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> [Once, when we were playing at the Apollo Theater, Holiday was working a block away at the Harlem Opera House. Some of us went over between shows to catch her, and afterwards we went backstage. I did something then, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ella-fitzgerald/once-when-we-were-playing-at-the-apollo-theater-holiday-was-working-a/)

[Ella Fitzgerald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ella-fitzgerald/)

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> [I got my Equity card from an audition out of Backstage. We did 'Guys and Dolls' and 'Kismet.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-mcginley/i-got-my-equity-card-from-an-audition-out-of-backstage-we-did-guys/)

[John C. McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-mcginley/)

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