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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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