| 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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