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No for an Answer
''No For An Answer'' is a musical play by Marc Blitzstein.〔 Mantle, Burns, Editor, "The Best Plays of 1940-1941", Dodd, Mead & Company, p. 430〕 It was staged by W. E. Watts at Mecca Temple, west 55th Street, New York, on Sunday, January 5, 1941.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No for an Answer )〕 Although it was supposed to have a limited engagement, it ran for two additional Sundays. There was no scenery and Marc Blitzstein was at the piano. It was an experiment under an agreement between the Dramatists Guild and Actors Equity. The cast included Olive Deering, Lloyd Gough, Martin Pitt, Norma Green, and Curt Conway.〔 Mantle, Burns, Editor, "The Best Plays of 1940-1941", Dodd, Mead & Company, p. 430〕 It marked the New York debut of Broadway icon, Carol Channing. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Marc Blitzstein Web Site )〕 It was much discussed prior to its opening and Random House accepted it for publication just before its production.〔 New York Times, March 7, 1940, p. 26〕 Brooks Atkinson, in his review of the work in the New York Times, stated "it is very exciting in performance, which is all that matters." 〔 New York Times, January 6, 1941, p. 10〕 Although Aaron Copland called it one of "the most original works in that form composed in this county,"〔 Gordon, Eric A., "Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein," St. Martin's Press, NY, p. 287〕 the play was a failure.〔 Shout, John D., "The Musical Theater of Marc Blitzstein", American Music, vol. 3, no. 4, p. 420〕
After the first Sunday night performance, New York City License Commissioner, Paul Moss, issued a ban on further performances because the Mecca Temple lacked a theater license and the auditorium had many building violations. He warned that if anyone tried to present the show the following week, they would be stopped by police and firemen.〔Gordon, Eric A., "Mark the Music: The Life and Work of Marc Blitzstein," St. Martin's Press, NY, pp. 202-203〕
The work was not in step with the times and no one would underwrite a full production. A later concert performance in 1960 (Blitzstein again at the piano) constitutes the entire performance history of the piece during Blitzstein's lifetime. Howard Taubman reviewing the 1960 production for the New York Times said, "it bogs down in a swamp of pedestrian cliches."〔 New York Times, April 19, 1960, p. 40〕 The show finally received a fully staged production at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco on October 22, 2001. 〔
== Plot ==
The plot of ''No For An Answer'' is the life and fate of the Diogenes Club, a social club of Greek-American waiters, hotel-workers, restaurant-workers, chefs, laundresses, chambermaids, taxi-drivers, who are out-of-work.〔
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