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| Babe in pajama game | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:20 pm EST 03/03/19 | |
| In reply to: KISS ME, KATE Last Night - sergius 11:12 am EST 03/03/19 | |
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| Was a lively performance by Keli. But I agree that most of her shows are reserved characters. | |
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| re: Babe in pajama game | |
| Posted by: Broadwaywannabe 06:44 am EST 03/04/19 | |
| In reply to: Babe in pajama game - dramedy 12:20 pm EST 03/03/19 | |
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| I must be in the minority here, but I found her performances in Pajama Game, South Pacific, My Fair Lady and Carousel to be definitive. I haven’t seen any other Julie in Carousel and Eliza in My Fair Lady who has even come close. The one performance that I didn’t love was in the King and I which suffered from some of the criticisms raised in this thread. | |
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| re: Babe in pajama game | |
| Posted by: Randolph 10:37 am EST 03/04/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Babe in pajama game - Broadwaywannabe 06:44 am EST 03/04/19 | |
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| Amen. For me, her acting -- not just her singing -- were pretty close to perfect in both South Pacific and Pajama Game. I still think of those performances often. I also agree that she was disappointing in The King and I. But then I found the whole production disappointing. |
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| re: Babe in pajama game | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 10:23 am EST 03/04/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Babe in pajama game - Broadwaywannabe 06:44 am EST 03/04/19 | |
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| I enjoyed O'Hara's work in THE PAJAMA GAME as something completely different from other roles I'd seen her in up to that point (SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, DRACULA, LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA), but her take on the role was at odds with the character as written. She played Babe as a 1940's wisecracking Hollywood dame in the Rosalind Russell mode, which, amusing as it was, was completely inappropriate for a 1950's small town Iowa factory worker. | |
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