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| Posted by: pecansforall 02:24 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
| In reply to: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others - bobby2 12:23 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
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| This was a really good episode of Stars in the House. | |
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| re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others | |
| Last Edit: tandelor 08:35 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
| Posted by: tandelor 08:33 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others - pecansforall 02:24 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
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| One of the best of many excellent episodes. Especially interesting were their insights on Barbara Cook which they handled honestly but with extreme love and respect. As someone who felt Cook was the greatest singer of her generation I appreciated their insights. | |
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| re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others | |
| Posted by: showbuzz 02:57 pm EDT 08/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others - tandelor 08:33 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
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| I saw the last 2 performances in Stratford....and even as an acquaintance of Barbara Cook.....she was terribly miscast as Margaret White. Barbara could read the phone directory and make it extraordinary...this wasn't it. But the 3 most egreagious parts were Gene Anthony Ray horribly costumed and terribly directed...it wasn't FAME and he was still performing Billy as if he was still in FAME! 2.Terry Hands was woefully out of his league,Didn't understand American life and certainly not American teenagers......and his concept wasn't an American town...he set it on Mt Olympus!A fantasy.....One British review said 'Terry Hands trying to breathe Life into "CARRIE" was like Terry Hands rearranging the deck chairs on the TITANIC!"...3rd was the dancer/actor killing over blown choreography of Debbie Allen! Someone needed to remind her that this wasn't FAME either! I ran into Barbara Cook in London at an event w/Wally Harper while she was still in rehearsals and excitedly told her I was seeing her last 2 performances b4 America....Aghast she tried to talk me out of it.....she wasn't enjoying it. She also referred to it as the Honey! This is the MOOSE MURDERS of Musicals!" If you knew Barbara...she was witty and sassy and straight forward ....I loved our encounters. CARRIE had a lot of wonderful people trying their damndest!....I loved the score but this production was misguided! Lucklily it has found a place ...with time /although I miss things from the Original. No one talks about the half naked boys in leather acrobatically rolling around ....Barbara explained to me that they were the pigs..."pig blood!!! Ohhhhhhh! I thought the Stars In The House were kind to Barbara and avoided too much about Terry Hands (Thank God!) I can still see a lot of it in my head....just my 2cents |
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| re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others | |
| Posted by: bobby2 03:13 pm EDT 08/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others - showbuzz 02:57 pm EDT 08/16/20 | |
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| Mt. Olympus! I guess that comes from the famous story of how someone told him it should be like Grease (meaning the musical) and he thought they meant the country. | |
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| re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others | |
| Posted by: Delvino 01:58 pm EDT 08/16/20 | |
| In reply to: re: 1988 Carrie reunion with Betty Buckley, Seth Rudestsky and others - tandelor 08:33 am EDT 08/16/20 | |
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| Agree completely about the Cook discussion. They were respectful, but also able to articulate why it was such a bad fit. The show had been conceived for Buckley's voice (not usually mentioned; many people think she was a late idea), and then fell to Cook. When I saw the show and knew of the RSC run -- as we all did, it was much discussed -- I assumed Cook had been chosen because she had a slightly similar grativas to the great performance of Piper Laurie in the film. To my thinking, it was possible to watch Laurie and say "who in the musical theater has those qualities" And then, in a brainstorming session, come up with Cook. I've watched Cook footage, which is used in this, and her vocals were in every way powerful. It's a valid approach to Margaret, if not as theatrically sharp as the Buckley belt, which was unlike anything we'd heard. When they all fall back here, in tears, after "Eve..." I get it. I was there, and I remember how Buckley stopped the show, cold. | |
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