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re: Comment, question and link to Times review

Posted by: Ann 02:01 pm EST 11/20/14
In reply to: re: Comment, question and link to Times review - StaunchKarakter 01:52 pm EST 11/20/14

I understand your take on it, even if it's not what I experienced. Though people thought the Queens production was very good, the fact is the show has been a failure. That makes the idea of this approach more interesting to me than Doyle's takes on Company and Sweeney Todd (though I can't say I disliked those either, knowing they won't replace the more traditional stagings).

It seems to be a small story (though allegorical), and I don't know that it needs a cast of 80.

But it has gotten me to get that studio cast recording out and I've been listening to it all week.

And, gee, part of the magic of theatre is that two people can watch the same show and view it entirely differently. How boring All That Chat would be if we all felt the same ;)


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re: Comment, question and link to Times review

Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:50 pm EST 11/20/14
In reply to: re: Comment, question and link to Times review - Ann 02:01 pm EST 11/20/14

I listened to the first 8 tracks of the OBCR of Allegro on the drive to work this morning. John Battles really has a beautiful voice. It's a shame that Decca replaced him on their 1945 recording of On the Town.

I listened to the OBCR of The Girl Who Came to Supper yesterday, loved the way Florence Henderson holds that incredibly high note at the end of I've Been Invited to a Party.

I'll start listening to the studio cast recording of Allegro tomorrow. I can't get "One Foot, Other Foot" and "The Gentleman Is a Dope" out of my head.


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re: Comment, question and link to Times review

Posted by: StaunchKarakter 02:18 pm EST 11/20/14
In reply to: re: Comment, question and link to Times review - Ann 02:01 pm EST 11/20/14

Absolutely! You'll rarely find me dismissing someone else's opinion (at least, not completely, haha). Variety is the spice of life. To quote Pete's Dragon:

"There's room for everyone in this world!"


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