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| re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb | |
| Posted by: dbdbdb 05:19 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb - Unhookthestars 03:23 am EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Goodspeed did it in 1980, with a cast that included Joe Masiell and Marilyn Cooper. But I haven't of any in more recent times. I wonder if Kander and Ebb were happy to leave it alone. IIRC, Ebb has some scathing things to say about it in William Goldman's The Season. | |
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| re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:09 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb - dbdbdb 05:19 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| It was revised for the 1980 Goodspeed production, restoring four cut songs and with the book reworked (possibly just to a pre-Broadway version). The authors brought it back to something like what they wanted it to be originally. It got some good reviews, although Rich in the Times give it the kind of mixed reviews that I am sure killed any hope of a move to New York. In 2008, the show was done at Signature in Arlington. I think it was the revised version. |
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| Signature's THE HAPPY TIME | |
| Posted by: Erik_Haagensen 01:13 pm EDT 06/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb - AlanScott 08:09 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| I saw the 2008 Signature Theatre production of THE HAPPY TIME, and I thought it was terrific. It was definitely a revised version from the Broadway one, with some different songs and book changes, though I don't remember the details now. It was also quite intimate, being done in Signature's smaller space. I remember in particular David Margulies being brilliant in the David Wayne role of Grandpere Bonnard. Michael Unger's direction was sterling. | |
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| re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb | |
| Posted by: den 07:32 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb - dbdbdb 05:19 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| I love the score to The Happy Time. I saw the original when I was maybe 14 years old; it resonated with me then and it remains one of my favorite theatrical memories. I think I’ve owned the OBC recording in every incarnation — vinyl, cassette, cd. | |
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| re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb | |
| Last Edit: Unhookthestars 08:03 pm EDT 06/17/22 | |
| Posted by: Unhookthestars 07:59 pm EDT 06/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: “The Happy Time” — Kander & Ebb - den 07:32 pm EDT 06/16/22 | |
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| Thanks for the replies, everyone! From the reviews I've read of the Broadway original as well as those of the Goodspeed and Signature productions -- a weak book wedded to a charming score -- it looks like this would be a perfect Encores show. | |
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