Excerpts From Edwin Wilson's 'Magic Time'
Excerpts From Edwin Wilsonâs âMagic Timeâ A memoir of a lifetimeâs active engagement with American theater, by a former drama critic for The Wall Street Journal. Broadway at night. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo Dec. 17, 2020 6:13 pm ET As a schoolboy in the early 1940s, Edwin Wilson saw Al Jolson drop to his knees in the footlights of the Shubert Theatre and belt out âMammy.â As a young man he thrilled to the original Broadway productions of âA Streetcar Named Desire,â âDeath of a Salesman,â âOklahoma!â...