To those who objected: why did nothing happen for Mimi Hines (who I love and saw in a Reprise production of "On the 20th Century" where she was superb) or why didn't this revival consider Leslie Kritzer?
And what does it mean that "Streisand wasn't Streisand back then? After several luminaries turned down the role, SHE made it happen. Without HER, we wouldn't know about a show called "Funny Girl." or an Oscar winning movie. Was Ethel Merman Ethel Merman in "Anything Goes?" Yes. the book is feeble and the "new" book even feebler, yet it worked with Barbra on stage and on screen. Enough! |
