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| I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) | |
| Posted by: Ann 01:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| I agree, I'm surprised (I can see ryhog's reasoning, but the show was built to be an event with Jackman and people paid accordingly). I'm sure his understudy (is it 30-year-old Max Clayton?) will be welcomed by those in the theater, because there is warranted good will toward understudies right now. |
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| re: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) | |
| Posted by: FrenchDip 04:21 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) - Ann 01:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| Max Clayton is the standby but he just announced on his Instagram that he also has Covid. Sean Montgomery is the understudy and will presumably be going on. |
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| Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: AC126748 04:00 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) - Ann 01:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| Ann, I assume you included Max Clayton's age for a reason, so I have to ask: how old do people think Harold Hill and Marion Paroo should be? To my mind, 53-year-old Hugh Jackman and 46-year-old Sutton Foster are much older than I envision the characters. Ideally, they should both be in their early 30s. Preston was 39 and Cook 30 when the original opened. |
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| Posted by: AlanScott 01:10 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: Ages and these characters - AC126748 04:00 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| I think we discussed this stuff here years ago, and I may have written some of this then. I know that I have posted the general stuff I am posting below in other places in the past. The published script gives Mrs. Paroo's age as 40. As noted in a post below, Pert Kelton was 50 when the original production opened. The script says that Winthrop is 10. Eddie Hodges was 10 when the original production opened. Ron Howard was 7 when the movie was being made, and with Kelton a few years older by that time, it does seem unlikely in the movie that she could be his mother, especially since Kelton reads to us now as being at least her age. But we were supposed to not think about that or suspend disbelief if we did think about it. In the footbridge scene, Harold guesses that Marian is 26. If Marian is 26 or so, and Mrs. Paroo is 40, then it may be that Mrs. Paroo was married at 14. Legal in many states at that time, although if she was pregnant when she got married, perhaps a bit of a scandal to those who knew. But this is thinking more than I think the creators intended us to think. Anyway, they cast a 50-year-old Mrs. Paroo, not too old to have a 10-year-old son and not too young to have been a perfectly respectable age when she had a daughter who is now 26. The theory that Marian is Winthrop's mother, which people have been talking about since at least as long ago as the 1970s and probably back in 1958, seems to me easily dismissed (although someone who sometimes posts here argued with me once about this, insisting that Marian was Winthrop's mother). If this were the case, lots of people in town would know it. You can't hide something like that. You can try, but this is a small town in which everybody knows everyone else's business. If the family takes a trip for six months or nine months or a year, and when they come back, there is Winthrop, and they tell the townspeople he is Mrs. Paroo's son, who would believe it? No one. Can we believe that when Mrs. Shinn and the other ladies try to turn Harold against Marian, telling him she used her womanly wiles with old miser Madison, they would not tell him or at least strongly imply that Winthrop was Marian's out-of-wedlock son? I can't believe that. Again, this is overthinking in ways that the creators probably never expected anyone to do, but that theory is out there and has been for decades. If the roles are cast with performers who look appropriate ages, there should be no problem. If the creators had especially cared or expected us to think about these kinds of questions, they would not have cast 79-year-old Helen Raymond as Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn. The script says Eulalie is 50. Given that she has both a 16-year-old daughter and a younger one, 50 is certainly plausible. 79 is not. Hermione Gingold was 62 or so when the movie was being made. 62 is not very plausible since the yonger daughter, Gracie, is probably 12--14. Yet I never hear anyone wonder if the Shinns employed a surrogate. :) Oh, yes. Jane Houdyshell is 68. And Marie Mullen, as noted by a poster below, is also 68. Not a problem if onstage they look 50ish, even 55, but do they? But it is theatre, and this show is not exactly realism. Still, I bet people are going to wonder if Marian is Winthrop's mother much more than they did in 1957, and not just because we perhaps think that way more now. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:41 am EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - AlanScott 01:10 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| My mom had her first kid in 1970 and her last kid in 1990. So it happens. | |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: jeffef 01:32 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - AlanScott 01:10 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| When I first saw the movie the Music Man, I was totally confused by Marion being Winthrop‘s sister. But I just went along with it, one of my favorite all-time musicals. It still doesn’t make sense to me when I see any production. So I say, whatever. Can’t wait to see it in May. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 11:12 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - jeffef 01:32 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| There ia 20-years age difference between Jones and Howard. Certainly not too much for them to have the same parents, but I think something so much less common by the early 1960s than it was perhaps in earlier times. Especially if the Paroos are Catholic, we can easily imagine a backstory of Mrs. Paroo having had upwards of ten children. We may imagine a tragic history of stillborns and children who died before reaching adulthood in that time of high childhood and teeenage mortality. Of course, that is making the show much more serious, but we know that Willson started with something more serious in mind. Now I start to wonder if there was more backstory in the early drafts. One days perhaps I will read the McHugh book. If we saw or heard references to other children of Mrs. Paroo between Marian and Winthrop, it would perhaps have lessened all this talk of Winthrop being Marian's son. :) It need not all have been as tragic as what I suggested above. Most of them might simply have moved away from intolerant River City. The gay twin brothers, for example, realized they would be happier in a bigger city. Joking, but only sort of. In any case, simply a mention of other siblings who had moved away would help it make more sense to us nowadays. And perhaps in 1957, it was more easily understood that such families were not uncommon, especially in earlier decades but certainly still even in the 1950s and in New York City, with lots of huge Irish Catholic families with children who were 20 years apart in age or even more. I see a new Spielberg film version of The Music Man with a Tony Kushner screenplay providing backstory, including the gay twin brothers who moved to New York. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Last Edit: Ann 08:08 am EST 12/30/21 | |
| Posted by: Ann 08:06 am EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - AlanScott 11:12 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| It's also possible they had one child and thought that would be it, then have a surprise when Mrs. Paroo was in her forties (not late fifties, but...) I had a friend who was the older sister in a similar situation, but they were only twelve years apart (twin surprises in that situation). To me, it's possible, but I think it's odd he decided to write it that way. There could be other ways to have a young boy in the house (orphaned nephew or cousin, etc.) I hope there is some explanation on the thinking. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:55 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - Ann 08:06 am EST 12/30/21 | |
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| Sorry it has taken me a few days to reply, Ann. This does happen to me a lot nowadays, when I manage to reply at all. Of course, a number of years between siblings (with no others in between) happens, but it does seem as if one reason why people see something suspicious in the Paroo family is because of the 16-20 (or more) years difference in age, depending on the production, that there appears to be between Winthrop and Marian. After I posted a few days ago, I remembered something in the dialogue that could be cited as evidence by those wanting to make the case that Marian is Winthrop's mother but perhaps I shouldn't mention it, especially since it tears down one point I cited in making the case that she is not. :) I feel like Perry Mason. Anyway, it certainly would not have been odd in that time for there to have been children between Marian and Winthrop, children who have either died or moved away, or some of both. There is a much bigger improbability in the script that no one ever mentions, perhaps because it was changed in the movie: the library being open till what seems to be around midnight on the Fourth of July. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: Ann 02:50 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - AlanScott 01:55 pm EST 01/06/22 | |
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| There is a much bigger improbability in the script that no one ever mentions, perhaps because it was changed in the movie: the library being open till what seems to be around midnight on the Fourth of July. What else is there to do when they don't want you to play pool? :) Thanks as always, Alan, for adding facts and invaluable insight. Seems that something could have been included in the book to prevent viewers from thinking about the age difference between Marian and Winthrop, but maybe they didn't think about it. Hope you get to check the McHugh book. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 01:36 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 01:25 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - Ann 08:06 am EST 12/30/21 | |
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| From the Mexican-American wing of my family, my niece's husband Roberto is 42 and his biological sister Jeanette is 20. Their father emigrated to Texas from Mexico in the early 80's as a migrant farm worker. Their mother wasn't able to gain entrance to the U.S. until the late 1990's. My entire family is Catholic. I knew an older couple (now deceased) who were also migrant workers in the 80's and friends of Roberto's parents. When they were in their late 40's, they adopted the baby of another migrant worker, who was unmarried, a close friend, and died in childbirth. The baby was named Santos, who today is 44. His older siblings are in their late 60's and early 70's. Winthrop could easily have been the child of a close friend or relative of Mrs. Paroo. She could have disclosed the child's origin to the denizens of River City or she could have chosen not to. I think that would have been quite possible at the turn of the century. |
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| re: Ages and these characters | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:36 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Ages and these characters - AlanScott 11:12 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| The gay twin brothers, for example, realized they would be happier in a bigger city. I normally wouldn't go here, but could Winthrop have inherited their lithpths? :-) |
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| But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: dramedy 05:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: Ages and these characters - AC126748 04:00 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| And Marion is his sister. So that ties her age younger—can she be 30 years older than her brother? I can see a big difference in age between Marion and Harold and the show still working. | |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 07:17 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: But Winthrop is a kid - dramedy 05:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| One of my nephews is in his late 40s and he has an 8 year old brother. | |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 07:52 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - KingSpeed 07:17 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| By the same mother? | |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 12:21 am EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - Singapore/Fling 07:52 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 01:31 am EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - KingSpeed 12:21 am EST 12/29/21 | |
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| That’s a different situation, then. Is there any indication in the play that Marian’s widowed mother isn’t Winthrop’s birth mother? Somehow, I think not. Which then brings up another thorny question with this revival: we’re supposed to believe that Marie Mullen (aged 68) gave birth ten years ago, in 1902? Not impossible, but very unlikely (per Wikipedia, there are 3 documented cases of women aged 50 giving birth in the 19th Century). But I don’t think this revival is trying to make sense. |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 09:11 am EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - Singapore/Fling 01:31 am EST 12/29/21 | |
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| Or perhaps they're assuming that people aren't googling the performers' real ages and then doing math in their seats. Personally, I'm willing to suspend my disbelief... especially given that both Jackman and Foster easily play younger than their actual ages. |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: andPeggy 12:24 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - MockingbirdGirl 09:11 am EST 12/29/21 | |
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| I agree that Jackman and Foster play younger, but Marie Mullen (Mrs. Paroo) very much looks her age at 68. For her to have a 10 year old child ... Unless, we believe that Winthrop is the love child of Marian and Old Miser Madison being raised as her brother to avoid scandal. Old Miser Madison leaving all the library books to Marian was his way of securing her future and the future of their child. J/K (kinda) |
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| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 02:35 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - andPeggy 12:24 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| Yes, you the nail on the head, in terms of the age Mullen presents as - if they had put Houdyshell in this role, I would more easily suspend disbelief, even though she’s the same age as Mullen. And your backstory might not be what’s happening in Music Man, but it does form the basis for a significant storyline in another musical that references the Golden Age (being a bit vague to avoid spoiling). | |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: mikem 12:40 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - andPeggy 12:24 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| If Marie Mullen does not appear on stage to be someone who could plausibly be the biologic mother of a 10-year-old (and a 68-year-old in that time period is not plausible), that's interesting casting, especially since Mullen is extremely talented but not a box office draw. To cast her seems to indicate that the audience is not supposed to believe that she is the biologic mother of Winthrop. I have not seen the production and I do not know what the production wants us to believe instead. |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: Ann 05:37 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - mikem 12:40 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| She had to plausibly be the mother of Winthrop and a woman however old you think Sutton Foster. Or it's all fun and not plausible. |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:06 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - Ann 05:37 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| I've always had trouble keeping in mind that Mrs. Paroo is not Winthrop's grandmother - even when I know that's not the case. It's the same with Annie Get Your Gun - very tough to remember that the kids are Annie's siblings, not her own kids. I wonder if it also may be because Mrs. Paroo is usually played with at least a bit of an Irish accent - making her seem more "old world" than her very American-sounding daughter, and in a cast where no one else really ever seems to have foreign accents. That's fact shouldn't be related to age, but somehow it does always give me the impression that Mrs. Paroo is more grandmotherly. It probably also doesn't help that we tend to make a pair out of Winthrop and Amaryllis much more than we really see Winthrop and Marian being brother and sister. |
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| The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. | |
| Posted by: Delvino 07:09 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - Ann 05:37 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| This counter narrative that Marian is Winthrop's birth mother will never leave us. But it seems unlikely that this production, conceived like the successful Dolly to restore the vestiges of a golden era of musical theater, would be working with an entirely subtextural piece of origin story revision. In other words, seeking an older Mrs. Paroo to tell the audience that Marian had a child with the departed town miser seems a leap. They want us to think "He left all of the books to her," and with child? And this Foster Marian operates with that level of deception? I don't see the Jackman-Zaks collaboration enforcing such a subterranean plot revelation. But this exposes the original sketch of the character. Fun to read anyway. "Marian’s character sketch is seven pages long and gives a ton of backstory; however, it lists her name as Marian Maddy and is very evidently an early draft. Her last name is Maddy here because Old Miser Madison was originally her father, who then left her his books. Despite being an early draft, some details ring true for the final version of the character: “Marian might easily have succumbed to a life of quiet desperation had she not had Melvin Maddy’s legacy of books…These books were Marian’s life and the substance of her dreams.” |
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| Link | WHAT YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MARIAN THE LIBRARIAN |
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| re: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. | |
| Last Edit: jo 11:07 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| Posted by: jo 11:05 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. - Delvino 07:09 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| Thanks for the link. It also gave the link on the character notes for Harold Hill, especially on Page Six of the Hill notes. Quite a different look - and makes sense as to how some have described Jackman's interpretation of the role. |
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| re: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. | |
| Posted by: Ann 07:31 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. - Delvino 07:09 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| "... Marian had a child with the departed town miser seems a leap" Sadder but wiser indeed. |
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| re: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 01:40 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
| In reply to: re: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. - Ann 07:31 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| Willson had a lot of problems fleshing out Marian's character. Towards the end of rewrites he realized that he had based the character on his mother. Marian as Winthrop's birth mother is an idea of people with too much time on their hands. | |
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| re: The Marian-as-birth-mother argument lives on. | |
| Posted by: Ann 02:22 pm EST 12/30/21 | |
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| It doesn't take that much time to have the thought. | |
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| re: But Winthrop is a kid | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 01:27 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: re: But Winthrop is a kid - mikem 12:40 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
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| Oh, the shame of it. Could Marian be someone in the Hester Prynne category? | |
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| Last Edit: Delvino 11:38 am EST 12/29/21 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 11:33 am EST 12/29/21 | |
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| I agree. Pert Kelton (born 1907) was 50 when she played Mrs. Paroo, with Cook 30. But in fairness, 50 in 1957 was viewed as a much older, particularly for a woman (and Music Man was a decade plus before a play called Forty Carats painted women ten years younger as potentially past-it, romance-wise). It's always made sense for these roles to be cast older in our era. I'm more interested in how much agency Marian has always had, the smartest person in town who doesn't give a damn about her reputation, who keeps the big secret to save her brother and community, and doesn't sell out helping a conman find unexpected redemption. It's one reason the show still works: the women in it aren't objectified or only a reflection of male needs. Marian is a remarkably dimensional female character, and in light of her life experiences, in 2021 it makes reasonable sense to see her closer to Foster's age. And Foster decidedly reads far younger anyway. |
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| Last Edit: PlayWiz 04:45 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 04:37 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| It's because they are stars nowadays that the public knows their ages, splattered all over the internet and articles about show biz. It really depends on how these characters look on stage, not their chronological age. I'm not addressing this to you, but there are some people who harp on actors' ages in some cases because they themselves haven't lucked into or otherwise achieved that success (or gotten the roles) that those other people have (either deservedly or not) and use that as a pole to beat them with figuratively. If they look the part and can do the part, that's fine. There are variations: Robert Preston didn't look like Tyrone Power or John Payne or one of the movie studios' glamour boys or heroes back then, but as a leading character actor with sex appeal he was a brilliant Harold Hill. Also, I love Mary Martin as Peter Pan who even on tv was able to appear more youthful than her years. I have more of an issue, for example, with a Marian possibly belting some songs that were written for a legit soprano's voice which should be sung lyrically, which i wrote more about down in a previous thread. I'm not paying these prices for this or any show, but suspect some excerpts will show up on tv show performances at some point. | |
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| Last Edit: Ann 04:26 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| Posted by: Ann 04:22 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| I added it mostly because I thought people might wonder. Opposite Foster (if that happens), it may add a different dimension than with Jackman. Of course, she's been playing her age passing for 14 years younger on TV for several years. And of course #2, I'm sure it doesn't matter for this show. Edit: and never mind, he has COVID. Sean Montgomery is almost 37, if anyone is wondering. |
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| Posted by: Guillaume 02:32 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) - Ann 01:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| I'm surprised they don't have a "semi-name" actor standing by for Jackman. Like even Jefferson Mays, who is already in the company. Someone the general public knows. | |
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| re: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) | |
| Posted by: schlepper 06:00 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| You think the general public knows Jefferson Mays? The average theatergoer doesn't know Jefferson Mays! | |
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| re: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) | |
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| That's true, Mays might be quite fine, since Harold Hill is actually a star character part; prior to his success in "The Music Man", Robert Preston had done Broadway, but was mostly known as a film character actor, usually specializing in villains. TCM recently showed a film noir of his, "Cloudburst", where his character is seeking revenge for the death of his spouse -- extremely different from anything happening in River City. | |
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| Jefferson Mays? | |
| Posted by: seeseveryshow 02:40 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| Does Mays dance? Really dance? This new Music Man dances throughout. It’s an enormous dance role requiring fitness, stamina and weeks of rehearsal. The business with the suitcase and the hat and cane is tricky stuff. Let Max Clayton do it (he is the standby) before reassigning other cast members. Mays is terrific if not perfect as Mayor Shinn. He is not Harold Hill. |
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| re: It doesn't have to be Jefferson Mays - how about a star like - | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 09:12 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| I'm sure the understudy and/or standby is quite fine and well-rehearsed (or at least shadowing the moves in the rehearsal room) in all the dances and business, though many times these shows fill understudies with chorus members, so quite possibly filled by a young leading man, who isn't quite Harold Hill either. In any case, I hope Mr. Jackman gets well soon. | |
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| re: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 01:52 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| John Hill (Jackman's understudy) got death threats whenever it was rumored or announced that Jackman would be out of The Boy from Oz. The production ended up canceling all performances on Jackman's days off during the show's run. Jackman then never missed a performance despite suffering some very painful injuries including hairline foot fractures. | |
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| re: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 01:39 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) - Ann 01:36 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| They were available during the original run of "A Little Night Music"! | |
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| Center Orch Tix are Still $699 | |
| Posted by: Clancy 01:53 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: re: I'll take one of those $2 tickets :) - PlayWiz 01:39 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| A quick scan of the shows while Jackman is out shows they are still selling center orchestra front for $699. Wonder if that will continue. | |
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| A steal at $345 on TKTS. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 02:01 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 01:56 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
| In reply to: Center Orch Tix are Still $699 - Clancy 01:53 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| I believe they'll eventually cancel January 1-6. The situation is fluid. They're honoring the dates now, in the spirit of honoring covers. But no one would've expected people to pay Midler prices to see her standby. I'm not talking about Murphy. | |
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| UPDATE: Music Man goes dark until January 6; no Hill understudy performances | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 06:59 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 06:58 pm EST 12/29/21 | |
| In reply to: A steal at $345 on TKTS. - Delvino 01:56 pm EST 12/28/21 | |
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| Just learned that I called this. We won't be seeing Jackman's understudy after all. "Performances of Broadway’s The Music Man are cancelled through January 5, 2022. We will return on January 6. We wish you a safe and happy New Year." |
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| Link | https://twitter.com/MusicManBway/status/1476329376442638345?s=20 |
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