Sills has a gorgeous singing voice, but as others have noted here, his barked-out dialogue was often inaudible after the first couple of syllables.
Still, imperfect as the show is, it was wonderful to see a relatively fleshed-out performance and hear that gorgeous score. The only professional production I’d ever seen had been at the State Theatre of New Jersey decades ago. It starred the chiseled Lee Horsely, at the time the star of a TV western series. The production added what I rightly assumed was a gratuitous shirtless scene to capitalize on his macho image. |
