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| re: I love the REDHEAD score ... | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 08:35 pm EST 12/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: A semi-Apology about the score for REDHEAD... - showtunetrivia 06:50 pm EST 12/30/18 | |
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| I was lucky enough to see the original production, with the original cast, on tour in Los Angeles. I loved it! The book needs a bit of work (and there is a team working on this). In the age of #MeToo there are some cringeworthy lyrics, and I imagine there are some folk who find any show where a woman's goal is to get married beyond the pale today. Despite the book being a little confusing - its easy enough to untangle. One just needs a fabulous dancer who is a quirky/sexy actress, and fascinating singer to pull it off. Richard Kiley and Leonard Stone were great in the show, as was Ms Verdon, of course. There are many things not fun about getting older. But having been able to see REDHEAD is one of the things that makes it worthwhile! |
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| re: I love the REDHEAD score ... | |
| Posted by: Alcindoro 10:46 pm EST 12/30/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I love the REDHEAD score ... - NewtonUK 08:35 pm EST 12/30/18 | |
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| >In the age of #MeToo there are some cringeworthy lyrics, and I imagine there are some folk who find any show where a woman's goal is to get married beyond the pale today< So there aren't any women around anymore who really want to get married? Hunh. Another "problem", at least with the #MeToo-ers, might be that the show opens with the onstage murder of a woman by a serial killer who is plaguing London. And Essie's aunts run a wax museum which is capitalizing on the murders. Hmmm. |
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| re: I love the REDHEAD score ... | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 07:50 am EST 12/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I love the REDHEAD score ... - Alcindoro 10:46 pm EST 12/30/18 | |
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| Well - its what wax museums do. If you're famous or notorious, you appear. And, well, yes, Essie is 29 and unmarried, and at the time the show takes place, marriage would be retreating as s possibility. I was thinking of the scene in Act 1 which goes like this: TOM (The Richard Kiley character) Well, Miss Whimple, I'll be seeing you. ESSIE (VErdon): Oh, that;ll be nice! When? TOM: Oh, no, 'I'll be seeing you' is just an American expression for saying 'good-bye'. (swats her on rear end and exits) ESSIE: I feel.... I feel ... (ESSIE touches her rear where TOM swatted her, and begins to sing) I FEEL MERELY MARVELOUS WILDER THAN THE SEA I LOOK NEARLY BEAUTIFUL I DON'T LOOK LIKE ME! IT'S A BLOOMING MIRACLE WHAT A SMACK CAN DO I COULD FLY I COULD SOAR I COULD CRY I CoULD ROAR MAKE IT REAL MAKE HIM FEEL MERELY MARVELOUS TOO! I find this rather charming and winning, especially thinking of Verdon's performance. But some would not |
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| re: I love the REDHEAD score ... | |
| Posted by: scoot1er 08:59 am EST 12/31/18 | |
| In reply to: re: I love the REDHEAD score ... - NewtonUK 07:50 am EST 12/31/18 | |
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| I, too, am lucky enough to have seen Rehead on Broadway. Gwen Verdon was a wonder, as she was in everything she did. (I didn’t see Children! Children!, but then again, not many did.) The afternoon I saw it she cut “I’ll Try”. Lehman Engel said they often cut that song if she was tired. I saw Sweet Charity a few times and she sang “Where Am I Going” only at the preview. She cut it every other time. Nevertheless, I loved her. | |
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