| Why not rebroadcast some of the great theater on TV from the 50s and 60s? | |
| Posted by: Teacher64 06:03 pm EDT 06/28/20 | |
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| Much of that theater that was broadcast on TV in the early days still exists. You can watch a lot of it at the Paley Media Center. Helen Hayes (the First Lady of the American Stage) in "The Skin of Our Teeth", "Arsenic and Old Lace", "Mrs. McThing" (just shortly after it closed on Broadway), "Mary of Scotland", and "Victor Regina" (a role she had played on the stage). And let's compare Hayes in "Regina" to the great Julie Harris in the same role, also done for TV. Harris also did TV productions of "The Heiress", Nora in "A Doll's House", and as Joan of Arc in "The Lark". It was filmed for TV. "Harvey" (with Art Carney or Jimmy Stewart, take your pick), "The Member of the Wedding", "All the Way Home" all famous plays that were done on TV back in 50s, You want musicals? How about Robert Goulet as Billy Bigelow in "Carousel"? How about "Anything Goes" with Ethel Merman, "Annie Get Your Gun" with Mary Martin and John Raitt, "Bloomer Girl", "High Button Shoes" with Nanette Fabray recreating her Broadway role, "Brigadoon" with Goulet, Sally Ann Howes, and Peter Falk, "Kiss Me Kate" with Alfred Drake, "Wonderful Town" with Rosalind Russell, "Meet Me in St. Louis", "Kismet" and "Damn Yankees"? No, these are not movies, these were specially filmed TV productions. The Lincoln Center archives were never meant for Broadcast, but these were. These were made for presentation on TV so why not dig them out now, clear up the rights and present these? |
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