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| How does it work when a woman plays the role? | |
| Posted by: JAllenC3 02:55 pm EDT 08/24/21 | |
| In reply to: In this day and age does it feel like something of a dated "gag"? - portenopete 10:27 am EDT 08/24/21 | |
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| Obviously the movie cut that part, but what about stage productions? I ask because I know Ali Ewoldt is currently playing it at the MUNY | |
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| The movie didn't cut the part. | |
| Posted by: StanS 05:30 pm EDT 08/25/21 | |
| In reply to: How does it work when a woman plays the role? - JAllenC3 02:55 pm EDT 08/24/21 | |
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| It was played by Christine Baranski. | |
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| re: The movie didn't cut the part. | |
| Last Edit: MockingbirdGirl 06:27 pm EDT 08/25/21 | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:23 pm EDT 08/25/21 | |
| In reply to: The movie didn't cut the part. - StanS 05:30 pm EDT 08/25/21 | |
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| "That part" in reference to the above conversation refers to the gender reveal, not the role. Because Mary was played by a woman, that part of the script was cut. | |
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| re: How does it work when a woman plays the role? | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 03:39 pm EDT 08/24/21 | |
| In reply to: How does it work when a woman plays the role? - JAllenC3 02:55 pm EDT 08/24/21 | |
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| It's been a while since I've seen CHICAGO, but Billy Flynn has some lines about not everything being as it seems and then Mary starts trilling, is defrocked, and then the actor takes the trill down a couple of octives for a moment. I have no idea how this moment would work with a woman in the role. I imagine it would be cut since there'd be no point. |
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| re: How does it work when a woman plays the role? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:33 pm EDT 08/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: How does it work when a woman plays the role? - JereNYC 03:39 pm EDT 08/24/21 | |
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| In the original Broadway production of Maurine Watkins' non-musical play Chicago, Mary Sunshine was played by the highly respected (and prolific) character actress Eda Heinemann. Heinemann actually had 40 Broadway credits from '08 to '63, including Ah, Wilderness! (as Lily Miller), Watch on the Rhine (as Anise), Goodbye, My Fancy (as Miss Shackleford), Arms and the Girl (as Prudence), Make a Wish (as Dr. Didier), Graham Greene's The Potting Shed (as Mrs. Potter), and Robert Anderson's Silent Night, Lonely Night (as Mae). In the '42 film version titled Roxie Hart, Mary Sunshine was played by Spring Byington. I've seen the film a few times. Byington's portrayal worked fine. |
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