Excited at the prospect of a new playmate, he went up to check her out. There she was, someone about his size, but with wrinkles. She was chomping a stogie, swilling cheap whiskey, cleaning up at poker and cursing enough to singe a lad’s ear off.
“How ya doin’, kid?” she said.
This was no child, but Ann Rice Leslie, a little-person star of the vaudeville circuit who played a Munchkin in “The Wizard of Oz.”
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I love stories about old stagehands. They often have the best stories from working on shows with celebrities to accidents that have happened backstage. It is amazing to think that Dave Marietta is a third generation stagehand. In some cases, that might be the entire life of a theater. I take some exception to this article because it seems to imply that Marietta is in charge of/creating effects for shows like Phantom of the Opera. In fact, shows like this have been worked out ahead of time and an advance team from the show would make sure that the venue can handle the effects. In the case of shows like Phantom, they have been around so long and been to so many theaters that there is little work to be done to ensure that the effects will work in the theater. Where I think this article really shows Marietta’s true value is in his knowledge of the venue and ability to lead his crews. He also knows what’s important – get shit done and put on the show.
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