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). |
