| re: What's the case for Penny in My Pocket? |
| Posted by: Chromolume 10:46 pm EST 02/08/18 |
| In reply to: re: What's the case for Penny in My Pocket? - ChipL955 10:39 pm EST 02/08/18 |
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Does the song belong in the show when not in the capable hands and lungs of a David Hyde Pierce or a Victor Garber? I think there's an even stronger case there. I've seen plenty of community theater productions of Dolly, and most of the Horaces are one-dimensional gruff, bumbling old grouches. (The last one I saw we nicknamed Horrid Vandergelder.) The poorer actor needs "Penny in My Pocket" even more than the better actor. Dolly works best when we all want to see her end up with him.
But - does the song really rescue a one-dimensional grouch? (That's assuming that the song will be made available for future productions, which it may not be.)
I think if the actor (or director) has already made Vandergelder nothing but a cardboard villain, I doubt that the song would do much to change that. |
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