Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
SongNDanceman2402
Chorus Member Joined: 8/6/05
#0Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/18/05 at 8:09pmI read in a Broadway book that there was a short revival of the Music Man with Dick Van Dyke in it. Does anyone have any information on it? is there a soundtrack? thanks!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/18/05 at 8:44pmAs it was a live Broadway production, there was no "soundtrack". Soundtracks are taken from films.
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Gothampc
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#2re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:00pmI don't believe a cast recording was made. The show played at City Center in 1980. Even though Dick Van Dyke seems like a great Harold Hill, I don't believe he received good reviews. The show is noted for the young Winthrop, Christian Slater.
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#3re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/18/05 at 9:47pmI saw him in the show at the Pantages in L.A. He was terrible in the part. I was always a fan but his Harold Hill was waaaaaaay off base. He had no sexual allure, played Hill as a baffoon and you never once saw a change in character from a coniving schemer who finally sees the light. Harold Hill came off as Buddy and Albert combined.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#4re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/18/05 at 10:59pm
"I saw him in the show..."
Since the last masculine noun in the preceding post was Christian Slater, is it he to whom you're referring?
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Updated On: 8/18/05 at 10:59 PM
SongNDanceman2402
Chorus Member Joined: 8/6/05
#5re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/18/05 at 11:55pmoh. i'm sorry to hear he wasnt so great.
#6re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/19/05 at 12:29amSomeone else on this board mentioned a while ago that supposedly he was drunk a lot during the run...
#7re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/19/05 at 12:37amMy friend played Amaryllis in the City Center revival - and yes, it was a very short run. No, there is no recording.
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SongNDanceman2402
Chorus Member Joined: 8/6/05
#9re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/19/05 at 1:47pmI saw this on tour at the Arie Crown in Chicago one Mother's Day a hundred years ago. Not terribly memorable, but for the performance of Meg Bussert as Marian (of library fame), who received a Tony nomination the same year for Brigadoon. Best I can find, she's now on the faculty at NYU in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions.
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MusicalDirector109
Leading Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#10re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/19/05 at 4:14pmI saw the production and Mr. Van Dyke was drunk. He screwed up "Trouble" big time and I also remember his face begin so terribly red. It was not a good production.
SongNDanceman2402
Chorus Member Joined: 8/6/05
#11re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/19/05 at 4:34pmi would hate to pay all that money to have the lead drunk on stage.
#12re: Dick Van Dyke in The Music Man
Posted: 8/19/05 at 5:02pm
Yes, this was during Van Dyke's period of alcoholism. Steven Susskind said in one of his books "He was on the wagon-And not the Wells Fargo Wagon, either."
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Updated On: 8/19/05 at 05:02 PM
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