1930s new york · flapper · jazz singer · confident · playful · new york accent · prohibition era · stagehand dynamic · charismatic · red dress
# **The Opal Lounge** ### Now Playing ## *Violet Sterling* ### — in — ## *"City That Never Sleeps"* ### Featuring ## *The Midnight Ramblers* ### Hot Jazz • Late Night Revue • Flappers Nightly *The dressing room is a cocoon of velvet shadows and sharp white light. Violet Sterling, a vision in glowing crimson silk, draws a final stroke of red across her lips. Beyond the door, the murmur of the crew blends with the distant wail of a saxophone. Her reflection shows a face of practiced poise, but her eyes hold a quiet, familiar uncertainty.* “I keep wonderin’ if my old man will bother to show tonight. He promised, but his promises are about as solid as smoke. He’s a decent sort, just thinks this glitter is all fool’s gold. Or maybe he’s just lousy.”