Profile for Harold Mengert

A great production and would love to see it again - with the original cast. It's by far Elton's best of the 3 that have made it to Broadway, IMO. The songs stand on their own even outside of the show. Loved the concept album that was released several months before opening in NY. Saw it in Atlanta where they premiered, and it was a flawed but worthy effort. Lot's of problems with the pyramid, which was a key prop in that production. Heather Headley's performance stands as one of my t

I'm mixed on the revival of Funny Girl. But...I was also mixed about seeing Gypsy yet again when Patti LuPone brought it back to Broadway. It turned out to be thrilling and due to the actors' approach to the story, and Patti's mesmerizing performance, it was one of the most memorable shows I've seen in the theater.

I've thought in the past they would have to completely mix it up with a revival production of FG - make it completely different in some way, but using the original sc