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AEA AGMA SM said: "joevitus said: "Appreciate this. Still, Martin won four (just looked it up). Merman, one. I mean, a little lobsided in the doling out of those things, huh?"

Martin's first Tony was an honorary one, she won three competitive awards. It’s also worth noting that for as much as we think of Merman as the definition of the Broadway diva, a large majority of her Broadway credits predate the Tony Awards. She originated three

greensgreens said: "Jeffrey Karasarides said: "Appears to be a common thing with film adaptations of Kander & Ebb musicals."

This is incredibly true, but also incredibly sad. The choice to do “reality=no singing” is just lazy and easy at this point. I wasn’t a huge fan of Emilia Perez, but I was hoping Spider Woman would integrate non-Aurora songs more in that style. Even Fosse wouldn’t have repeated the Cabaret approach again

ljay889 said: "joevitus said: "Ludlow29 said: "I saw Merman. The most thrilling performance I've ever seen in a musical. The fact that she didn't win the Tony proves how inadequate the award can be.

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Did you see Martin in The Sound of Music, too? The Tony voters just seemed to have been enthralled with her. She won, what, three times throughout her career? Merman never won."

Merman won the Tony for Call M

ChiDoc said: "Georgeanddot2 said: "Judy is the correct answer. She should've done the film. I think she would've been definitive."

Absolutely correct. Unfortunately, for as good as the movie is, Rosalind Russel's performance doesn't quite do it for me and her Rose's Turn is disappointing. I can imagine Judy in it, and it could have been a triumph. (It would also have been a much better fit than her aborted attempt at Annie Oakley...)<

That really is an overall great article, but not only as pointed out does it bizarrely state that "In Dahomey" was set in a "human zoo," but it also implies that the blackface number in the 1936 version, "Gallivantin' Around," had been a part of the stage version, which it wasn't. And, yeah, don't believe there was ever any Rhaposdy in Blue in the orchestrations. In terms of the revamping of "In Dahomey" for this production, i

Definitely start with the Original Broadway Cast recording. Barbara Cook's "Glitter and Be Gay" is, in a word, definitive. And the whole album is just perfect. Brisk, funny, well-sung and a lovely full sound from the orchestra. Goddard Lieberson did Bernstien proud on this one. If you get the CD (says this older gentleman who loves physical media), there will be a snyopsis. Wikipedia also has synopses for the work's various incarnations. I'd avoid the Deutche Grammo

Penna2 said: "Completely unrelated to this production and the illness issuebut thought I would share this. If any of you are of a mind, please read Gypsy's memoir. It's a great read in and of itself but also seeing how the book was molded into the musical. Obviously, it's more Gypsy than Rose driven and shows what an amazing life she led because of and in spite of her mother.

What was even more fascinating was how Gypsy worked with Fanny Brice in a small walk-o

Mskuphantm said: "joevitus said: "Mskuphantm said: "I don't think any of this comes down to lack of standbys or understudies in the cast. The sickness that has been going around has been...rough. even when I had covid pre vaccine I was out around 10 days,more so fromexhaustion and severe headcold..this new sickness going around is def more headcold, coughing,sneezing grossness. Even if this production had multiple understudies per role, there is no question in m

Mskuphantm said: "I don't think any of this comes down to lack of standbys or understudies in the cast. The sickness that has been going around has been...rough. even when I had covid pre vaccine I was out around 10 days,more so fromexhaustion and severe headcold..this new sickness going around is def more headcold, coughing,sneezing grossness. Even if this production had multiple understudies per role, there is no question in my mind that most if not the whole company would be o

People are talking like this could derail the show, but is that really possible? The reviews were almost all raves, and I don't remember a single outright pan. I imagine there will be grumbling and bad word of mouth for a short time from people whose holiday plans were ruined, maybe box office softens for a bit because people are hesitant to take a chance. But once the cast is back on regularly, I'd imagine the desire to see this show will outweigh the bad patch it is currently g