Smith, Maggie. (b. 1934) & Haymer, Johnny. (1920-1989) & Haynes, Tiger. (1914-1994) & Sani, Amru. (1925-2000) & Connell, Jane. (1925-2013) & Jones, T. C. (1920-1971) &c

"Leonard Sillman's New Faces" of 1956 - Signed Program, including the 22 year old Maggie Smith!

Signed On Stage program for Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1956: A New Musical Revue, at the Shubert Theatre, Boston, dated the week of June 4, 1956 and signed by a 22 year-old Maggie Smith, as well as by Jane Connell, Tiger Haynes, Johnny Haymer, T.C. Jones, and Amru Sani. 6 x 9 inches (15.25 x 23 cm.), light surface creasing around spine, else fine.

Producer Leonard Sillman's (1908-1982) claim to fame was a concept that he developed at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1933 and brought to Broadway in 1934 as New Faces. The idea was just that; round up some young (and eager to work for bare-minimum-or-less) actors and give them something to do. Sillman's New Faces of 1956 had some especially bright New Faces, including the very young Maggie Smith, Jane Connell, Virginia Martin, John Reardon, and Inga Swenson - quite a group - and also included Tiger Haynes and Billie Hayes, as well as Bombay-native Amru Sani who had some dreary material including a song about life back in the Sultan's harem. (18425)

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