| re: Why was Victor/Victoria "egregiously overlooked" | |
| Posted by: Jnf663 08:53 am EDT 07/15/22 | |
| In reply to: Why was Victor/Victoria "egregiously overlooked" - bobby2 11:13 pm EDT 07/14/22 | |
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| The short answer is that it sucked. Blake Edwards had wanted to do it on stage as early as 1984, and had even approached Robert Preston about reprising his role as Toddy. In an interview with The Washington Post that year, Preston said the following: "I think they're so ill-advised. Blake and Julie assumed, because we were such a family when we made that film, that I'd do the Broadway show. They were astounded and almost heartbroken, when I said I didn't want to. We're almost enemies now. Well, no. Julie's envious of me. I don't think she wants to do it all that badly. But she's married to the man. It will cost -- I got the figures from the Nederlanders producers at the Tonys -- $5.5 million. There is no picture sale. It's already been done. How they ever expect to recoup those costs, I don't know. I told Blake, when he first approached me, that I wanted to see a book. He said, 'We can't have a book ready before you sign.' I said to him, 'All you have to do is tell me you're going to do a movie and I'll do it. But I know the Broadway theater and I want to see a book. We can't end the musical the way we ended the movie.' Hell, the movie didn't end, I did this phony drag scene and they just rolled the credits over me. But Blake couldn't tell me what would replace it. It's just this big ego trip for him. I hope to hell they don't go through with it." Thank god he didn't live to see the musical that they ultimately put on stage. To this day, "Paris Makes Me Horny" is still the worst song I've ever seen on a Broadway stage. |
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