Newcomerstown High School - Newcosean Yearbook (Newcomerstown, OH)

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Musical Portrays Career Fanny Brice sits remembering her past, her Mrs, Brice (center) and Eddie Ryan (right) stick up for Fanny success, and her loneliness. The play is as Mrs. Strakosh brags about her married daughter, Sadie, comprised of her thoughts. Gary Morgan (Ziegfeld tenor) opens the finale of the follies in which Florenz Ziegfeld has chosen Fanny for the lead. Fanny is determined to become a star, no matter how hard she has to work. 18

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Situations After evening of exotic food and drink, Paul and his mother-in-law console each other. The telephone repairman is very puzzled by the sudden gloom between Corie and Paul. Night of wrangling leads to talk of divorce. Curtain call assembles Lee Russel and Anthony Lenzo for final bow. In order of their appearance, cast members were: Corie Bratterportrayed by Jean Benson; telephone repair man, John Duhamel; delivery man, Lee Russel; Paul Bratter, Jim Abbuhl;Mrs. Banks(Corie'smother), Sharon Cramlet; Victor Velasco, Anthony Lenzo. The play evolved around a newly married couple, Corie and Paul Bratter, as they adjusted to life in an old high rent apartment that Corie has chosen for them. Even worse, she arranged a date for her upstairs neighbor with her mother, whose character could be described as out of circulation. This led to a night on the town, which ended in near divorce when Paul refused Corie a walk 'Barefoot in the Park. 17

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of Broadway Singing Star Mrs. Brice and Eddie feel rejected following Fanny's success. They believe they taught her everything she knows. After falling in love with Nick Arnstein, Fanny leaves the follies to marry him in Monte Carlo. To the displeasure of Ziegfeld, Fanny made a change in her song. The spring play, Funny Girl, ” directed by Mr. Richard Smith, was presented by the N.H.S. Players, April 6,7,8, at the Middle School auditorium. Musical director was Mr. Joe Palmer with Mrs. Max Sharrock director of choreography. The orchestra consisted of high school band members and the production staff of students. Funny Girl centered around the life of Fanny Brice (1891-1951), an American actress, bestknown as a comedienne. It was based on an account of her past as she daydreamed in her dressing room. Her thoughts opened in her mother's saloon, inwhich Mrs. Brice, Strakosh, Meeker, and O'Malley were playing poker and drinking beer all day. Fanny, working for Tom Keeney, was helped along by Eddie Ryan. She then met a well known gambler, Nick Amstein, who helped her into the Ziegfeld follies. Fanny married Nick, but she later returned to the follies. Nick, after losing some of Fanny's money, tried to get it back through an illegal bond deal, which failed. When he was released from prison, Nick went to Fanny and they both agreed to a divorce, but they realized they would never forget each other. 19