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| but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 06:20 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
| In reply to: re: JUDY KAYE: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century? - Musicals54 04:28 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
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| I know Prince thought/said that... and maybe it was true (I wasn't quite born yet at the time)... but I also wonder if he was so frustrated and disappointed by Kahn's inconsistency that it provided a very good filter through which he saw the alternative, being Kaye. I've always heard Kaye was sensational. But I've *also* heard/read some say that actually, as good as Kaye was, she did lack the unique spark and color that a more specific and singular talent/personality/presence like Kahn brought to it. Of course, you can't sell a show to people 8 times a week (or even 3 times for that matter) without ever trusting the role will be performed fully by that singular type of star you took a chance on... and Kaye was clearly a better fit for a broadway run. But I'm not entirely convinced (as if it matters or anyone asked) that Hal was right that had Kaye opened the show she'd have become and overnight star or turned the show into a box office hit. | |
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| re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? | |
| Posted by: lanky 06:44 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
| In reply to: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? - Chazwaza 06:20 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
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| I saw Kaye and Kahn. Kahn was a star, even if she seemed somewhat distant or distracted at the performance I caught. Kaye performed it to the letter. But she was not, and is not, a star. At least from my seat. | |
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| re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? | |
| Posted by: Pokernight 06:34 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
| In reply to: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? - Chazwaza 06:20 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
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| Kaye is a Broadway star. It's been proven many times over. However, the camera was not a friend, so she has had no luck in film or TV. In addition to her many wonderful performances over the years, her Rizzo in GREASE was dynamite. | |
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| re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? | |
| Posted by: mlop 12:15 am EDT 08/06/22 | |
| In reply to: re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? - Pokernight 06:34 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
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| She definetly is a Broadway Star, She has won two Tony Awards one for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in 1988, and the other for NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT in 1988 both as featured, and was nominated for two others in MAMMA MIA, as featured in 2002 and for Lead in SOUVENIR in 2006 which she took on the road. She was brilliant as Queen Elizabeth in DIANA recently. Judy has also done CINDERELLA, WICKED, and ANASTASIA as replacements on Broadway. | |
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| re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? | |
| Posted by: bmc 01:27 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? - Pokernight 06:34 pm EDT 08/02/22 | |
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| List to her performance of "Duet for One" in John Mcglinn's Broadway Showstoppers Anthology. Just Amazing! | |
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| re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? | |
| Posted by: FleetStreetBarber 02:38 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
| In reply to: re: but was Kaye the kind of star that would become an overnight star, or a star ever? - bmc 01:27 pm EDT 08/03/22 | |
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| If you think that's amazing, try to imagine Pat Routledge's astonishing show-stopping rendition of the "Duet for One " in "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue." At the closing performance the applause continued even as a scene change was under way and the lights were brought back up on Routledge so she could acknowledge the ovation (in character, of course). | |
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