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| Last Edit: altonido 02:38 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| Posted by: altonido 02:35 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: PAL JOEY revisal - showtunetrivia 11:30 am EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| From the NY Times: "The production will be set in a Black community — the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s." Puts me in mind of "Pal Joey '78," presented by L.A. and S.F. Civic Light Opera, and starring Lena Horne, Clifton Davis, and Josephine Premice. Directed by Michael Kidd, revised book by Jerome Chodorov and Mark Bramble. Probably impossible to come up with a new Lena Horne for '22-'23, but we'll see. |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 10:22 am EDT 10/05/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - altonido 02:35 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| I saw that version and it was awful. However, I did get to see Bob Fosse play Joey at the City Center (with Eileen Heckart as Melba) and that remains a most treasured memory. | |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: westech 10:54 am EDT 10/05/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - Pokernight 10:22 am EDT 10/05/21 | |
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| Fosse was also the understudy, I believe, to Harold Lang in the acclaimed 1952 revival, which was the only revival to win the NY Drama Critics Circle Award as Best Musical. And it was the longest-running Broadway revival ever at that time. Really looking forward to this...it's such a great score and a sexy, smart story and I like the combination of co-directors. | |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 04:13 pm EDT 10/05/21 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 04:08 pm EDT 10/05/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - westech 10:54 am EDT 10/05/21 | |
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| Bob Fosse got a 1964 Best Actor Tony nomination for his performance in the ''Pal Joey'' at City Center. Also, that same season, the City Center Light Opera Company got a Tony nomination for its ''West Side Story.'' Does anyone know how the City Center got designated as a Tony-eligible theater back then and when did that stop? At the 1967 Tonys, director Jack Sydow and choreographer Danny Daniels were nominated for the City Center's ''Annie Get Your Gun.'' Since the original ''Annie'' predated the Tonys, wouldn't Ethel Merman, who reprised her role, have been eligible in 1967? ... Anyway, the Best Actress in a Musical nominees were Barbara Harris (''Apple Tree''), Lotte Lenya (''Cabaret''), Mary Martin (''I Do, I Do'') and Louise Troy (''Walking Happy''). |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 06:00 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - altonido 02:35 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| "Pal Joey '78" was mind-numbingly awful. Like Wayman down below, I've blocked much of it from my memory, but I do recall that somehow Lena got to sing "Zip," which like most of the production made no sense whatsoever. | |
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| re: PAL JOEY revisal | |
| Posted by: JereNYC (JereNYC@aol.com) 08:27 pm EDT 10/07/21 | |
| In reply to: re: PAL JOEY revisal - FleetStreetBarber 06:00 pm EDT 10/04/21 | |
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| The character of Vera Simpson sings "Zip!" in the film version of the show as well. I believe some lines were added to establish that she is a former stripper and, when she is asked to get up and do a number with the orchestra at a charity function, "Zip!" is what happens. I imagine that something similar might have been done to allow Horne to sing the song, either because they may have thought that people expected it, due to the film, or maybe simply because Horne wanted to do it. |
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