And it deserved to flop. It wasn't funny or amusing. Even with Lansbury, it didn't work. I saw it at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Two days after seeing it I ran into Joanna Gleason who played one of the family members. I mentioned I'd just seen the show. She looked up at me with those beautiful childlike eyes and said, "I've just been fired." I felt terrible for her yet as it ended up they were doing her a favor.
