“It was 25 years ago when a dancer named Cynthia Dale cracked her heel during the third day of rehearsals of the Stratford Festival production of The Gondoliers and was carried out of the Avon Theatre… This afternoon, Dale will once again be leaving the Avon Theatre against her will, following the final performance of My One and Only, because – after a decade as Stratford’s leading lady – she hasn’t been offered a part for next season. But, once again, she fully intends to return.”