Julie Herrod

In the original Broadway production during Julie's tantrum scene, one of the kitchen items (a kitchen skillet) she'd been scattering on the floor bounced off the stage and into the audience. A little later, Julie broke character, went to the stage apron, and asked a man in the front row to please return it. This demonstration of stage presence from an 11-year-old brought down the house and was the topic of discussion among theater-goers for some time. (Source: Pittsburgh Press, April 2, 1967, page 47, by Harold Heffernan).