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re: I believe ....

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:39 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: I believe .... - jdm 05:59 am EST 11/19/14

The role of Vera in the original 1936 production of On Your Toes was created for Blanchine's wife, the famed Russian ballerina Tamara Geva, who apparently did not sing. The revivals in '54 and '83 kept the role as non-singing, casting Vera Zorina and Natalia Makarova.

In a situation similar to Makarova's, Thomas Mitchell won the 1953 Tony as Best Actor in a Musical in a role that was also non-singing.


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do you know who else was nominated

Posted by: dramedy 11:18 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: re: I believe .... - BroadwayTonyJ 10:39 am EST 11/19/14

the tonys.org only shows winner and maybe the nominees weren't announced. Looking at the winners, Wonderful Town was the big new musical and that doesn't have much of a male lead, so i can see how a male lead in another musical could win. supporting roles went to musicals Wish You Were Here and Two's Company, two more muscials i've never heard of. I guess there were weak seasons for musicals back in the hey days of Broadway.


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re: do you know who else was nominated

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 12:06 pm EST 11/19/14
In reply to: do you know who else was nominated - dramedy 11:18 am EST 11/19/14

They didn't start announcing the nominees until 1956. Thomas Mitchell played the role of Enoch Downer, the doctor, who was sort of a character lead in Hazel Flagg. I imagine that his co-star John Howard, the romantic lead, was Mitchell's main competition for the Tony. George Gaynes was the male lead in Wonderful Town, and Jack Cassidy was the male lead in Wish You Were Here, but since both were below the title, it's hard to know if they were considered candidates for Best Actor in a Musical. Maybe Mitchell got the award by default.


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wow, you expect many people to know the show

Posted by: dramedy 11:06 am EST 11/19/14
In reply to: re: I believe .... - BroadwayTonyJ 10:39 am EST 11/19/14

had to look that up--Hazel Flagg. I've never heard of that musical, but it only lasted 190 performances.

Link http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=2216

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re: wow, you expect many people to know the show

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 12:15 pm EST 11/19/14
In reply to: wow, you expect many people to know the show - dramedy 11:06 am EST 11/19/14

Sorry about that. I sometimes forget that only the elder theatre geeks like me are going to remember shows like Hazel Flagg. Helen Gallagher (Hazel) and the cast performed a really raucus number called You're Gonna Dance with Me, Willie on the Ed Sullivan Show during its run on Broadway. Jule Styne wrote the music.

Musicals Tonight is doing a revival of Hazel Flagg in Mar., 2015. It's not one of Styne's more memorable shows, but the cast recording is enjoyable.


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