Bothered and Bewildered- jv92 sees Pal Joey — Page 2

"I don't think the Japanese 'Pacific Overtures' was in Japanese. The Japanese TV production is in English (and well-spoken, too)."

There was a production in Japanese directed by Amon Miyamoto, who later directed the Roundabout production. At this link there are links to reports on it:

http://www.sondheimreview.com/v7n3.htm

It was broadcast on TV in Japan, as was the original Broadway production. The telecast that you're thinking of is the one of the original Broadway production. (Yes, the show's been telecast twice in Japan, once in English and once in Japanese, but never here.) The telecast of the original production was cut down to 120 minutes when it was telecast, and for a time that was the only version that Museum of Television and Radio, now known the Paley Center for Media, had. Now they have a complete version.

The Miyamoto Japanese production played at Avery Fisher Hall in 2002 and then also played at the Kennedy Center as a special event in the Sondheim festival.

Here's a link to the Times review from when it played at Fisher Hall:

http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9402E6DF1230F932A25754C0A9649C8B63

"Aren't Carol Bruce and Carol Brice different people? Somebody help........."

They were different people, and I mistyped below. Carol Bruce was the white lady who played Vera. Carol Brice was a black lady who sang in classical recitals and with symphony orchestras, in some opera, and in musicals. Both had great voices. Both were contraltos, but they didn't sound at all alike.

Thanks for prompting me to correct myself.

Updated On: 11/24/08 at 07:10 PM

lol Bruce and Brice worked together???

lol Stritch was in "The Grass Harp"????

I just love BWW.......

Why on Earth would you be disappointed that Hoff was replaced?

You haven't seen him and about 99.9% of the reviews for him have not just been "mediocre," but stark-raving terrible and demanding a replacement.

Why on Earth would you be disappointed that Hoff was replaced?

You haven't seen him and about 99.9% of the reviews for him have not just been "mediocre," but stark-raving terrible and demanding a replacement.
Blind loyalty can be a very strong and tricky thing to shake. Especially in the Jersey Boys fandom...

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