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| re: Mack & Mabel tonight. | |
| Posted by: Beevo_bway 06:26 am EST 02/20/20 | |
| In reply to: Mack & Mabel tonight. - Amiens 11:29 pm EST 02/19/20 | |
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| Boy did you nail it on the head. What a disappointing mess of an evening. | |
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| Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters | |
| Posted by: Amiens 09:12 am EST 02/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Mack & Mabel tonight. - Beevo_bway 06:26 am EST 02/20/20 | |
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| To elaborate a little on my post: It became so clear last night that the casting of those two original stars made up for so much of the lack of cohesion in the book (and even the lesser musical numbers). Their star quality and our familiarity with their personas was shorthand for why Mabel quickly became a beloved star, why Sennett was a revered genius and why they could so quickly and easily fall in love with each other despite their ages and other differences. The two stars took you along for the ride in a way that these two talented but only competent actors can't possibly achieve. Even if you've never seen Mack & Mabel, you get a sense of this from the OCR. This IMHO is what is missing from so much of Broadway musical theater these days. Stars that can lift the material to the stratosphere. |
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| re: Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 09:37 am EST 02/20/20 | |
| In reply to: Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters - Amiens 09:12 am EST 02/20/20 | |
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| As I walking out of the theater last night, at least ta few people next to me praised Sills and Socha. So I guess I wasn’t the only one who enjoyed “the mess” last night. It’s ironic how last year several ATC posters begged Encores to do a complete Mack and Mabel after hearing Sills and Socha do a few songs as part of the first 2019 Encores. And now Sills and Socha are merely competent? |
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| re: Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters | |
| Posted by: Roz5678 01:46 pm EST 02/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters - lowwriter 09:37 am EST 02/20/20 | |
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| I subscribed to Encores because I was hoping they would one day stage Mack & Mabel. I don't think people were begging Encores to do the show only on the basis of seeing Sills and Socha do a few songs. In fact, after seeing "Hey, Look Me Over," I was really hoping they'd cast someone else in the top roles. I'm still glad I will finally get to see Mack & Mabel but I realize that, sadly, I am being unrealistic to expect to enjoy stars of the caliber of Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters. Oh how I wish that were not the case, though. Because I have seen some outstanding performances over the years at Encores. | |
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| re: Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 10:07 am EST 02/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Robert Preston and Bernadette Peters - lowwriter 09:37 am EST 02/20/20 | |
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| It’s ironic how last year several ATC posters begged Encores to do a complete Mack and Mabel after hearing Sills and Socha do a few songs as part of the first 2019 Encores. And now Sills and Socha are merely competent? I haven't seen the Encores production, and don't have a dog in this fight... but it's surely not incomprehensible that stars singing highlight songs in isolation might play better than a more fully realized production. |
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