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| If Mrs. Paroo can have a 47-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, why not? | |
| Posted by: aleck 06:29 am EST 11/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: The whole thing is a headscratcher (major spoilers) - AlanScott 03:58 am EST 11/26/22 | |
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| The only way I can figure this is that Mrs. Paroo was about 14 or so when she got pregnant back in Ireland (raped by a priest?) and birthed Marion at age 15 or so. Then, at age 52 or so birthed Winthrop. I don't think there were many in vitro procedures in Iowa in the early days of the 20th century, but maybe a star in the east appeared in the sky. This is a highly dubious scenario, but thousands of people are buying it at the Winter Garden -- and paying a high price to do so. Broadway has certainly become colorblind, genderblind and, in the case of Sutton Foster, ageblind. The producers of this announced production of The Mousetrap will have to scramble things up to spark interest in this creaky play. I think you better brace yourself for some highly unorthodox casting and script manipulation. Think back to that last Inspector Calls revival and the multiple the derivations taken with that original script and multiply that by about four. |
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| re: If Mrs. Paroo can have a 47-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, why not? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:49 am EST 11/26/22 | |
| In reply to: If Mrs. Paroo can have a 47-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, why not? - aleck 06:29 am EST 11/26/22 | |
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| LOL. Actually, the original published scripts suggests that Mrs. Paroo was around 14 when she gave birth to Marian. (I've mentioned this here several times.) Mrs. Paroo is described as being around 40 in the stage directions. No age is given for Marian, but Harold guesses that she is around 26. How about Victor Garber for Trotter, Nathan Lane for Christopher Wren, Len Cariou for Giles, Anita Gillette for Molly, Penny Fuller for Miss Caswell, Frank Langella for Paravicini, Bambi Linn for Mrs. Boyle, and John Cullum for Major Metcalf. :) |
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| In the Times today | |
| Posted by: aleck 09:08 am EST 11/26/22 | |
| In reply to: re: If Mrs. Paroo can have a 47-year-old daughter and a 10-year-old son, why not? - AlanScott 08:49 am EST 11/26/22 | |
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| According to today's Times article about this upcoming production, the producers claim they will reproduce the West End production exactly. Well, good luck with that. Based on what I saw a few years ago, an exact reproduction will give all who missed Moose Murders a chance for witnessing a stage murder mystery catastrophe. Your dream cast seems just about right. All performed with walkers or in wheelchairs. Or as an alternative: Paging Sam Gold! |
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