INT. HOWARD THEATRE—ATTIC DRESSING ROOM—DOOR. DAY.

AUNTIE MAMA opens the door and comes face to face with JOE GLASER standing in the doorway.

                     AUNTIE MAMA
      Joe Glaser!  What a surprise!  What 
      on earth brings you to D.C.?

JOE, heavily breathing, staggers into the room.

                          JOE
      Well, I didn't come here to play 
      footsies under the table with 
      Eleanor Roosevelt, that much I 
      can assure you.
               (then, wildly)  
      Can't you see I'm dying here?  
      Quick!  Get me a chair!