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| re: Changes to MY FAIR LADY that were and weren't made for the most recent Broadway production | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 09:40 am EST 03/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Changes to MY FAIR LADY that were and weren't made for the most recent Broadway production - JereNYC 09:34 am EST 03/09/21 | |
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| The best portrayal of Eliza that I've ever seen came in a Los Angeles production of Pygmalion with Robert Stephens and Roberta Maxwell. Her Eliza was tough as nails. Her essence didn't change by the end, only her manners and speech. When she said "she shouldn't mind a black eye" you felt she would give one back. She was ready to fight! It was a most unsentimental version and, I think, close to what Shaw intended. | |
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| Lucky you! | |
| Posted by: portenopete 10:59 am EST 03/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Changes to MY FAIR LADY that were and weren't made for the most recent Broadway production - Billhaven 09:40 am EST 03/09/21 | |
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| What a pairing! I have been lucky to see Roberta Maxwell play Rosalind and Lady M. and the wife in Tartuffe at the Stratford Festival (Ontario) and she was wonderful! She is still wonderful today, as she showed in the Richard Nelson trilogy most recently. Perhaps it's good she never became a big star because she has been "our secret" as a stellar stage actress. (Despite her turn as Mrs. Oyl in Robert Altman's trippily-weird Popeye movie.) I wonder how much Shaw she has done? I know she played Vivie Warren at the Shaw Festival (opposite Kate Reid). |
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| re: Lucky you! | |
| Posted by: larry13 11:11 am EST 03/09/21 | |
| In reply to: Lucky you! - portenopete 10:59 am EST 03/09/21 | |
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| I've had the good fortune to see this marvelous actress a few times onstage over the decades. I just wonder how many people who may not have or not be as familiar with her work HAVE seen "Brokeback Mountain." It is she as Jack's mother in the heartbreaking end, sharing a memorable scene with Heath Ledger. | |
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| re: Changes to MY FAIR LADY that were and weren't made for the most recent Broadway production | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 09:55 am EST 03/09/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Changes to MY FAIR LADY that were and weren't made for the most recent Broadway production - Billhaven 09:40 am EST 03/09/21 | |
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| ***When she said "she shouldn't mind a black eye" you felt she would give one back. *** That sounds like a very interesting approach, and one that would make the line work better. As I noted in another post, I have always thought of Eliza as a very admirable character in terms of her toughness, resilience, and intelligence -- even WITH the original ending of the musical (and the PYGMALION film), which so many people now consider unacceptable :-) |
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