Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1950 — Page 38

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Hoppa ew Nigh— Derriere Queen In ‘South Pacific’

Diosd Costello Makes Switch

Torso fo Vocal Action

By Earl Wilson NEW YORK, Apr. 15—For a lot of years now, Miss’ Diosa Costello has been known as the “premiere derriere-|

wiggler.”

Diosa would be the Giida Gray of this generation. She

could stick out that derriere carry a glass of water on it. such as “Diosa went rapidly to the front by bringing up

the rear.” 2 And then suddenly our torsotossing Diosa emerges as a fat old frump dressed to play Bloody Mary in the road company of “South Pacific.”

“What happened?” I asked

~Diosa, after taking careful note! that she was covered up under a lot of clothes.

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Diosa Costello

Wiosa was at the the basement of the Majestic Theater, - where Mary Martin, Ezio Pinza, yes, and Juanita Hall (the original Bloody Mary) have made theatrical history. She was! down in this cellar getting her costumes perfected. (Ah, for those old days, when Diosa prastically didn't need any costume!) “Are yoy done with the riere-tossing ?”’ I inquired. “I hope 80,” said Diosa

monent in

der-|

that for privacy.” “You're tired of it?”

This didn’t seem possible, re- is ready to push forward with her mpmbering with what great en. career once more, by singing in- TIERNEY thusiasm Diosa used to do her stead of shaking, by vocal action]

HTL) tossing at La Conga and the Ha-'Instead of rear action. CONTE vanarMadrid, yelling “Eat your " 0» : heart out” to gentlemen on the TODAY'S BEST LAUGH: A 05k eb y 2ihgide as she shook and shim- census taker who was a contest- 11:44 mered. ant on Groucho Marx's quiz pro“You get to the point where it's gram was asked, “What do Fhe a atabads 2nd HAPPY WEEK! not Interesting any more,” Diosa people win if they answer your BICKFORD sald. “When I was young I liked questions?” “Nothing,” said the . The world’s a loved story td throw myself in their faces, census taker. “Aha!” sneered)

bot now maybe I'm more dig- Groucho.

nified.” I

THUS time passes, and thus who thinks no man is good enough! § Diosa makes a bid for greater for her may be right—and al fame, as. have other graduates geft. .

| Bloody Mary. |

|‘Bali Hai.’ { “Then I gave the audition.

+ I looked down at the boots Di-

on Sea Island costume.

| (who plays the Mary Martin rolel

‘When you're singing along and

“I hope people, and I guess he just scared from now on I'm going to keep us.”

everything was

in such a position she could Many Jokes were committed, |

of a show called “Too Many| Girls,” which was around these ‘parts. in 1939, “Iwas the girl cheer leader,” Diosa said. “Desi Arnaz was player, "Dick Kollmar played the lead. “Eddie Bracken was in it, too ++ and Van Johnson was only an insignificant chorus - boy. Van understudied everybody and we ¢ didn’ t think he was very good.” Diosa’s greatest fame as a !derriere-tosser came afterward, and perhaps she thought as the fyears went by that if all those {people could become more famous, {she could too, so finally she asked, {her friend, George Abbott, what the. thought of her as another

a football

Rise Stevens

"SAMSON ET DALILA"

n " a" “HE THOU GHT 1 could do it,” ishe said, “so I learned the song,

{37 yer : pel Sel

“S80 they padded me. | “I'm a size 10 and 12, and they {make a 38 pad on me.”

uesday night.

‘John Loves Mary’ is IU Play

osa had on now. with her strange

“How come the boots?” “I'm supposed to be barefooted, lin. the snow, but I can't walk! around barefooted everywhere, so 1 wear my own boofg™” un ” ”

DIOSA said she and Janet Blair

Tin the road company) had a cou-|

{ple of difficult experiences re-| a ” i ? . , =

'hearsing for Dick Rodgers. “His music is wonderful. It has| a cry in it. | “If you change one note of his, music, he gets very aggravated.

\you' re thinking ‘What a nice voice! I have’ he can tell it and he says, | ‘Don't fall in love with your voice.’ “He bawled us both out “Janet had a little handkerchief, and she kept dropping it and picking it up-and dropping it. “My throat tied up and 1 could not sing at all. He Impresses

"John," enthusiastic embrace from "Mary," who is Sharlene Shrage of Gary, in the Indiana University Theater Production of "John Loves Mary,” to be staged Friday and Saturday in the IU Theater.

After that one bad session,

/ine. So now Diosa GENE

vs «On the screen! “80 your quiz show's al | on ibe siveen

phony, too!” WISH I'D SAID THAT: A. girl

S0 . That’ s Earl, brother.

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