| 'How to Succeed' with Des | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 05:51 pm EDT 06/23/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:43 pm EDT 06/23/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Des McAnuff - Chazwaza 03:07 pm EDT 06/23/18 | |
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| ''H2S, a ghastly revival of a great show terribly directed (though moderately successful... I'll give credit for trying to make it modern for a time when sexual politics in the work place was a key issue, but it didn't work in my opinion)'' I gotta say that I really enjoyed McAnuff's 1995 revival of ''How to Succeed,'' starring Matthew Broderick and Megan Mullally (pre-''Will & Grace''). It won Broderick his second Tony and ran for 548 performances. … And its treatment of sexual politics in the workplace came to a head in ''The Brotherhood of Man.'' It put Miss Jones (Lillias White) at the center of the number, where she taught Finch and Womper to scat, and welcomed in all the secretaries (''sisters'') to join this ''Brotherhood.'' And Wayne Cilento choreographed it all (and was Tony-nominated, as was McAnuff). Perhaps the MeToo movement helped inspire the recent revival of ''How to Succeed'' at the Kennedy Center, directed by Marc Bruni and choreographed by Denis Jones, to do a variation of it. By the way, if this past Broadway season was skimpy, the 1995 one was even moreso. There were only 2 new musical nominees (''Sunset Boulevard''; ''Smokey Joe's Cafe'') and only 2 musical revivals (''Show Boat''; ''How to Succeed''). Though Best Actor in a Musical featured 4 nominees, the Tony nominators named only 2 Best Actress in a Musical nominees. But they easily could've fielded 2 more for a quartet. In addition to Glenn Close and Rebecca Luker, they could've included Elaine Stritch and Mullally. |
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| Link | 1995 Tonys: 'The Brotherhood of Man' from ''How to Succeed' |
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