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I saw it in the round in Houston in the late 60s. Rita Moreno was Lola, Gary Collins was Joe Hardy and Jonathan Harris was Mr Applegate. They changed it to Damn Cardinals with some minor lyric changes. I was just a kid and didn’t know much about theater yet but loved it.

MrsSallyAdams said: "I believe the line "and if you tell anyone Itold you this, I’ll tell them what both liars you are" is from the source play. Shirley Booth delivered lines like thissarcastically in the 1958 film.Betty Buckley's Dolly tour was a bit dark because she seemed so frail. Buckley was recovering from illness and her Dolly didn't seem to have much time left.I imagine Staunton delivering "So Long Dearie" as though she planned to gut Horace like a fish."The line about "and if you tel...

Because Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton, Billie Burke, and Frank Morgan, that’s why.

I wouldn't be surprised if that is not what we'll hear in the final mix. It could be a teaser itself.

Jake Gyllenhaal. I don't know if he could handle the lower notes but imagine his take on the role.

Esther2 said: "Dom P said: "According to IBDB, Peter Marshall was Georges in this tour."Yes to Peter Marshall and Keene Curtis. I worked at the theatre at that time. What great memories.Thanks for posting thisPatti LuPone FANatic!!"I saw this wonderful tour with Marshall and Curtis three times.

MemorableUserName said: "Variety:‘Sweeney Todd’ Review: Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford Lead a Soaring but Remote Sondheim Revival on Broadwayhttps://variety.com/2023/legit/reviews/sweeney-todd-review-josh-groban-broadway-annaleigh-ashford-1235564843/"Hey Variety, Ruthie Ann Miles won her Tony for The King & I, not South Pacific.

bk said: "JanMaxwellsBag said: "I used to think Follies was boring outside of Broadway Baby and I’m Still Here, but the 2011 revival recording changed all of that. It was well documented that budget cuts and technical issues plagued the original 1971 recording, so it was more a matter of sound quality and plot clarity for me. Because, goddamn, I know the revival recording inside and out. All the performances are perfection imo (and really made me a fan out of the dearly departed Jan Maxwell, ...

Just had my first listen and I agree it is a gorgeous recording. Hearing things, bits and pieces of music I know I'll be obsessing over on subsequent listenings. Sara is wonderful. I think Joanna Gleason is still the gold standard. I saw her near the end of the original Broadway run and her performance is not something I think will ever be surpassed. Now, this may be heresy, but I also thought Emily Blunt was fantastic in the movie. Gavin Creel. That's all. Just Gavin Creel.

I saw Jekyll & Hyde at the Alley Theater in Houston for both it's pre-Broadway runs.. The first time was really special. Act 2 needed a little work but overall the show felt 'ready' to me and my companion. The second time, the show had been re-worked and felt diminished - something had switched and it was less special and more, I don't know, glitzy. I didn't see it on Broadway but saw the National Tour and holy hell, what a crap fest. It was so sad to see what started so well end up so bad.

1. Summer Stock. CAN-CAN. Ann Miller - big hair, big Texas drawl and, yes, tap dancing.The only time I left a show at intermission.2. Took a co-worker friend on a non-date to see National Tour of EVITA! She got drunk at dinner, passed out during Act I (thankfully) but started snoring so I had to wake her up. I went back the next night with my usual theater date so I could enjoy the show.

joevitus said: "MisterRussell said: "Undoubtedly the 1979 revival. Perfect."Too cartoony, for my taste, and Laurence Guittard's voice is obviously strained by the demands of the score. But I've never heard from someone who caught the revival who didn't like it."I saw it on tour. John Schneider was Curly and he was fantastic. Maybe the best I’ve seen. I’ve lost my program and old age has deprived me of my memory about who else was in it. I think Mary Wickes was Aunt Eller. Will and Ado Annie w...

Jay Blackton conducted the original and the ‘79 revival. And according to IMDB, he conducted for the movie as well. Coincidentally, those three are my favorites - not necessarily in that order. The RRB orchestrations can’t be beat.

It's not 'New' but, a gender-swapped Sweeney Todd. Bernadette Peters as Sweeney - imagine the tears! Nathan Lane as Mrs. Lovett - that alone sells tickets.

stonewall2 said: "For sheer clarity and diction Mary Martin topped my list! Have you ever listened to songs as a kid and completly misunderstood the words 'cause the singer wasn't clear(and then felt like a fool as an adult!!!)??"I was surprised Mary Martin had not been mentioned yet.

The transition between No More Candy and Three Letters in SHE LOVES ME

BrodyFosse123 said: "Loretta Swit as Agnes Gooch in the 1969 Las Vegas production of MAME which starred Susan Hayward."Wait . . .WHAT?Not to derail a Loretta Swit Love/Hate Fest, I’ve always been fascinated by Susan Hayward in MAME. There’s precious little info I’ve been able to find. Anybody see her or have any first-hand experience.

Highland Guy said: "In the 1960's, as a young teenager, I bought my first 33 1/3 rpm record of a Broadway musical.....the movie version of "The Music Man" with Shirley Jones and Robert Preston. I still listen to that recording on my MP3 player, and enjoy it every bit as much as I did more than half a century ago.What Broadway musical recording (in any format) was the first that you owned, and why did you choose that musical?"A high school production of South Pacific is the first musical I eve...

Wayman_Wong said: "''Zachary Levi was wrong for Harold but in all fairness, Leonard Frey in the original is hard to compete with. Z Levi didn't seem to know where to go and would sometimes just do a poor imitation of the original,''Speaking of ''wrong'' actors, Zachary Levi isn't in ''The Boys in the Band.''The actor playing Harold in the Netflix film is Zachary Quinto."Yes I confused my Zacharys! Apologies. I have corrected my post.

My friends and I, all underage, went to see the original film numerous times when it was first released. It was like a right of passage and of course, we absorbed the language, the cuts, the zingers. Similar to South Park Bigger Longer Uncut when they go see the Terrance & Phillip movie, we were obsessed. So I have that William Friedkin directed film with the original cast indelibly planted in my mind. I approached this remake with cautious optimism and some of it I liked; much of it I didn't...