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| Craig Bierko in MUSIC MAN -- not an UNKNOWN, but also not a NAME | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:15 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
| In reply to: was Bierko "unknown to almost everyone"? And did he score? - Chazwaza 05:56 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
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| I had seen Bierko in a couple of movies and on a few TV shows so he wasn't completely unknown, but definitely not a name that would sell tickets. He was just a fairly good actor from TV and movies making his Broadway debut. I thought his blatant imitation of Robert Preston was a shockingly bad idea. He imitated his voice, his phrasing, his movements, everything. Frankly I've never seen anything like it in a major Broadway production. He definitely got some criticism in some reviews (see The TheaterMania Guide to Musical Theater Recordings), but I don't remember everything that was written about his performance. The show itself, Stroman's direction and choreography, Rebecca Luker's performance, and the rest of the cast were highly praised. The show ran 1 year and 9 months, which was respectable, but it did not recoup, probably because it was expensive to run. I hated Bierko's performance so much in The Music Man that I waited until after he departed to see the show, which I did love. That said, I still think he's a decent actor. I've seen him in small roles, mostly on TV. In everything I have seen of his post-Music Man work, he has put his own stamp on the roles. |
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| re: Craig Bierko in MUSIC MAN -- not an UNKNOWN, but also not a NAME | |
| Last Edit: Roman 08:11 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| Posted by: Roman 08:11 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| In reply to: Craig Bierko in MUSIC MAN -- not an UNKNOWN, but also not a NAME - BroadwayTonyJ 07:15 pm EST 02/14/22 | |
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| You hated his performance so much that you waited u til after he left to see this show? You either saw him or you didn’t. But if you didn’t, why’d you hate it? | |
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| re: Craig Bierko in MUSIC MAN -- not an UNKNOWN, but also not a NAME | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 08:51 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:45 am EST 02/15/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Craig Bierko in MUSIC MAN -- not an UNKNOWN, but also not a NAME - Roman 08:11 am EST 02/15/22 | |
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| I saw Bierko perform numbers from the show on various TV programs and bought the revival cast recording -- he usually did "Trouble" or "76 Trombones" on TV. He imitated Preston on every single number on the album (and gets excoriated for doing so by the TheaterMania critic). That was enough for me to decide I hated what he was doing. I finally saw The Music Man revival on stage in the fall of 2001 and loved everything about it. | |
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