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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 11:28 am EST 02/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - CCentero 11:01 am EST 02/17/20 | |
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| Yes - the spunbky optimism. The same as Reynolds and Grimes (who I saw). I would have thought, since they were making so many changes, they would have given her a few more colors to play. | |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Last Edit: CCentero 01:42 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
| Posted by: CCentero 01:25 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - NewtonUK 11:28 am EST 02/17/20 | |
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| Sorry to hear that it's still one-note. I actually thought it might be goal #1 in a revisal of this material. I've only seen the movie and find Molly to be mostly insufferable and her social climbing story arch to be tedious. I can see why it might have seemed "entertaining enough" on stage given the goodwill created by The Music Man and Grimes given the chance to dominate the proceedings when she seemed fresh and different than the conventional musical theatre star. No surprise: Karen Morrow was apparently sensational in the part on the national tour.. |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 02:03 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - CCentero 01:25 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| She's no longer really a social climber - she just wants to live in Denver. Its not clear why she goes to Europe (alone, after separating from, Johnny) - and the passage of time is really unclear in the new Act 2 | |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: musicaldirny 08:26 am EST 02/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - NewtonUK 02:03 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| Not having seen the Revisal, it sounds like they have gone back to Molly's REAL story for the changes. | |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 10:36 am EST 02/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - musicaldirny 08:26 am EST 02/19/20 | |
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| For some, but they have left in much of the fiction, and added plot points that arent true - so its a mish mosh | |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: CCentero 02:35 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - NewtonUK 02:03 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| The whole revisal sounds like a stress dream. Apparently the real story (not that it matters all that much in this show especially) is that "Molly" was in Paris to visit her daughter who was studying at the Sorbonne when she received word that her grandson in Denver was seriously ill. She booked passage on the Titanic to travel back home. Are any of those characters in the show, or would that simply interfere with the hijinks that ensue? | |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 05:09 am EST 02/18/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - CCentero 02:35 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| None of those characters are in the show. She returns from Paris because Johnny has had a stroke. (and somehow, even tho she is heading to Colorad) he manages to get to the Pier in NY to meet her so there can be a final tableau. | |
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| re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL | |
| Posted by: dlevy 05:21 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - CCentero 02:35 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| In this version, she goes to Europe to get away from Johnny after their fight. The fight was caused because she sided with her mining friends against him in a union dispute, and while she was doing that, he was having an affair. Their children are in the show, but in this version, it's Johnny himself who is ill, and that's what prompts Molly to return to the US on the Titanic. |
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| If she's no longer a social climber... | |
| Posted by: Amiens 02:23 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
| In reply to: re: UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN IS SINKABLE AFTER ALL - NewtonUK 02:03 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| What causes the rift between her and Johnny? Where's the conflict? | |
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| re: If she's no longer a social climber... | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 07:31 am EST 02/18/20 | |
| In reply to: If she's no longer a social climber... - Amiens 02:23 pm EST 02/17/20 | |
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| They move to Denver because he strikes it rich in gold. Johnny later has a one nighter with a married dance hall girl/hooker, and a reporter sets him up to make a good story making Johnny a co-respondent in a divorce action between the hooker and her husband. Maggie/Molly leaves him.Tortured to be sure. In real life Maggie (not Molly) and Jim (not Johnny) Brown separated in 1909. Maggie/Molly didnt go to Europe until 1912. JJ died of a heart attack, intestate, and Maggie/Molly fought with her children over the estate. She was an educated woman who spoke at last 6 languages, and while never let into the top strata of Denver Families (the 36), she was very active philanthropically, and her friendship and company was accepted. When traveling in Europe from Paris to the Titanic, she was with the John Jacob Astor party. None of this, apparently, makes a good musical. The original musical and much of this one, were based on 1930's newspaper articles inventing a fiction life and name for 'Molly' Brown - with a few nods to facts. | |
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