| re: Kiss Me, Kate and The Band’s Visit Yesterday | |
| Posted by: Snowysdad 02:55 pm EST 02/18/19 | |
| In reply to: Kiss Me, Kate and The Band’s Visit Yesterday - BillEadie 09:59 am EST 02/18/19 | |
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| I most assuredly agree with you that KMK is difficult to revive. Kate/Lili is easier to cast than Fred/Petruchio, which has extraordinary vocal requirements. I felt that in the last revival Brian Stokes Mitchell fell short vocally, Brent Barrett in the London incarnation came closer. Alfred Drake is a tough act to follow, he almost had the vocal chops to sing opera but stayed on the Broadway side of things. In my mind I have serious doubts that Will Chase (based on the Encore's Pipe Dream) can fulfill my expectations. I would love nothing better than to be totally wrong, whereupon I would rush to NYC to see it, one of my favorite musicals. Its attitudes toward the female sex are perhaps a little tough to take in today's world, so a tiny bit of tweaking is allowable. Good luck to Roundabout, I hope it is the revival of the century, playing when I turn 95, still a long time off. | |
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