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re: Susan Stroman article-THE NEW YORKER--got a fact wrong

Posted by: rfraser 05:34 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: Susan Stroman article-THE NEW YORKER--got a fact wrong - NJGUY 01:47 pm EDT 04/02/14

This is my memory: the tour began with Orbach, but without Rivera and Verdon. Business was very bad with two unknowns in the leads, so Rivera and Verdon were brought in to head the road company.I believe the NYC production had long since closed. I got to see the show twice in Chicago at the Blackstone. It was thrilling for me, and the only time I got see Gwen Verdon on stage. Ialso got to see Katharine Hepburn and Maggie Smith at the Blackstone.


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re: Susan Stroman article-THE NEW YORKER--got a fact wrong

Posted by: LegitOnce 12:40 am EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Susan Stroman article-THE NEW YORKER--got a fact wrong - rfraser 05:34 pm EDT 04/02/14

I saw Chicago at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco in July 1978, and the cast included Verdon, Rivera, Orbach and even Mary McCarty.


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According to The Best Plays of 1977-1978

Posted by: AlanScott 06:10 pm EDT 04/02/14
In reply to: re: Susan Stroman article-THE NEW YORKER--got a fact wrong - rfraser 05:34 pm EDT 04/02/14

The tour opened in St. Louis on Aug. 29, 1977, with Penny Worth as Roxie, Carolyn Kirsch as Velma, and Orbach. On April 4, 1978, Verdon and Rivera joined the tour. Not sure quite how long they stayed or who replaced them when they left.


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