| 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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