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| re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 12:06 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - KingSpeed 04:58 pm EST 02/12/20 | |
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| You mean like Robert Preston and Barbara Cook? ;) I doubt anyone was complaining that that power balance was off. |
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| Barbara Cook was already a Broadway star | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 06:06 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - JereNYC 12:06 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| And Robert Preston wasn't a star on the level of Hugh Jackman. | |
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| re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:00 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - JereNYC 12:06 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| From other shows, I'd offer Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews as a good example. Harrison was a much bigger star in 1956 than Preston was in 1957, and although Andrews had made a splash in The Boy Friend, she was not as established or known here as Barbara Cook, and she certainly didn't have Cook's level of experience acting in musicals. Of course, we know that Harrison was unhappy with Andrews early in rehearsals, but all worked out well. Another example would be Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner. |
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| re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 06:08 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - AlanScott 06:00 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| I was actually considering My Fair Lady when I made my post but Rex Harrison wasn't a movie star on the level of Hugh Jackman. | |
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| re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:31 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - KingSpeed 06:08 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| I agree that he was not a movie star on the level of Jackman, but he had starred in several Hollywood movies. That stopped (except for The Four Poster, a somewhat special case in a couple of ways) after the Carole Landis scandal. The scandal was certainly at least part of the reason why Unfaithfully Yours was a flop despite getting generally favorable reviews, with raves for Harrison. But Harrison continued as a theatre star and he was definitely a draw on Broadway and London in a way that Preston wasn't before The Music Man and never had been in Hollywood. Anyway, I think Osnes, say, is a big enough name and experienced enough performer to have been cast as Marian here, but I would think that part of the reason for the casting of Foster is that she's 10 years older than Osnes. |
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| re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 08:32 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - AlanScott 06:31 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| I think one of their selling points is that all the leads have won Tonys. | |
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| re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:39 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Can SUTTON sing THE MUSIC MAN as written? - KingSpeed 08:32 pm EST 02/13/20 | |
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| Yes, I forgot about the selling point that six cast members have won Tonys. Although I doubt that the presence of any of those people is going to make a notable difference to ticket sales. | |
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