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| re: Speaking of Auntie Mame....see below | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 02:52 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Speaking of Auntie Mame....see below - portenopete 01:17 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| In AUNTIE MAME she would be playing a society lady in "Midsummer Madness", not hanging off a moon. Just saying. | |
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| Thanks for that clarification! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 09:28 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Speaking of Auntie Mame....see below - Pokernight 02:52 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| My ignorance of the play and the movie of the play is showing. Sounds like I may be wrong in thinking an older woman would be unsuitable. | |
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| re: Thanks for that clarification! | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 11:49 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
| In reply to: Thanks for that clarification! - portenopete 09:28 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| Your ignorance of the musical did show in that it's Mame, not Vera, who hangs off the moon. :) I would agree that it might be a bit much to have the splendid Ms. Taylor as Vera in the play at this point. If anything, I think the play that Vera is seen performing in the play Auntie Mame suggests the need for a slightly younger actress than you may be able to get away with in the musical, where we see her play a lady astronomer in a "terribly modern operetta." Still, actresses often played much older back in the 1920s, and it might be funny to have a Vera of 70 or so playing opposite a leading man of 35 or so in Midsummer Madness. Not that we're terribly likely to see a full-scale revival of either any time soon. Unless Encores!, does the musical (which may or may not count as full-scale). |
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| re: Thanks for that clarification! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 07:53 am EDT 05/14/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Thanks for that clarification! - AlanScott 11:49 pm EDT 05/13/18 | |
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| But do we ever see Vera sitting on the moon? I was sure there was a Hirschfeld caricature..... And I would say the way things are going, Encores! is looking as full-scale as you can get, save behemoth sets. |
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