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| Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME | |
| Posted by: schauspieler 11:51 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| Saw an old What's My Line recently with Greer Garson promoting her replacement casting in AUNTIE MAME on Broadway. Any memories of it from little Patricks who might have been there? She looked like she was having fun doing it. | |
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| Could it play well today? | |
| Posted by: winters 09:48 am EDT 05/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME - schauspieler 11:51 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| I realize that a commercial venture might not be the best of ideas, large cast and the finances may not be workable but.....a company like Roundabout might be able to handle it.... And...... The film remains one of my favorite films but I am not familiar with the play. Does anyone know how similar the play is to the film? Could a production be successful today? (Not necessarily in terms of money.) As Jerry Herman would not be relevant to this production I’m asking not, who could play Mame but, who could play Auntie Mame? With singing no longer required....the casting list has gotten a lot longer. We are no longer restricted to the same divas. So people....what do you think? |
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| re: Could it play well today? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 02:55 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: Could it play well today? - winters 09:48 am EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| Given the 20ish year time span of the play, you'd probably want an actress in her late-30's/early 40's would could pass for 20something in the early scenes when the New York party girl is lumbered with a kid she didn't ask for, and then pass for 40/50something in the later bits when the kid's grown up, married, and palming off his own kid on Auntie Mame. I'm just not sure who's a 40ish character woman with the style and panache to carry this off. And, not necessarily a star, but enough of a name to get the role at someplace like the Roundabout. Who's a younger Andrea Martin type now? |
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| re: Could it play well today? | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 04:32 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:31 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Could it play well today? - JereNYC 02:55 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| To get someone with both style and panache and who is also a name, you would have to consider someone a bit older (I think) -- perhaps Laura Linney or Jessica Hecht. | |
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| re: Could it play well today? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 12:34 pm EDT 05/15/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Could it play well today? - BroadwayTonyJ 04:31 pm EDT 05/14/18 | |
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| You may be right about that. I love the idea of Laura Linney. I think Jessica Hecht may be more of a Vera. | |
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| re: Could it play well today? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:30 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Could it play well today? - winters 09:48 am EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| The play is very close to the film. A few lines probably considered too racy or too dependent on insider knowledge (or both) were either altered or deleted (like Patrick's unpleasant mention of Mame's "airy-fairy friends from Fire Island"), and Comden and Green came up with a few very good new lines — which might be missed by audiences who know the movie virtually by heart — but I'd estimate that around 90 percent of the dialogue in the movie is directly from the play. I do love this bit. Emory (Sally Cato's younger brother): What's your name, Yankee boy? Young Pat: Patrick Dennis. Emory: If ya give me a dime, I'll take ya down to my shanty and show ya my dirty pitchas. Young Pat: Maybe I'd better not—right now. (Making conversation) Your sister's nice. Emory (incredulously): Nice?! You're plumb crazy. They teach ya how to spell up there, Yankee boy? Young Pat: Sure. Emory (lowering his voice): My sister is a B-I-T-C-H. I bet they roared in 1956 at the Broadhurst. I wonder if it was dropped on some of the many tours, or at least in some cities. Anyway, years back I posted here several times that I wished Roundabout would do it with Harriet Harris as Mame, even though my fear would be that Roundabout would screw it up. Then she played Vera to Baranski's Mame in the musical at the Kennedy Center, and now I think that Vera is probably more her role. There is no one who jumps out at me as a great idea for Mame in the play, except perhaps Martha Plimpton, who could also do the musical, but no one's going to produce a commercial production of it with her. And I'd much rather see the play. |
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| re: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME | |
| Posted by: garyd 08:14 pm EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME - schauspieler 11:51 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| I saw Garson and, if memory serves, she was wonderful. Several months later, late June I think, I also saw Beatrice Liliie when she took over as prep for the London production. I remember she did something with her wig falling off which I remember for some reason. However, my fondest memory is of Eve Arden in the Los Angeles production. She was funny, warm, and, of course, spectacular with the double takes and clever sarcastic line readings. Sorry I can not be more specific but, well, it was a long time ago and I was quite young. Baranski's interpretation reminded me of Arden but, for some reason, she did not come across as well. (this was the musical of course, not the play). | |
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| re: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME | |
| Posted by: Holland 04:14 pm EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME - schauspieler 11:51 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| The original little Patrick, Jan Handzlik, said that Rosalind Russell was exactly the same warm, wonderful person offstage that she was onstage, and that the same could not be said of Miss Garson. He was a gentleman and chose not to elaborate. This was several years back after a screening of the film in Hollywood, and he was a delight. | |
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| re: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 03:11 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 03:11 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME - schauspieler 11:51 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| An actor friend who I did a show with recently saw Garson in the role; he told me that she was superb. | |
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| Here's a pic nm | |
| Posted by: schauspieler 12:49 pm EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME - PlayWiz 03:11 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
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| Link | Greer Garson / Auntie Mame |
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| Not Greer Garson, but I did see | |
| Posted by: aleck 12:50 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Greer Garson in AUNTIE MAME - schauspieler 11:51 pm EDT 05/11/18 | |
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| Gypsy Rose Lee in the role and she was terrific. | |
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| re: Not Greer Garson, but I did see | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 01:34 pm EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Not Greer Garson, but I did see - aleck 12:50 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
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| I know I've said it before but ANNETTE BENING would be glorious.......come on, Producers! | |
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| re: did any actress do both the play and the musical ? | |
| Posted by: SidL 11:45 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: Not Greer Garson, but I did see - aleck 12:50 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
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| Thinking it might possible with all the summer stock productions of Mame. | |
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| re: did any actress do both the play and the musical ? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 02:47 pm EDT 05/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: did any actress do both the play and the musical ? - SidL 11:45 am EDT 05/12/18 | |
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| I can't think of anyone who did. I'm definitely not saying no one did, but I can name a bunch of women who played Mame in the play and a bunch of women who played Mame in the musical, but no one who did both comes to mind. | |
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