To Victor Belongs The Spoils

May, 1956

849 performances is usually considered pretty healthy for a Broadway show. For a one-man Broadway show, it's more than healthy, it's historical. The one man who recently chalked up that fantastic figure, grossed over two million bucks in the bargain, and is now accumulating even more performances on national tour, is a melancholy Dane who was once employed in a funeral parlor: Victor Borge.The solo show has been tried by others – Cornelia Otis Skinner, Maurice Chevalier, Joyce Grenfell, Emlyn Wi...

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