Walter Pidgeon agreed to come to Elitch for this 1964 season to perform in Take Her, She’s Mine only after Miss Bonfils and Connor convinced him that Denver’s mile-high altitude was not a deterrent to acting. Media personnel were notified to arrange the interview of performers by the press to publicize the stars and the plays. Members of the press, special invitees and prominent local citizens would meet the actors at a party gathering in an area behind the stage following the opening night performance.
Walter Pidgeon expressed his concern about the high altitude in an interview. In 1923. when he was just getting his start in theater, “we got to Denver and I suddenly began to get awful headaches and nosebleeds. I was singing and dancing in the act and it probably was the strenuous nature of my performance in Denver’s high-altitude which precipitated my troubles.” Pidgeon added, however, that the role in Take Her She’s Mine “doesn’t compare with that of The Happiest Millionaire in its physical demands. I knew I would have no problems with it in Denver and I haven’t.”
Denver Post, Jul 2, 1964, p. 22.
Seasons at the Theatre
- 1964
Elitch Theatre Productions/Roles:
Notable Roles, Awards, and Other Work:
Elitch Theatre Connections:
- Appeared as Florenz Ziegfeld in Funny Girl (1968) with fellow Elitch-alum, Kay Medford.
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