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re: JUDY KAYE: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century?
Posted by: larry13 03:50 pm EDT 08/03/22
In reply to: re: JUDY KAYE: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century? - CCentero 11:00 am EDT 08/03/22

I won't argue about whether or not Kahn deserved to have songs cut as Bacall and Verdon did, or about whether or not Prince was fooling himself and/or having his collaborators unfairly blame Kahn or even about whether or not Kaye is a star.
You and others may believe all this.
What is indisputably true however are the merits of the score for 20TH CENTURY. IT is Coleman, Comden and Green at their absolute best.
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re: JUDY KAYE: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century?
Posted by: CCentero 05:10 pm EDT 08/03/22
In reply to: re: JUDY KAYE: Did Madeline Kahn have a final announced performance in On The Twentieth Century? - larry13 03:50 pm EDT 08/03/22

I don't have to believe anything, I'm stating fact.

Fact: I saw the songs that Bacall, Tune, and Twiggy sang and were cut in Boston. All of this improved their work and the shows before they reached NY.
Fact: Verdon sometimes cut "Where Am I Going"and Bacall cut "But Alive."--hard as that is to fathom.
Fact: Prince and Company publicly blamed Kahn at the time and well after--the show never became a hit, received mixed reviews and lasted one year at a loss.
Fact: Judy Kaye is not a Broadway star. Anyone who says she is has absolutely no knowledge of the business.

Not "indisputably true" but merely your opinion: IT is Coleman, Comden and Green at their absolute best.
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