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My first Musical recording was the unoriginal cast recording in mono of South Pacific starring Susan Shaute and Richard Torgi. These were budget albums sold in thrift stores for 99 cents which was way cheaper than the then usual price of $3.98 which was a lot of money back then, the 50s. I had to contend with them unti My very first original broadway album which was The Music Man in full stereo.

When Encores returnes they should consider doing a revival of Take Me Along with Nathan Lane playing Jackie Gleason's part.

What a glorious way for Lin Miranda to reopen Hamilton at the Jones Beach Theatre this summer. It's in the open air too and it will bring back the musical to Jones Beach too. What do you think?

Now, after her triumphant revival of Hello Dolly, what remains available for the wonderful Bernadette Peters to do? Unless someone writes a new musical that has a matrure woman in the cast she can follow the Angela Landsbury route by doing Mrs.Lovett in Sweeney Todd, perhaps a revival of Dear World, play Granny in Pippin, Madame Hortance in Zorba, lastly Desiree's mother in Little Night Music. Her Ethel Merman repertoire has dried up and too old for Mame. Next is the one woman concert in loun...

A black Fatty Arbuckle doesn't matter. It is NOT the character of the real person Roscoe Arbuckle but the character he played, "Fatty" and with that is opened to any to the creators of what they want. The actpr who played him did a splendid job,

Just when we are now almost sick of Hello Dolly and could wait anoither ten years for the next revival of it, I'd think it would be great if Queen Latifa play Dolly in the same way Pear Bailey did.

Are you related or descended to a famous Broadway legend? Was Alfred Drake your great uncle or Ethel Merman your grandmother? Tells us and if you too are foilowing the family tradition of being in show biz.

Well who else do you think will grab at it first? BERNADETE PETERS...of course!

NO! She'd be better off doing MAME!

It stunk!

If they do a movie version I'd like to see Hugh Jackman play the male lead.

Julie could have done nicely as Margaret Johnson in Light in the Piazza.

If they DARE to cut one song from this I will NOT support it and wish it FLOPS!

First, I want to thank Renee for giving such an honest and heartfelt portrayal of Judy. However I found it sad and very depressing. Bring your tissues.

Back in the early 50's a radio and television host ruled the air waves. His name was Arthur Godfrey. He would host a variety show that featured new talent. One singer was a handsome Italian tenor called Julius LaRosa who Godfrey favored until professional jealousy soured the relationship. Godfrey fired him live right on the air. I think this would make a great musical perhaps featuring Jose Llana or Matt Cavenaugh as tenor LaRosa and Alec Baldwin as Godfrey. A good title for it would be "Doma...

A Nancy Walker musical would be great if done in the Funny Girl fashion. Homely, unappreciated Jewish girl from Brooklyn gets to play the Big Time on Broadway, it should be a natural, a cinch. Why not?

The best candidate to play the character Ilya would be Jennifer Lopez or Gloria Estefan.

I heard there may be a limited run of an Ilya Darling revival. Who do you think could pull it off as the late sultry Melina Mercouri type for this musical of Never On Sunday?

I throw out this idea to you young composers out there. Could you make a musical out of the old play Arsenic and Old Lace? You can have Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters as the old aunts and Nathan Lane as their brother Teddy. I think it would be a hit.

Did you have the fortune to play on stage with the great Mary Martin? Where you a child or young chorus singer or dancer in one of her shows? Could you tell us a story about it? Thanks.