The Theater: New Play in Manhattan, Feb. 23, 1942

Heart of a City (by Lesley Storm; produced by Gilbert Miller). The only London theater that has never shut down, come blitz or blackout, is the tiny Windmill with its breezy nonstop revue. In Heart of a City English Playwright Storm has pictured backstage life at the Windmill while the bombs are falling outside. Lovely and lightly clad showgirls duck in & out of dressing rooms, rehearse, have their fun, lose their hearts, stifle their fears. The play is a tribute to two kinds of grit, "There'll Always Be An England" weaving in with...

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