| 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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