Page 45 - The Kid Who Played The Palace

BENNY
No. I mean they decided not to.

MADALYN
They did? (He nods) Pity.

BENNY
I know. But it‘s okay—got a better idea.

MADALYN
Oy.

BENNY
Just imagine it‘s 1928. We open on a large Vaudeville stage. Close up on 12-year-old Benny Rosen,
Junior and his dad, singin‘, dancin‘, headlinin' at the Palace.

MADALYN
You wrote a musical?

BENNY
It'll write itself.

MADALYN
I see. Is it gonna fund itself?

BENNY
I make this, you‘ll get back every penny I owe ya.

MADALYN
Oh! Well. ‗Til that happy day… (Hands him commercial paperwork)

BENNY
(Reading) What‘s this?

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