From Scene, April 13 - 19, 1972.
A rainy Sunday, April 16th dawned with great anticipation with the Save the Allen benefit. This was put together by Veralynne Bosko and Smitty (Ralph Smith), Veralynne did the artwork and a lot of the legwork. This was quite the show, Damnation failed to appear, and were badmouthed on stage for the rest of the night. It was fairly well attended, maybe 2,000 tix sold, the concession stand did a pretty consistent biz throughout the evening. There was also a fashion show and Chinese food which was provided by Smitty's friend Paul Hom. Paul would later cater a number of parties in the Palace that fall and would run the kitchen for the run of Brel in the State the following year.
From the Plain Dealer Action Tab, April 14, 1972.
Veralynne and Smitty at the opening of Brel in the State Theatre, from the Plain Dealer, April 19, 1973.
In the weeks following the benefit the focus shifted to the next Playhouse Square Association production, Lily Tomlin on Sunday May 7th. The dressing rooms were spruced up, with one being painted especially for Lily. Smitty and I removing a couple mirrors from the lower Ohio ladies' room for the project. Meanwhile at the Allen, Pink Floyd would appear on Monday, April 24th, a last-minute booking, followed by another TV fight on May 1. At some point during these couple weeks the Raspberries rehearsed in the Allen for two days prior to their first major tour.
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