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| re: "Putting It Together" and "Victor/Victoria" were in the mid 90s. | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 09:32 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:28 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
| In reply to: re: "Putting It Together" and "Victor/Victoria" were in the mid 90s. - JereNYC 04:11 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| I do fondly remember the Forbidden Broadway parody of Murphy called "I Whistle A Sondheim Tune" that had her performing Anna as if she were Fosca. Very funny. I'm not so sure Murphy would have "saved" V/V. I tend to think that Andrews' casting was really the only compelling thing about the show. But really, the source film was a lot of fun - not by any means perfect, but a lot of fun - and I think that should have been the end of the story. True, though, that even the show's one saving grace was not up to the vocal demands of the role at that point - I remember that the amazing ease with which she negotiated that iconic upward slide at the end of "Le Jazz Hot" in the film (unless that was "helped" technologically?) was gone in the stage show - the break going up was much more noticeable. She was inevitably competing against her own performance in the film - and the film won that battle. I do remember that the Times review gave Edwards damning "praise," saying "When it comes to writing and staging a multi-million-dollar Broadway show, one that's based on his own hit movie, he's still a master of film comedy." Ouch. |
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| Robert Preston | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 12:03 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: "Putting It Together" and "Victor/Victoria" were in the mid 90s. - Chromolume 09:28 pm EST 02/11/21 | |
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| I do not recall his exact words, but Robert Preston had been asked to take Victor/Victoria to Broadway by and with Blake and Julie and turned them down flat. He articulated his reasons in a NY Times interview (I may be wrong about the source, but I doubt it). He seemed to see it as their vanity project and one likely to pale next to La Cage, which was a huge hit when they first approached him. He did not seem to think either of them knew what they were doing. It took a long time for the show to materialize. La Cage was gone by then, but so was whatever bloom the rose once potentially held. A shame on many levels. |
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| re: Robert Preston | |
| Posted by: larry13 12:26 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: Robert Preston - TheOtherOne 12:03 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| For all the talent displayed in the film by Andrews, Edwards and several others, I happen to believe it is Preston's magnificent performance that makes "Victor/Victoria" so good. Take him out and what's left is just O.K. Also, Preston turned down the offer(s)to revive "Music Man." Unlike many another star, he didn't care to keep doing what he had already done(so brilliantly)on stage and film. |
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| re: Robert Preston | |
| Posted by: TheOtherOne 05:18 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Robert Preston - larry13 12:26 pm EST 02/12/21 | |
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| Fortunately he welcomed the chance to recreate Harold Hill on film, and by all accounts he approached it as though he had never done it before. Shirley Jones said he never treated it as something he knew already at all. | |
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