the uptown theatre
Also a rummy sort of place uptown
The small-time picture-and-vaudeville house uptown where Gussie performs four a day.
Scenes set here
- Gussie's debut is a stage-fright disaster until the pretty girl next to Bertie, Ray, stands up and sings the moon song with him and makes him the hero of the house.Chapter 1, the uptown theatre
- Aunt Julia watches her son perform as Exhibit B, much improved, and Bertie explains Danby's condition and sends her to see him.Chapter 1, the uptown theatre
Talked about, but not there
- Gussie rehearses his songs all weekend at the music publishers while a hook-nosed pianist interrupts every line for pep.Chapter 1, the music-room, as
a rummy sort of place uptown