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VIDEO: On This Day, February 15- Remembering Ethel Merman by Alexa Criscitiello

Ethel Mermanwas a Broadway institution known as the 'undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage.' After being discovered byVinton Freedleyas a singer at Brooklyn's Paramount movie theatre, she was signed to star in the Gershwin's new Broadway hit GIRL CRAZY where she stopped the show nightly with her performance of 'I Got Rhythm'.

SOURCE: BroadwayWorld at 5:12pm on February 15, 2019 ☆ ⚑

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