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| Robert Morse in WICKED nm | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 03:03 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Famous Broadway firings - duckylittledictum 11:42 am EDT 05/24/23 | |
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| re: Robert Morse in SHOW BOAT | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 04:44 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 04:43 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| In reply to: Robert Morse in WICKED nm - KingSpeed 03:03 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
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| Robert Morse was also not in the Broadway company of the Hal Prince directed "Show Boat". Apparently Elaine Stritch, playing Parthy, had a lot of influence on Prince and supposedly she didn't get along with Morse, who played Cap'n Andy. Morse was replaced by John McMartin. | |
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| re: Robert Morse in SHOW BOAT | |
| Posted by: larry13 05:13 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Robert Morse in SHOW BOAT - PlayWiz 04:43 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
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| IF--IF--Stritch was at all responsible for Prince not letting Morse in the B'way. company, then it is a fact she conveniently left out of AT LIBERTY wherein she mentioned Morse admiringly, only as someone also very funny who, like herself, had career problems. | |
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| re: Robert Morse in SHOW BOAT | |
| Last Edit: PlayWiz 08:03 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 07:56 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Robert Morse in SHOW BOAT - larry13 05:13 pm EDT 05/24/23 | |
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| Unlike Stritch, Morse had a better Broadway track record, having starred in one smash, "How to Succeed.." and also had starred in "Sugar" which ran about a year, and had appeared in films including of his famous stage hit. Plus he made a great return and won a Tony for his Truman Capote on Broadway in "Tru" in 1989, just about 5 years before the "Show Boat" in question. While famous for "Company", Stritch played a supporting role in its success. Stritch starred in some other shows in NY like "Goldilocks" (and as one of my favorite flops, she sounds wonderful on the OCR), but her track record still wasn't as good as Morse's, which is why at the time of "Show Boat", he seemed to be the bigger star. Morse had a few flops like "So Long, 174th Street" and had also been knocked down a peg perhaps by getting under the title billing when co-starring in the tour of "Sugar Babies" with Carol Channing alone above the title. It is a bit surprising that there didn't seem to be enough comedic/character leading men type roles for Morse during that time. Both Morse and Stritch had personal health issues, too, which may have affected their careers for significant periods of time. | |
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