| re: JUDY KAYE: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century? | |
| Posted by: Musicals54 04:28 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
| In reply to: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century? - bobby2 10:27 pm EDT 08/01/22 | |
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| On the Twentieth Century was directed but not produced by Hal Prince. He wanted to replace Kahn out of town with Judy Kaye. Robert Fryer was a notoriously cautious (note how nervous he was about Lansbury as Mame) and Kahn opened. She gave an opening night performance, but was determined not to work that hard again. Prince has said had Judy Kaye opened the show, she'd have become an overnight star (think Judy Holliday replacing Jean Arthur out of town in Born Yesterday) and the show would have been a smash hit. He was right. Kahn missed performances, Judy went on and killed. Kahn only wanted to do 7 perfs a week like Liza across the street. She made demands. Her bluff was called and that was that - but too late for the magic to happen. |
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