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| Other than that, how did you like the play(s) about your life, Mrs. Lincoln? | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 07:03 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:02 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: The Elephant Man movie vs. the play (and TV adaptation) - WaymanWong 04:36 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
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| It may seem irrelevant, but I'm unavoidably reminded of the infamous Broadway season ('72-'73) in which we had not one but three plays about Mary Todd Lincoln, starring Julie Harris, Eva Marie Saint, and Geraldine Page (with Maya Angelou as her co-star, sometimes forgotten). Three stories of Mrs. Lincoln, one season. | |
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| re: Other than that, how did you like the play(s) about your life, Mrs. Lincoln? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:40 pm EDT 09/04/18 | |
| In reply to: Other than that, how did you like the play(s) about your life, Mrs. Lincoln? - Delvino 07:02 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
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| And in February 1972, a few months before the 1972-73 season, Thomas Pasatieri's opera The Trial of Mary Lincoln was shown on PBS, and it received much publicity. | |
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| re: Other than that, how did you like the play(s) about your life, Mrs. Lincoln? | |
| Posted by: Delvino 03:21 pm EDT 09/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Other than that, how did you like the play(s) about your life, Mrs. Lincoln? - AlanScott 01:40 pm EDT 09/04/18 | |
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| I'm probably fudging my argument a bit, since "The Lincoln Mask" is not exactly a singular bio of Mary Todd, but about the President himself as much (if that's what it's "about."). But for this woman to appear three times in such a brief window -- all on B'way -- still surprises me today. I wonder if "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln," Prideaux's, is done much. (Only one I saw; other than for Harris's work, it didn't mesmerize me.) | |
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| Who can forget the season of the dueling 'Wild Parties' by LaChiusa and Lippa? | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 11:39 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 11:39 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
| In reply to: Other than that, how did you like the play(s) about your life, Mrs. Lincoln? - Delvino 07:02 am EDT 09/04/18 | |
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| And then there's Maury Yeston's ''Phantom'' vs. Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Phantom of the Opera.'' Speaking of Yeston, I've always been curious about ''The Queen of Basin Street,'' his version of ''La Cage aux Folles,'' set in New Orleans. It was once announced that Mike Nichols would direct and Tommy Tune would choreograph. Jay Presson Allen would do the book. There's even a demo with some songs. (Anyone heard them?) Reportedly, it fell apart after Allan Carr couldn't put together the financing and it was postponed. Then, Carr found executive producers in Fritz Holt and Barry Brown, who fired Carr's creative team, except for Yeston, who later withdrew. Of course, Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman came aboard ''La Cage,'' and for them, it turned out to be the best of times. ... |
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