| 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. |
