Mayor Henry Kiel

After the first three weeks of The Muny's inaugural season, the fledgling theatre had a short fall nearing $60,000. It seemed that The Muny was in danger of a permanent curtain call!

Mayor Kiel called an emergency meeting. This was the core of what would prove to be a self-appointed "Save The Muny Committee." Headed by Mayor Kiel, a door-to-door campaign was initiated, with the Mayor himself selling blocks of tickets to local merchants.

The plight of The Muny captured the public's attention, and soon the local papers, clubs, organizations and just plain folk got behind the effort. Before long, The Muny was on a much more substantial financial footing, and... the rest is history.