There's a showing at 5 of THE ILLUSIONIST and I'm thinking about going; the theatre's literally one block from my apartment and I had meant to go last weekend.
So far, it's been a good day: a brief sojourn at Toyland and then the wonderful New York Public Library Theatre Collection: I looked at Robinson Locke scrapbooks for Bessie Wynn, one of the stars of BABES IN TOYLAND, and for Helen Falconer, who replaced Elsie Janis as Cinderella in THE LADY OF THE SLIPPER. Robinson Locke was the editor of one of the Toledo newspapers who was a huge theatre fanatic; he left the library a great number of scrapbooks from the end of the 19th Century through the early part of the 20th Century.
Then my favorite theatre librarian Jeremy Megraw asked me to look at a photo and verify it was from 1903 BABES IN TOYLAND and not the 1902 WIZARD OF OZ, which was what was written on its back. It was indeed from BABES, the 12 widows in Act Three who performed "The Moon Will Help You Out" with Bo-Peep. I have to go in on Tuesday, pull ouyt one of the scrapbooks on BABES and identify the actresses for him.
So, maybe it's time for a snack before the movie?