News of the Rialto; The Return of Mr. Ellis News of the Rialto Mr. Ellis Returns
WHEN, on Jan. 2, 1965, Ira Wallach's "Absence of a Cello" closed on Broadway following a struggle for patronage, its co-producer, Michael Ellis, decided that he needed time off from the treadmill. He had at that time co-produced altogether four shows in as many years.
