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I wonder if Bryce Harper will spend the summer working on his farm in Maryland?
I wonder if Bryce Harper will spend the summer working on his farm in Maryland?
There is a fair number of pro athletes in every sport who would benefit greatly from a little farm labor.I wonder if Bryce Harper will spend the summer working on his farm in Maryland?
...On this day in 1932, the musical, "Let's Face The Music," premiered on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre.
The musical was written as a political satire, specifically spoofing political and police corruption that the Seabury Commission was investigating. It also satirised show business, showing the far-fetched economies, such as seeing 4 films with a room and bath for 10¢. The musical did not ignore the Depression but rather found humour in it. There were many titles considered, among them Nickels and Dimes, but Berlin came up with the final title.
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Well, I'd go for "As Thousands Cheer" myself, but I'd definitely agree that these two Depression shows are the best of a mighty fine crop. Heck, I even like "Call Me Madame" and have a soft spot even for "Miss Liberty"."Face The Music" is my pick for Berlin's best show -- it helps that Moss Hart did the book, giving the whole thing a snide pit-of-the-Depression edge. The opening number was just great -- a chorus of starving actors singing "Lunching At The Automat" which transitioned from an outside-the-Automat set to an inside-the-Automat set where the romantic leads swung right into a sarcastic rendition of "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee."
There were a lot of good songs in the show, but I have to single out "I Say It's Spinach (And I Say The Hell With It)," which opened the second act, as a highly uncharacteristic-for-Berlin snarky love song. It's almost like his coat got mixed up with Cole Porter's at an Elsa Maxwell party, and he found the manuscript in the pocket.
Given how bad business was on Broadway in early 1932, it's surprising that a show this good managed to get staged, let alone that it lasted for a reasonable run. By the last weeks of the run, you could see it for fifty cents -- or even less, if you knew your way around.
In 2001, Dale Earnhardt bit the wall a Daytona and died on the scene. He was 49.
Like many others who passed away young, he will forever be 49.In 2001, Dale Earnhardt bit the wall a Daytona and died on the scene. He was 49.
Woolworth borrowed $300 and opened a five-cent store in Utica, New York, on February 22, 1879.
It failed within weeks. Woolworth opened his second store in April 1879, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he expanded the concept to include merchandise priced at ten cents.
In 1911, the F.W. Woolworth Company was incorporated with 586 stores. In 1913, Woolworth built the Woolworth Building in New York City at a cost of $13.5 million in cash. At the time, it was the tallest building in the world, measuring 792 feet.