Tucsonan Nina Trasoff learned of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968, during intermission of a pre-Broadway play in which she was a performer.
It was a Thursday evening performance, just a few days before “I’m Solomon” was to close in Baltimore and head to Broadway. It had been, as always on a pre-Broadway tour, a long day … rehearsals to make changes based on the previous night’s performance and audience reactions, back to the hotel to rest, then back to the theater for our evening performance.
People are also reading… Ours was an unusual cast for the 1960s — very racially diverse. A large portion of our cast were African American, so the pain any cast would feel was amplified by the make-up of our “family.” But instead of the curtain rising again to take our bows, the producer walked out from the wings to tell the audience what had happened. Gasps and cries from our audience — people who had just been given a message of hope and love and togetherness. He gave them the few details that were known, thanked them for coming and asked them to drive home safely.
As I walked back to the hotel between shows with a couple of other dancers, I was frightened when two police officers, one with a K-9, started following us. Their conversation, clearly taking place for our benefit, was threatening. They didn’t much like mixed groups. Fortunately, we were just a block from the hotel, so we were able to quickly duck into the lobby.
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