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| re: Green on THE MUSIC MAN | |
| Last Edit: KingSpeed 11:33 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 11:31 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Green on THE MUSIC MAN - Delvino 11:28 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
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| Yes and the people behind the 2018 production must be riding high. They got a rave in both the Times and NY Post reviews tonight. | |
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| Would love to have seen the one at Stratford | |
| Posted by: Genealley 11:44 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Green on THE MUSIC MAN - KingSpeed 11:31 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
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| It's a hard show to make work. I've seen several misses. Would love to see a hit! | |
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| re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:26 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford - Genealley 11:44 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
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| I didn't love it. It was fine but nothing revelatory. Darren Herbert is a phenomenal actor but didn't seem to be enjoying himself the night I saw it. Stratford has done three productions over the years and I preferred the Jonathan Goad and Dirk Lumbard productions. |
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| re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford | |
| Posted by: singleticket 12:08 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford - portenopete 02:26 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I very much liked the Susan H. Schulman/Jonathan Goad production as well. | |
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| re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford | |
| Posted by: portenopete 02:43 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford - singleticket 12:08 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I preferred that one. It didn't suffer from an excess of choreography. | |
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| re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford | |
| Posted by: Guillaume 11:24 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford - portenopete 02:43 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| The Schulman production had a lot of heart, humility and elegance. That's what she always manages to conjure in her productions. | |
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| This one I might miss | |
| Posted by: broadwaybacker 12:00 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: Would love to have seen the one at Stratford - Genealley 11:44 pm EST 02/10/22 | |
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| I saw the original in the late 50’s when Bert Parks played Hill, and saw the 2000 revival with Craig Bierko and Rebecca Luker that Strohman helmed. I think I’ll live with those memories. | |
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| The last B'way iteration worked for me, and many others. | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 08:08 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 08:06 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: This one I might miss - broadwaybacker 12:00 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I'll silently toast the Bierko-Luker teamwork. The show was beautifully realized, Bierko unafraid to go full Preston on line readings or lyric interpretation when it fit, bringing genuine sex appeal to the character as well, and the show was both reminted and preserved. (Full disclosure: friend in the company; I went a few times). I did not love the two Hill replacements, one adequate one miscast, but Luker was still so wonderfully real, the show was never less that satisfying. I grew to realize that Music Man is a show that must have a Marian of substance; when it does, the arc of the storytelling just pulls us along. It's a smart redemption tale with the wisest character on stage a midwestern woman in the early part of last century. Imagine that. Rather than old fashioned, Willson's view of character was clear-eyed. He knew much about the way small towns lean on women like Marian, even as gossip derides their agency and tries to strip them of power. If by default Foster becomes the center of this production, as at least three reviews suggest, it may serve my point. | |
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| re: The last B'way iteration worked for me, and many others. | |
| Posted by: bicoastal 03:50 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: The last B'way iteration worked for me, and many others. - Delvino 08:06 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I think this is one reason why the movie is so successful. Shirley Jones's Marian is strong, stalwart, yearning, and confused. I can only dream of seeing Barbara Cook in the role, but I think this is one of Shirley Jones's best performances; she is a great fit and delivers a wonderful Marian. | |
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| Here's Barbara Cook in "The Music Man" video | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 06:00 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:00 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The last B'way iteration worked for me, and many others. - bicoastal 03:50 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| from the "Bell Telephone Hour", granted not book scenes, but she was quite lovely, and of course, her gorgeous voice! | |
| Link | Barbara Cook "The Music Man" |
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| re: Here's Barbara Cook in "The Music Man" video | |
| Posted by: bicoastal 09:14 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: Here's Barbara Cook in "The Music Man" video - PlayWiz 06:00 pm EST 02/11/22 | |
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| Thanks! I have this on DVD, I love it. She is amazing in these TV performances. I've seen her in several early TV musicals (Bloomer Girl, Yeoman of the Guard) and it sure is a shame there's not a full record of her performance in The Music Man. | |
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| re: The last B'way iteration worked for me, and many others. | |
| Posted by: IvyLeagueDropout 10:44 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: The last B'way iteration worked for me, and many others. - Delvino 08:06 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| I also loved the Bierko Luker revival, on all fronts. Being a midwesterner myself, I always felt there was a reality about Marian in particular, but midwrsterners in general in the show. They (we) are by nature friendly, trusting and fundamentally optimistic. But not stupid. Willson pulls off writing the characters (at least the main characters) without writing them as cartoons. I will probably not see this Music Man (I'm not in NY anymore), but I will say this: regardless of other merits, hearing this score well played and sung makes for an enjoyable evening unto itself. If a production is otherwise good, that's a bonus. |
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| If you miss it…. | |
| Posted by: Roman 12:17 am EST 02/11/22 | |
| In reply to: This one I might miss - broadwaybacker 12:00 am EST 02/11/22 | |
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| ….you won’t miss a thing. | |
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