Paul Goldfinger photo. Broadway, Ocean Grove. June 19, 2023
ELAINE STRITCH from Sondheim’s Follies. With the NY Philharmonic and Paul Gemignani. Album: The Essential Stephen Sondheim.
Contest: Around the middle of her song, Elaine says that “all she needs is some greasepaint and a follow-spot.”
Here is that lyric:
“Hey, Mr. Producer,
I’m talking to you, sir;
I don’t need a lot,
Only what I got,
Plus a tube of greasepaint
And a follow-spot!”
The first person who correctly explains what a “follow-spot” is will win a signed print of my “Tuscan Swan.”