We use this expression, "stopping the show." Well, I was at a performance of the show from which this song came, The Fig Leaves Are Falling. It was a commercial failure. But when Dorothy Loudon did this number, the show ACTUALLY, LITERALLY, STOPPED. In over 50 years of theatre going, I have never seen that before or since. I don't mean, she got a massive ovation. I mean the audience would not allow the show to continue unless and until she did the song again. She did. She had to.
One of the truly great showstopper talents of the last century. The beautiful Dorothy Loudon left a legacy of greatness. And her RANGE of comedy mixed with sadness is unparalleled.
