Saw the show in Washington and while it was entirely professional, nothing about it really stood out. It might have benefitted from stronger performances from the leads, but I don't think the actors really were to blame. The young actress who played Imogene really stood out and had some of the best material in the show.
The movie has the great casting of the O'Neals against each other and just enough brilliant moments from Madeline Kahn. The songs in the show seemed to be marking time and didn't evoke the period as well as the standards in the movie. Somehow they made the characters too self-aware for the good of the piece. |
