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re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next?

Posted by: Chromolume 02:28 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - MarkBearSF 12:33 pm EST 12/06/13

If they're going to keep running these in the holiday season, Oliver! has an advantage of somehow being thought of as a "Christmas" show (lots of theatres seem to do it around the holidays, etc - I guess it must be the Dickensian thing. And of course probably because it has kids in it, so it lends itself to family fare that works for the holidays.)

Someone above doubted that Hello, Dolly! would have the universal recognition to be enough of a draw - I would tend to think it might. I would love to see them try something other than another R&H show right away. (I would enjoy seeing a possible King And I for instance, but maybe a few years down the line.)


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re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next?

Posted by: JohnDunlop 03:12 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - Chromolume 02:28 pm EST 12/06/13

Instead of "Oliver," how about "Peter Pan." The 1960 tape/DVD version is out of print. Like "The Sound of Music" it's a beloved musical that has not been seen much lately on stage (except in regional with Cathy Rigby). Best of all, "Peter Pan" has a past history of getting high rating on television.


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re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next?

Posted by: Chromolume 03:47 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - JohnDunlop 03:12 pm EST 12/06/13

But there was a TV version of the Rigby production as well, which I think is out on DVD.

I'd rather see a show that doesn't have a modern TV adaptation already available. (I'd prefer not to see South Pacific as an immediate choice for that reason - we had both the Glenn Close TV movie - good or not - and the telecast of the Lincoln Center revival.)


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re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next?

Posted by: JohnDunlop 04:18 pm EST 12/06/13
In reply to: re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - Chromolume 03:47 pm EST 12/06/13

I agree. I had forgotten about the Cathy Rigby DVD. Because it's out of print the Martin version on DVD costs $119 on Amazon, the Rigby version in print is a bargain at only $5.


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