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| Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | |
| Posted by: notung 08:12 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: Favorite Flop recordings you play a lot (that haven't had many revival "second chances") - PlayWiz 01:02 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| Never saw it. Haven't seen it produced anywhere since. Probably not high on anyone's list for "rediscovery." Indifferent towards the original, but love the sequel via cast recording. Great tunes by Carol Hall, with the always fantastic Dee Hoty. Seeing the infamous infomercial and reading Larry L. King's post-mortem comments, can only imagine what this was like in the theatre! |
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| re: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | |
| Posted by: libbymaebrown 12:03 pm EST 11/21/22 | |
| In reply to: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public - notung 08:12 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| I saw an off-Broadway revival of WHOREHOUSE/PUBLIC at the Opening Doors Theater Company at the Duplex in Manhattan, probably around ten years ago--it was a lot of fun--bare bones staging, but off-book, and Casey Nicholaw (who was in the original cast) was sitting next to me! | |
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| Posted by: pecansforall 10:10 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
| In reply to: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public - notung 08:12 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| I love the Whorehouse Goes Public recording too. Those orchestrations by Peter Matz are magnificently fun. | |
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| Posted by: Snowgrace 12:15 am EST 11/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public - pecansforall 10:10 pm EST 11/19/22 | |
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| I remember seeing it through a group of comped tickets & having a terrific time, & it was my first time seeing Dee Hoty onstage; she was wonderful! | |
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| re: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | |
| Posted by: notung 10:42 am EST 11/21/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public - Snowgrace 12:15 am EST 11/21/22 | |
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| As mentioned, not a fan of the original. But love Larry L. King's making-of book, The Whorehouse Papers. Wish there was something similar for the sequel, especially given the flop aspect. However, he does blow off steam, air some dirty laundry in a series of published letters (Larry L. King: A Writer's Life in Letters, Or, Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye); worth reading if you can find a copy. "Let the record show that on May 10th I opened The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and Willie Nelson got busted for pot. Willie got better press than I did, so apparently my crime was the larger. And that young kid who got his ass caned in Singapore? He took his licks in private; I was caned as publicly as can be done." |
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