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Mine was THE MUSIC MAN with the original cast. So many years ago but I still remember it like it was yesterday.

One of the earliest musicals my parents took me to see was HIGH SPIRITS which is still one of my all-time favorite shows. For me, the only person who could come close to filling Bea Lillie's shoes as Madame Arcati would be Bette Midler. Tammy Grimes was also perfect casting in the role of Elvira (especially performing "Home Sweet Heaven" so I'm curious who'll also be cast in that role. 

UPDATE: Since I truly doubt Midler would ever agree to play Arcati another name just popped into my head. And that's Andrea Martin. I'm a huge fan of Bernadette Peters, Donna Murphy, Christine Ebersole, and Victoria Clark BUT the actress cast has to be innately funny. A true comedienne at heart. In the straight play, Angela Lansbury was quirky enough to pull it off yet when I saw BLITHE SPIRITS with one of the theatre's greatest dramatic actresses, Geraldine Page, she was absolutely dismal in the role. Her attempt at being a madcap medium was embarrassing. So no matter how great an actress is she has to be a consummated comedienne to pull off the role. 

Rachel Bay Jones was also one of the best things in the PIPPIN revival. I'd seen the original, and the tour yet no one brought such a new take on the role. I'm a lifelong fan of hers now.

I loved his music with "Blame It On A Summer Night" from RAGS being my very favorite. I was only disappointed once with his score to A BROADWAY MUSICAL which I saw in previews. An overall disaster.

"So you....haven't seen the show twice, then?"

Has he actually seen it once? As for people feeling some posters have been too cruel to the OP and maybe he'll learn from his actions, there are repercussions for lying so I have no problems treating him accordingly. Unfortunately, our President gets away with it every friggin' day. 

I was fortunate enough to see Lansbury, Daly, Peters, and LuPone. But for me, my favorite was Ann Sothern who I saw at Westbury Music Fair. It's the only time the entire audience stood DURING "Rose's Turn."

Never Gonna Dance

Dance of the Vampires (great sets though)

Thou Shalt Not

A Broadway Musical (I did enjoy "Yenta Power"

Platinum

Blithe Spirit (Page, Chamberlain, Ivey, Danner)

Little Me (with Short and Prince)

A Musical Jubilee

Little Women

Timbuktu!

Three Days of Rain

Memphis

Runaways

I just figured Ann had bumped me off the site for the fourth time.

As far as I'm concerned, there's only one actress who could do the lead role justice.

https://youtu.be/uSpbmstfWHk

Egregious. I recall thinking back that this was a reversal of what happened with PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. That show received ten TONY nominations yet the female lead, Sarah Brightman, was overlooked. Luckily, she was able to embark on a highly successful international career of her own. 

With V/V, Big Julie received the only TONY nomination. Period. 

Liza looks 76.

Didn't Judy wear that hat in EASTER PARADE?  And is the wig attached to the hat?

Since folks are posting clips of Liza dancing, I just came upon this. Cue up to around the ten-minute mark.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leFRIaZIQ50&t=67s

Not sure about that. Do you think in their prime that Liza's voice and range was that different from Patti LuPone's. I recall Minnelli once saying she had as good a range as Streisand in her youth. So why didn't Babs do the movie of EVITA instead of Madonna, I wonder. I feel she was more equipped for the role than Baby Jane Ciconne.

In what homophobic world are Madonna and Liza not considered dancers??

Beat me to it T.F.  :)  It must be cold living under a rock.