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I'm surprised nobody seems to mention the Giorgio Tozzi version

Posted by: PlayWiz 04:57 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: re: Encores The Most Happy Fella Dress Rehearsal - jmill 02:42 pm EDT 04/02/14

which played the Majestic around 1980. That version was wonderful and also was done without amplification, perhaps the last musical on Broadway to be done like that for its run. If not, I'm sure fact-checkers here will inform me otherwise. The production was also televised on PBS.


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Posted by: AlanScott 06:47 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: I'm surprised nobody seems to mention the Giorgio Tozzi version - PlayWiz 04:57 pm EDT 04/02/14

I wish I'd seen that live, rather than just the PBS telecast, with Tozzi post-dubbing the first act because he was having vocal problems when it was filmed (which I think was in Dallas).

I think someone told me recently that despite what has been said, they did end up using some amplification at the Majestic. But I have no idea whether that's true. I'd always heard it was completely unmiked.


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Posted by: falcon15 02:18 pm EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: I'm surprised nobody seems to mention the Giorgio Tozzi version - AlanScott 06:47 pm EDT 04/02/14

I believe it was filmed at the Michigan Opera Theatre prior to Broadway.


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re: I'm surprised nobody seems to mention the Giorgio Tozzi version

Posted by: AlanScott 12:09 am EDT 04/04/14
In reply to: re: I'm surprised nobody seems to mention the Giorgio Tozzi version - falcon15 02:18 pm EDT 04/03/14

Thanks! I actually meant to write Houston, but you're right that it was Michigan Opera Theatre.


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Posted by: allineedisthegirl 05:19 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: I'm surprised nobody seems to mention the Giorgio Tozzi version - PlayWiz 04:57 pm EDT 04/02/14

Yes it was a beautiful production. And the end of an era -- unamplified sound in a broadway musical.

I believe it put Richard Muenz on the map, too.

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