a line of chorus boy tapped madly away until Fred Astaire jumped on from stage right.
Rosalie (192
- row upon row of dancing soldiers dressed in white. Marilyn Miller appeared as a soldier dressed in blue.
Bitter Sweet (1929) - the countess makes her entrance just as two lovers are about to embrace and stops them right in their tracks.
Street Scene (1929 - Beulah Bondi's entrance as the nosey, vindictive neigbor. A real study of the worst in humanity.
The Show Is On (1936) - Beatrice Lillie makes her entrance dressed in a multi colored kimono and tells the audience she is going to a wedding in Poughkeepsie.
I'd Rather Be Right (1937) - George M. Cohan as FDR strolls quietly over a footbridge in Central Park.
I Married An Angel (193
- Vera Zorina makes her entrance through a window.
Panama Hattie (1940) - Ethel Merman makes her entrance in a snug white dress and proceeds to sing about her career as a stripper.
Pal Joey (1940)- Vivienne Segal makes a grand entrance down the staircase into a dive.
My Sister Eileen (1940) - the look of horror and disdain on SHirley Booth's face as he surveys her surroundings.
Two On An Island (1940) - a largely forgotten play, but Betty Field did get a wonderful entrance as he looks around at the city.
Lady In The Dark (1941) - a simple, very stunning entrance. Gertrude Lawrence enters wearing a stark black dress.
By Jupiter (1942)- Ray Bolger jumps out of the orchestra pit.
One Touch of Venus (1943) - Drum roll in the orchestra pit. The lights fade and then come up with Mary Martin.
On The Twon (1944) - the entrance of the three soldiers to the strains of New York, New York.
On The Town (1944) - Sono Osato's entrance in Miss Turnstiles. She is picked out in a single spotlight.
Follow The Girls (1944) - Gertrude Niesen enters in some crazy looking dress and tells the audience: "I couldn't decide what to wear so I wore everything."
The Glass Menagerie (1945) - Laurette Taylor's firs tentrance. All you heard was her voice for 10 or so seconds before the lights came up on her.
Anne of the 1000 Days (194
- Rex Harrison steps out on stage without a word. But by his bearing, you knew he was in charge.
Look Ma, I'm Dancin (194
- Nancy Walker makes her entrance surrounded by Siberian huskies that are even taller than she is.
Come back Little Sheba (1950) - Shirley Booth's first appearance as the unkempt housewife, looking as if she had seen better days.
There are probably many more, but these are the first that come to mind.
Miriam
Every movement has a meaning--but what the hell does it mean!
Updated On: 1/10/04 at 10:25 AM
