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re: ADORE this production

Posted by: vivian22 11:02 am EDT 09/10/14
In reply to: re: ADORE this production - SJHYM 09:04 am EDT 09/10/14

I loved this production too. I think Maureen Moore was the best Charlotte I've ever seen. I wish we could have seen her in more roles where she wasn't a stand-by.


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The Moore, the merrier

Posted by: WaymanWong 03:49 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to: re: ADORE this production - vivian22 11:02 am EDT 09/10/14

I never saw the original cast of ''Night Music,'' but I agree: Maureen Moore's the best Charlotte I ever saw onstage.

Moore seems to have become the queen of replacements and standbys: ''Song & Dance,'' ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway,'' ''Falsettos,'' ''Gypsy,'' ''Grey Gardens,'' etc. I also wish she got her shot to shine and originate a role.

Link Ibdb: Maureen Moore's Broadway credits

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re: The Moore, the merrier

Posted by: AlanScott 04:08 pm EDT 09/10/14
In reply to: The Moore, the merrier - WaymanWong 03:49 pm EDT 09/10/14

Judy Kaye has talked about her reluctance to agree to be Madeline Kahn's understudy. It was offered to her three times before a friend persuaded her that she really should take the job. She did not want to become known as a reliable understudy. She was afraid that would be her career.

Moore is one of several very good performers who indeed have sort of made careers out of being reliable understudies. Someone who you know will be prepared and ready to go on even in previews and give at least a solid performance.

Obviously, a number of people who were understudies did go on to become stars, apart from Shirley MacLaine.

Some people do seem to actually like the job.


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