| "The Show Off" (or "The Show-Off") by George Kelly .... | |
| Posted by: Ann 07:17 pm EST 02/12/19 | |
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| I went to the Paley Center recently to view some early TV work directed by Sidney Lumet (sparked by watching a great documentary about him), and one I watched was "The Show-Off". It appeared in CBS' "Best of Broadway" series that ran in the mid-1950s and starred Jackie Gleason. I really enjoyed it. It ran less than an hour, so I'm sure a lot was cut from the original play. In looking up the play, I see it ran 7 times on Broadway (or maybe 6, if the Dec 5, 1967 - Jun 22, 1968 & Sep 13, 1968 - Sep 28, 1968 run at the Lyceum listed on IBDB with mostly the same cast, including Helen Hayes, was one production - does anyone know what happened there? Is it just that it skipped the summer?). IBDB also notes that it played in repertory with one play for the first segment, and three for the second. I was surprised to see Boyd Gaines played the title role in the last production, in 1992 at the Criterion - surprised because I don't think of him and Jackie Gleason playing the same characters. Did anyone here see it? It also featured Pat Carroll and was directed by Brian Murray. I saw another George Kelly play at the Mint ("Philip Goes Forth") and liked it - I think they did another of his. But I don't know if his Pulitzer Prize winning "Craig's Wife" has ever been revived. His first play "“The Torch-Bearers" played at Williamstown in 2009. According to Wikipedia, "At the time of his death, four of his plays remained unperformed and have yet to premiere." |
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