"I don't think Brynner would have approved being opposite another really huge star. It was only when he was on vacation that Angela Lansbury came in to perform opposite his understudy Michael Kermoyan years ago. Brynner was getting the highest salary on Broadway and/or a percentage, too, so it would have really pushed things financially to have a huge star like Julie Andrews on the same stage as Brynner."
Of course, you're right. I don't know why I even suggested it. And aside from everything else, there was literally no need to have a star as Anna when they had Brynner as the king. And, as you say, that would have been economically unfeasible, especially in the day before premium-price tickets. |
