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| One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... | |
| Posted by: HadriansMall 04:49 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: Prediction: Jerry Herman's Musicals will be Relegated to Encores Productions - Zelgo 03:27 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| To hear any number of versions of "We Need a Little Christmas" from Mame. I'm no Herman acolyte, but most of what you posit is simply not true. | |
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| re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 07:30 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:29 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... - HadriansMall 04:49 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| I agree. And with this current production inspiring some of the most rapturous audience responses in recent memory -- I'd say the audience at the Midler Dolly likely exceeds some nights at that ... big show on 46th (I've seen 'em both) ... this appraisal seems oddly disconnected from the event status of Herman's revival. I have been in few full houses as thrilled to be on the scene as the one for this production. I saw it on a hot August night, and the sea of smiling, sometimes wet-cheeked faces, was unlike any in recent memory. It's not just Midler. It's the synergy of vehicle, beloved score (It's "Sunday Clothes" that has garnered the most attn for its emotion-stirring, not the title number) and nostalgia. A unique occasion. I bet for some, the Peters led performances will still be moving, especially in the dark winter months. This is truly the sunniest entertainment we have right now, and to my great surprise, I'm among the truest of believers. | |
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| re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... | |
| Posted by: gcarl44 03:22 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... - Delvino 07:29 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| I so agree with you. I also don't know why folks are already disqualifying the Peter's performance before she even starts. Many excellent performers have done Dolly. Even now, I have seen both Bette and Donna Murphy in this production and both were fabulous in different ways. Bette is a national icon and treasure, and much of the audiences reaction is based on that. Murphy' is a Broadway treasure, and the audience I was in shoed the same ecstatic reaction as the one for Bette, because she is wonderful in the role. Everyone performer brings their own something to the role, often giving it a different spin, equal, but different. Let's hope that Peters will do the same. | |
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| re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 03:56 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 03:55 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
| In reply to: re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... - gcarl44 03:22 pm EST 12/18/17 | |
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| Peters will be great, though I do hope she doesn't cry during "Before the Parade Passes By" -- I think it would be too much. If they reinstate "Love Is Only Love" from the film--originally written for "Mame" I believe, maybe that approach might work. She can be very funny -- I remember especially that she was a hoot in Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie" and on the Carol Burnett show. There have been many humorous touches in her many roles over the years, though she hasn't done that much out and out farcical comedy over the years. | |
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| re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... | |
| Posted by: ryhog 05:11 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... - HadriansMall 04:49 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| I don't intend to wander very far into this minefield, but to be fair to the OP, the point was about the play, not the songs. | |
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| I was specifically refuting the claim the OP makes that... | |
| Posted by: HadriansMall 06:35 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: re: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... - ryhog 05:11 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| Only the title tunes would be recognized by the general public. | |
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| Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 05:12 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:11 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: One only need to turn on the radio to any station playing holiday music right now... - HadriansMall 04:49 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| You'll hear "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" just as frequently... but there's yet to be EVEN ONE Broadway revival of Here's Love. | |
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| re: Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 06:00 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? - MockingbirdGirl 05:11 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| No producer wants to waste his or her reputation and no investor wants to waste money on "Here's Love." | |
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| re: Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 05:21 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? - MockingbirdGirl 05:11 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| Willson wrote "It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas" in 1951, then inserted it into HERE'S LOVE in 1963. Laura |
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| re: Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 05:24 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Is that really proof that his *shows* will endure? - showtunetrivia 05:21 pm EST 12/16/17 | |
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| My point is that the popularity of the song has not contributed to the longevity of the show. | |
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