Ethel Shutta

On stage 6 productions, 49 years

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Worked with more than once10 names

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In the literature8 passages

• Original cast (1971) : Alexis Smith, Gene Nelson, John McMartin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Dorothy Collins, Mary McCarty, Ethel Shutta, Victoria Mallory, Fifi D’Orsay, Harold Hastings (conductor). Capitol SO 761.ebooks/Block, Geoffrey/Enchanted Evenings_The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber - Geoffrey Block.txt
• Ethel Shutta was getting more and more confident each day, although still fighting to learn her lines and lyrics. But she was having none of Fifi, who was trying to use her as a security blanket. She was actually older than Fifi, and was happy to be friendly, but, “Jesus, I can only take it to a point. And the only thing I don’t like abou…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Since Michael had now worked with Fifi D’Orsay, Ethel Shutta, and Charles Welch and Dortha Duckworth, he could begin to assemble the Montage. The Whitmans would begin with “Rain on the Roof,” to be followed by “Broadway Baby” and then “Ah, Paris!” At the end, all three songs would be combined into a finale. Steve had composed all three so…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Some members of the company were starting to get sick. Mary McCarty felt rotten and Ethel Shutta had stayed home. Others started to complain about various ailments. Hal had little sympathy: “Even if people don’t realize it, this is the most important thing going on in the world!”ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Ethel Shutta was back and feeling fine. Some of the other older members of the company still had trouble remembering their words and staging, but she had retained hers. She now tended to be a bit mischievous, which the rest of the company adored. After singing “At my tiny flat, there’s just my cat,” for example, she ad-libbed, “Here, puss…ebooks/Chapin, Ted/Everything Was Possible_ The Birth of the Musical Follies (Applause Books) - Ted Chapin.txt
• Cast: Alexis Smith, Gene Nelson, Dorothy Collins, John McMartin, Yvonne DeCarlo, Fifi D’Orsay, Mary McCarty, Ethel Shutta, Arnold Moss, Ethel Barrymore Colt, Michael Bartlett, Sheila Smith, Justine Johnston, Virginia Sandifur, Kurt Peterson, Victoria Mallory, Marti Rolphebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt

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