"Miss Showbusiness" JUDY GARLAND with Alan King 1957 Dominion Theatre / London

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This is a rare October 1957 programme (playbill) from the West End engagement of "Miss Showbusiness", JUDY GARLAND and her own All Star Variety Show at the Dominion Theatre in London. (The variety show opened October 16th, 1957 and ran for four weeks.) ..... In a career that spanned more than forty years, JUDY GARLAND (1922 - 1969) performed on stage, screen and television and her live performances were legendary. Although Garland appeared in concert as early as 1943, it was only when her film career stalled that she began regular concert appearances, beginning with a critically acclaimed 1951 concert series at the London Palladium. Garland then set a record when she appeared for 19 weeks at the Palace Theatre in New York City, also in 1956, and her 1961 concert "Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall" is often described as one of the greatest nights in show business history. She returned to the Palace Theatre in 1956 and 1967 and continued to tour until just three months prior to her death in 1969 ..... Supporting JUDY GARLAND were her "Ten Boy Friends" (LANCE AVANT, BURNELL DIETSCH, ERNIE PRESTON, JERRY STABLER, JIMMY BROOKS, BERT MAY, BILL LUNDY, MEURISSE DUREE, RICCI RICCARDI and RONNIE MARTINSEN) and opening for Judy were WARREN, DEVINE & SPARKES, "Comedy Acrobats"; NINO "The Wonder Dog";
ALBERT and LES WARD "Television and Radio Personalities"; HOLGER and
DOLORES "American Dance Stylists" and ALAN KING, "Warner Bros. new Comedy Star" with the Dominion Theatre Orchestra conducted by BOBBY HOWELL and GORDON JENKINS; Entire Production under the supervision of SIDNEY LUFT ..... DETAILS: The twelve page playbill measures 7" X 9 5/8" inches and includes production credits, list of entertainers, individual photos and bios of JUDY GARLAND and ALAN KING and a wonderful photo collage ..... CONDITION: With the exception of minor edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.