| re: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 04:47 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
| In reply to: Parallel observation: "Larger than Life" performers like Channing, Merman even LuPone. Do we still cultivate them? - Marlo*Manners 04:29 pm EDT 06/26/18 | |
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| Part of the issue is that many of the actresses you mention who followed Channing as Dolly became household names as the stars of Hollywood musicals and HELLO, DOLLY! came around at exactly the right time for these ladies, who'd seen their film careers end as screen musicals went out of style. There was a deep bench because those women were specifically cultivated by Hollywood studios and had careers in an art form that largely does not exist anymore (although we do get a film musical every couple of years or so). Even stage musicals were evolving at that time and Martin and Merman were grande dames who were nearing the end of their stage careers by the time they took on DOLLY. If they'd continued to work into the 1970's on Broadway, I'm not sure what roles they'd have been playing. |
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