| re: Prediction: Jerry Herman's Musicals will be Relegated to Encores Productions | |
| Posted by: BruceinIthaca 04:28 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Prediction: Jerry Herman's Musicals will be Relegated to Encores Productions - BruceinIthaca 04:18 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| I'd also add that I think MAME may be revived, but perhaps not quite now--it may need more time to become a period piece, given its depiction of race and anti-semitism, etc. In that regard, it may be a little like Gilbert and Sullivan, though I doubt Ito can really be recovered as anything but a kind of stereotype. I think "La Cage aux Folles" still has "legs," as well--particularly as we face the fact that homophobia and opposition to LGBT+ rights, including marriage and families, is by no means over in the hearts and minds of many, alas. I think "Dear World," "Mack and Mabel," "Milk and Honey," and "The Grand Tour" may well be consigned to the museum, with acknowledgment that each show has at least one and some a handful of lovely and/or funny songs. A good Herman revue might be interesting. I loved "Jerry's Girls" when I saw it (the Sunday matinee before Chita got into an accident that night!), but that was in large part due to the talents of Rivera, Loudon, and Uggams (as well as the ensemble). As a stand-alone revue, it doesn't have much to recommend it, but I think a smartly built revue using Herman's music could work. Even so, if "Dolly" and "La Cage" were all he had done, he would have earned an ongoing, vital place in American musical history. (And I am one of those who imprinted on the OBC of "Mame," so, despite its book issues, I still love to hear the score, the emergence of Lansbury as a Broadway star, being introduced to Arthur and Connell, and that glorious overture!) | |
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