Deffaa's great achievement is joining the narrative portions with just the right song. An anecdote about encountering Florenz Ziegfeld having an office dalliance with a chorus girl is followed by "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody." "I Love a Piano" is preceded by Berlin's extolling of his beloved piano nicknamed "Buick. " The post Irving Berlin: In Person appeared first on TheaterScene.net.
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