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There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre?

Posted by: DistantDrumming 05:44 pm EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: Jim Nabors as HAROLD HILL - Teacher64 12:38 pm EDT 03/15/14

Ha. Learn something new every day. I always assumed that "The Burt Reynolds Theatre" was something The Golden Girls made up.


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re: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre?

Posted by: bobby2 05:18 am EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre? - DistantDrumming 05:44 pm EDT 03/15/14

this is an interesting link.

Link http://www.lifeofanactor.com/jupitertheatre.htm

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re: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre?

Posted by: wmgrad1976 12:20 am EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre? - DistantDrumming 05:44 pm EDT 03/15/14

YES!!

Back in December 1987, my friend and I decided to go on a road trip. Our Broadway shows had just closed. So we thought it would be fun to go to Disney World! First time for both of us. It was a great two days in Orlando. Side bar: we made a bet that the first to see someone they knew won $20. At the gift shop on the way out of the park, my friend bumped into someone he had worked with... down $20!

Driving from Orlando to Ft. Lauderdale to visit friends, we passed a billboard for the Burt Reynold's Dinner Theatre... MAME! Score!! We peeled off I95 and headed to Burt's for the 8 pm show. Barbara Cook as Mame, Betsy Palmer as Vera Charles and Lorna Luft as Gooch. Heaven. All that and a prime rib dinner!

After 35 years of friendship, it's still one of our favorite memories.


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Correction: CAROLE Cook (not Barbara Cook)

Posted by: wmgrad1976 12:25 am EDT 03/16/14
In reply to: re: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre? - wmgrad1976 12:20 am EDT 03/16/14

hmmm. With Barbara, it would have been a whole different experience!


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re: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre?

Posted by: Teacher64 10:00 pm EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre? - DistantDrumming 05:44 pm EDT 03/15/14

Favorite line from GOLDEN GIRLS regarding Burt Reynolds Theater was something like, "John Davidson IS Tevye!" (Or was it "Ruth Buzzi IS Evita"?)


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re: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre?

Posted by: AlanScott 06:19 pm EDT 03/15/14
In reply to: There was a REAL Burt Reynolds Theatre? - DistantDrumming 05:44 pm EDT 03/15/14

Yes, there was a real Burt Reynolds Dinner Theatre, and a surprising range of shows were performed there. Most startling, perhaps, was Death of a Salesman, starring Vincent Gardenia and Julie Harris, directed by Charles Nelson Reilly, who really was a good director. Not your usual dinner-theatre fare.


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