I saw a preview of the Broadway "Seven Brides" and knew it wasn't going to go over, although David Carroll's singing was notably gorgeous.
New York may have rejected the stage "Seven Brides," but London did not. "Seven Brides" had its London premiere at the Old Vic (transferring to the Prince of Wales) in 1985, with a West End revival in 2006 (both got cast recordings, which the NY production did not). Nine years later, "Seven Brides" was back in London, at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park.
And of course the stage version has had a healthy life in stock: Before the Broadway production, Jane Powell and Howard Keel bravely headed up a 1978 tour. And it has been seen everywhere from Goodspeed Opera House to St. Louis Muny to Paper Mill Playhouse. |
