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| Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| Roller skating is having a new renaissance. I know Starlight express and Xanadu had actors on roller skates. Any others? and a do you think it's time for a Xandadu return to Bdway? David |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: sf-gjm 05:00 pm EDT 07/17/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| When the Ann Miller/Mickey Rooney SUGAR BABIES had its pre-Broadway tryout in San Francisco, there was a roller skating number which the reviewers singled out as being problematic. The number featured the female ensemble; the leads were not on skates. It was removed from the show within days of opening night. | |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: JAllenC3 10:07 am EDT 07/16/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| Urinetown had Little Sally on roller skates for a scene | |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: gobohobo 09:48 am EDT 07/16/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| James Rado wrote a musical entitled THE RAINBOW RAINBEAM RADIO ROADSHOW (also known as RAINBOW) that opened Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theater in December 1972. The musical was a sequel of sorts to HAIR with a character called Man who was killed in the Vietnam War and who now lives in Rainbow land. I distinctly recall one number in which the cast were on roller skates. |
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| Street Scene | |
| Posted by: allineedisthegirl 08:34 am EDT 07/16/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| In the Kurt Weill/Langston Hughes musical/opera, Willie Murrant enters the first scene on roller skates. I don't remember if that happens in the Elmer Rice play. db |
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| "Nowhere to Go But Up" n/m | |
| Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 10:23 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| I’m an accident waiting to happen | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 08:41 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| The Drowsy Chaperone. Blindfolded! | |
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| The Band’s Visit | |
| Posted by: gad90210 08:42 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| Just one scene, but still. | |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: student_rush 08:33 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| In ROCKY, I’m pretty sure they were roller blading to mimic the look of ice skating at a rink. | |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: pecansforall 08:22 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| The Little Merman | |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: Billhaven 07:27 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| Funny Girl had a roller skating number which was cut before NYC. However, the Broadway logo is an upside down Brice/Streisand on roller skates. Of course, the movie featured her on skates. | |
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| re: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? | |
| Posted by: Snowysdad 07:25 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| And the World Goes Round, although the number that featured it was from The Rink, so maybe its already been incorporated into this stream. | |
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| NUNSENSE 2 | |
| Posted by: Maguire75 07:22 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| Not high art but it had a number with a roller skating nun! | |
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| The Rink (nm) | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:23 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: Roller skating on stage? Xanadu and Starlight? - davidack 06:09 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| THE RINK | |
| Posted by: shocktheatre 06:43 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: The Rink (nm) - MockingbirdGirl 06:23 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| THE RINK remains one of my most treasured Broadway outings. I saw it three times. I was of course completely aware of the talent involved, and I was more than gratified. To invite immediate scorn, I believe Liza deserved the Tony over Chita. I have always believed that. And after seeing Stockard Channing in Liza's role, well, there you go. Nothing against Stockard. But she could not get NEAR "All The Children In A Row." The ushers warned us to be kind. The audience was not. Dead silence............. |
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| re: THE RINK | |
| Posted by: davidack 09:43 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: THE RINK - shocktheatre 06:43 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| You got me excited to learn more about the show.. maybe it should come back | |
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| re: THE RINK | |
| Last Edit: shocktheatre 11:13 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| Posted by: shocktheatre 10:57 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
| In reply to: re: THE RINK - davidack 09:43 pm EDT 07/15/21 | |
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| It would be hard to duplicate the star power of the original (although I guess, not impossible). Also, that set was a work of art in itself. It should have won the Tony. | |
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