#101
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:24pm
west side story premiered in 1957 on broadway at the winter garden theatre which now houses that piece of ca-ca: MAMMA MIA!
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#102
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:26pm
Did you know that in the stage version of West Side Story, Robbins forbad the 'Jets' and 'Sharks' to fratenize with each other when NOT rehearsing (i.e., they couldn't each lunch together, etc.)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#103
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:26pm
macgruder my secret ingredients in my recipe for arroz con gandules: sliced vienna sausage and bacon bits.
#105
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:28pm
i have it on good authority that two of them were actually *ahem* "roommates"
#106
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:29pm
You know what ROCKS...arroz con chorizo o salciccia.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#107
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:29pm
Tony Mordente, who played Action, is now a TV Director (directed a lot of the "Family Ties" episodes)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#108
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:38pm
Some say it's the size of the chorizo that counts.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#109
Posted: 11/10/04 at 1:37am
Wait a minute...Puerto Rico is IN America? What state is it in? Georgia? I am so confused. What does that song MEAN, Mary?
PEACE.
#110
Posted: 11/10/04 at 3:51am
puerto rico is actually in Orlando, Florida if you must know Sue Ellen
#111
Posted: 11/10/04 at 7:55am
The original stage version of Maria's song "I Feel Pretty" included the lyrics "I feel pretty and witty and bright / And I pity / Any girl who isn't me tonight." In the film this night scene was changed to the daytime, and presumably for this reason, the rhyming words "bright" and "tonight" were changed to "gay" and "today
Rita Moreno's singing voice was dubbed by Betty Wand only for "A Boy Like That" since it was below her range. Moreno sang "America" and "Quintet" herself
Betty Wand sued to get a percentage of the movie-album sales, having dubbed part of Rita Moreno's singing. The dispute was settled out-of-court
Film rights to the play were bought for $375,000.
Six members of the original Broadway cast appeared in the movie: Carole d'Andrea (Velma), David Winters (movie: A-Rab, Broadway: Baby John), Jay Norman (movie: Pepe, Broadway: Juano), Tommy Abbott (Gee-Tar), Tony Mordente (movie: Action, Broadway: A-Rab), William Bramely (Officer Krupke)
Robert Wise's original choice to play Tony was Elvis Presley.
Most of the original Broadway cast were rejected for the film as either photographing or actually being too old for the teen-aged characters. And since Hollywood was accustomed to dubbing the singing voices of many stars, dozens of non-singing actors and actresses were tested or considered for the leading roles. Among them: Suzanne Pleshette, Jill St. John, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Perkins, Warren Beatty, Bobby Darin, Burt Reynolds, Richard Chamberlain, Troy Donahue and Gary Lockwood.
Audrey Hepburn was offered the role of Maria, but she turned it down, because she was pregnant with Sean H. Ferrer at the time.
Throughout the movie, Natalie Wood wears a bracelet on her left wrist, not for any esthetic reason, but because she had injured her wrist on the set of a previous movie, causing an unsightly bone protrusion on her wrist. She wore the bracelet to hide the injury.
Rita Moreno's singing voice was dubbed by Betty Wand only for "A Boy Like That" since it was below her range. Moreno sang "America" and "Quintet" herself
Betty Wand sued to get a percentage of the movie-album sales, having dubbed part of Rita Moreno's singing. The dispute was settled out-of-court
Film rights to the play were bought for $375,000.
Six members of the original Broadway cast appeared in the movie: Carole d'Andrea (Velma), David Winters (movie: A-Rab, Broadway: Baby John), Jay Norman (movie: Pepe, Broadway: Juano), Tommy Abbott (Gee-Tar), Tony Mordente (movie: Action, Broadway: A-Rab), William Bramely (Officer Krupke)
Robert Wise's original choice to play Tony was Elvis Presley.
Most of the original Broadway cast were rejected for the film as either photographing or actually being too old for the teen-aged characters. And since Hollywood was accustomed to dubbing the singing voices of many stars, dozens of non-singing actors and actresses were tested or considered for the leading roles. Among them: Suzanne Pleshette, Jill St. John, Audrey Hepburn, Anna Maria Alberghetti, Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Perkins, Warren Beatty, Bobby Darin, Burt Reynolds, Richard Chamberlain, Troy Donahue and Gary Lockwood.
Audrey Hepburn was offered the role of Maria, but she turned it down, because she was pregnant with Sean H. Ferrer at the time.
Throughout the movie, Natalie Wood wears a bracelet on her left wrist, not for any esthetic reason, but because she had injured her wrist on the set of a previous movie, causing an unsightly bone protrusion on her wrist. She wore the bracelet to hide the injury.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#112
Posted: 11/10/04 at 8:48am
Am I the only one who thinks Elvis would have been AWESOME in this role? I am not a huge Elvis fan, and hos movies were just fluff, this could have been a wonderful role for him if he really wanted an acting future.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
Conan O'Brien
#113
Posted: 11/10/04 at 11:21am
I don't know... I think Elvis would have done a good job, but I think the film would've been classified as another Elvis movie rather than the satd alone classic that it is.
Personally, I really like the ending credits with the names written within the graffiti.
Personally, I really like the ending credits with the names written within the graffiti.
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