| re: to be fair, Hello Dolly vs Music Man | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 06:23 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 06:20 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
| In reply to: to be fair, Hello Dolly vs Music Man - Chazwaza 06:08 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
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| Dolly Levi is a lot easier to cast; it lends itself to quite a number of actresses. Harold Hill is really difficult, on the order of Mame (to use another of Jerry Herman's shows) in terms of certain acting abilities and qualities the characters require. The song "Hello, Dolly!" was a popular hit, played at weddings, bar mitzvahs and of course over the airwaves via Louis Armstrong and other covers by other artists. "The Music Man" had a famous cover of "Till There Was You" by the Beatles, though I don't know if it charted very high, compared to some of their other hits. Plus "76 Trombones" became well-known and played at parades and other places quite frequently. Barbershop quartets and a cappella groups sure did and do "Lida Rose and yes, "It's You" quite a lot. I personally think "Hello, Dolly!" has some terrific numbers and some functional but enjoyable numbers that work in the show. But "The Music Man" is really a better score all around and among its wonderful use of counterpoint and pre-rap patter songs, really rather amazing and kind of avant garde, strange but true to say. But big stars like Dick van Dyke got bad reviews and now even Hugh Jackman mixed ones, so it's a much harder leading role to cast satisfactorily. | |
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