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| I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 11:25 am EDT 07/01/20 | |
| In reply to: I don't disagree, but I do wonder if... - MockingbirdGirl 09:49 am EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| It was nice seeing him as he hadn't done Broadway for many years and was a rarity; he was professional and all, but I don't remember too much about the production. I guess it didn't make that much of an impression on me, nor on many others, since no one else has brought it up. There was also one with Don Ameche, which I didn't see, but apparently he was having difficulty with his lines and had to be replaced, though I don't recall by whom. | |
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| re: I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:00 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
| In reply to: I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago - PlayWiz 11:25 am EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| The production with Newman was a very mixed bag. But it was the first time I'd seen Our Town onstage, although I had first read it when I was 10 or so and had always loved it. Anyway, even though it was a hot ticket and it was sold out, somehow there was an empty seat next to me, even though I had lucked into a fourth- or fifth-row center seat when a friend had an extra ticket for the performance he was attending. I was glad that the seat to my left was empty because I cried so much during the last act that I was afraid I would have disturbed anyone sitting to my left. I was really having to restrain myself from sobbing to a degree that might have been audible to others beyond the friend on my right. I think I succeeded but it was tough. | |
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| re: I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 12:42 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
| In reply to: I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago - PlayWiz 11:25 am EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| Don Ameche replaced Spalding Gray in the Lincoln Center production in the 88-89 season. I've never heard he struggled with lines, although he was 81. According to IBDB he replaced on March 21 and the show closed April 2 | |
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| re: I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:55 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I saw the "Our Town" with Paul Newman some years ago - andPeggy 12:42 pm EDT 07/01/20 | |
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| At least two critics reviewed Ameche in the Times and both said that he was struggling with the lines. Howard Kissel saw his first performance, and Mel Gussow saw him at the Saturday matinee that week. Gussow seemed more bothered by Ameche's struggle with the lines than Kissel, suggesting that perhaps he did not get better (or possibly even got worse) during the week. Also, I have a friend who has long worked at Lincoln Center. He was working there even back then, and I believe he told me that Ameche just could not learn the lines with any degree of security, and that the problem wasn't really getting better. | |
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