{"product_id":"18457-menotti-gian-carlo-the-medium-and-the-telephone-signed-souvenir-program","title":"Menotti, Gian Carlo. (1911–2007) \"The Medium\" and \"The Telephone\" - Signed Souvenir Program","description":"Signed souvenir program for a double billed presentation of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Telephone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Medium\u003c\/i\u003e dated to 1947, signed by the composer and additionally signed and inscribed \"To dear Paul\" by Marie Powers, who played the titular medium.  16 pp., 9 x 11.75 inches (22.9 x 29.8 cm.), wear to cover and spine, surface creases and small edge tears throughout, else fine.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOriginally written for the Ballet Society, the double bill of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Telephone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Medium\u003c\/i\u003e moved to Broadway, where it ran at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre from May 1 to November 1, 1947.  \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Telephone,\u003c\/i\u003e a twenty-minute long comedic \"curtain raiser\", tells the story of a man trying to propose to his girlfriend while she will not get off the phone. \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Medium,\u003c\/i\u003e an hour-long opera in two acts, is a dramatic piece about a con artist working as a spiritual medium and the two children in her care.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eFrom the library of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. \u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093683327135,"sku":"18457","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Menotti_Signed_Program_18457A.jpg?v=1722189675","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18457-menotti-gian-carlo-the-medium-and-the-telephone-signed-souvenir-program","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}