| re: One of the biggest omissions |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 05:43 pm EDT 08/19/17 |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:40 pm EDT 08/19/17 |
| In reply to: One of the biggest omissions - PlayWiz 08:16 pm EDT 08/18/17 |
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Definitely one of Jerry Herman's best scores. Charlie Smalls' ''The Wiz'' won for Best Score, and it's easy to see why Gary Geld and Peter Udell's ''Shenandoah'' got nominated. But it's a little mystifying to see what the Tony committee nominated INSTEAD of Jerry Herman's ''Mack & Mabel.''
* ''The Lieutenant'' by Gene Curty, Nitra Scharfman & Chuck Strand: A 1975 rock-opera about the court-martial of Lieutenant Calley during the Vietnam War. Starred Eddie Mekka (later Carmine of "Laverne & Shirley"). And it ran for only 7 previews and 9 performances.
* ''A Letter for Queen Victoria'' by Alan Lloyd: Robert Wilson's opera about an autistic boy. It ran for only 3 previews and 18 performances.
Admittedly, I've never heard either of these 2 scores, but could they have been that much better than ''Mack & Mabel''? |
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