Into the Fire – The Scarlet Pimpernel




Well, I hadn’t been planning on seeing the show this night either, but thanks to BarbaraAnne’s (and some others’) generosity, I was able to see this second-last performance at the Minskoff.

I was actually in a pretty good mood for most of this day, despite it being the closing weekend…it was lots of fun to see all the Leaguers, and have some enthusiastic audiences at the show, so, unlike Barb, I didn’t cry through the whole show this time. 🙂 I did, of course, cry a bit, but overall I just really enjoyed being there and seeing the show again.

Douglas had added a new line into the painting scene the week before…giving the painting a good look and then saying, “My, you were generous with me!” It cracked me up every time I heard it. 🙂 Also because I had worked it into an earlier poem for him, the first night he’d done it, and he seemed happy that I’d liked it…anyway. 🙂

The stage door that night was an absolute zoo…Douglas ran off, and I don’t blame him at all. I thought Barb was going to beat up these people who actually suggested running after him. 🙂 I did, however, still wait in the windtunnel until quarter to 1, ’cause that’s how long it took Mr. Storm to make an appearance! They were having a bit of a celebration upstairs. 🙂 And he told me that the cast had something special planned for Douglas the next day, and we were just going to eat it up.

After that, I went to Barrymore’s with Marsha, and then over to their hotel room at the Mariott till 3 in the morning (to help make “last show survival kits”), when I finally decided it might be a good idea to take the subway home before it got light again. 🙂


The Quotes:

“I think everybody’s had just about enough Kodak moments.”
Douglas, at the League party

“I feel like a homecoming queen!”
Doug Storm

The Pictures:


Me, Douglas and Alison, when she came down to visit.
After the show, May 26

Me and Bryan Batt at the League cocktail party

Douglas speaking at the League party, May 28

Douglas and James Bohanek at the League party

Amy, Andrea, BarbaraAnne, me and Dunja at the League party!
(And a hideous picture of almost all of us! 🙂

The cast: (in order of appearance)


Marguerite

RACHEL YORK

Chauvelin

REX SMITH

Percy

DOUGLAS SILLS

Marie

MARY ILLES

Armand

JAMES BOHANEK

Tussaud

DAVID MASENHEIMER

Coupeau

TIMOTHY ERIC HART

Mercier

JEFF GARDNER
St. Cyr MARK MCGRATH

Ozzy

HARVEY EVANS

Elton

RUSSELL GARRETT

Farleigh

TOM ZEMON

Dewhurst

JAMES JUDY

Jessup

JAMES DYBAS

Ben

JAMES HINDMAN

Hastings

WILLIAM THOMAS EVANS

Neville

CASEY NICHOLAW

Leggett

DOUGLAS STORM

Hal

MICHAEL HANCE

Robespierre

DAVID CROMWELL

Lady Digby

SANDY ROSENBERG

Lady Llewellyn

PAMELA BURRELL

Prince of Wales

DAVID CROMWELL

Jailer

DON MAYO

French Mob, Soldiers and Dancers/
British Guests and Servants

STEPHANIE BAST
NICK CAVARRA
MICHAEL HALLING
ALICIA IRVING
MARINE JAHAN
JOHN LATHAN
ALISON LORY
MARK MCGRATH
KATIE NUTT
JESSICA PHILIPS
TERRY RICHMOND
CRAIG RUBANO
CHARLES WEST

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