Broadway's Lost Treasures III- Page 3

[riv]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 10:53am

Alfred Drake being on it is worth the price of the disc alone. Did he perform at any other Tonys?

And I'm going to assume nothing from Gigi was done at the Tonys in 1974 since it wasn't a best musical nominee. Am I correct?
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[Demitri2]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 11:44am

I wish they would just stick to the nominated musical numbers. Most of the numbers done as tribute medleys are like a dated variety show from decades ago plus there's a lot of lip synching going on for some reason (One exception though... I loved Dorothy Loudon singing on that convertable!). What I'd really like are more DVD'S of the Ed Sullivan Broadway musical numbers which were great cause we got to see not only the ones from the hit shows but also the flops that were desperately hoping for a kick in the box office due to the tv exposure ("Flora the Red Menace", "Gantry", "Illya Darling", " The Gay Life","Tovarich", "Henry Sweet Henry", "All American", "Do Re Mi", "Little Me", "I Had A Ball" and "Wildcat" to name just a few). I know the last one advertised a future release during the final credits but I haven't heard anything about a release date yet. Anyone have some info on this?

[DAME]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 12:35pm

Margo that is so sad. I guess the only way of getting it is through e bay from people that had vcrs ( new at that time) when it originally aired.

[robbiej]

Posted: 7/10/05 at 1:00pm

I'll buy this for Debbie Allen's AMERICA. She was BLAZING!

[Streisand24]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 12:43am

I can't wait! I hope there is a clip from Funny Girl!

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 12:53am

I don't believe there was ever a real performance from Funny Girl on the Tonys since the show debuted before 1967 when the show went national (and Streisand never came back to recreate any of the moments from it afterwards).

There was a tribute to Jules Styne back in the mid-80s which basically consisted of a badly performed and organized medley of songs from his shows (Susan Anton, Rex Smith, Tom Wopat, Dick van Dyke, Maureen McGovern, Leslie Uggams, Chita Rivera, et al were part of it). I doubt we'll EVER see that awful thing on a Broadway Treasures release.

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[Michael Bennett]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 12:59am

I forgot about that awful Jule Styne tribute! Mimi Hines did a number from FUNNY GIRL on the Ed Sullivan Show, but I don't think Streisand ever a number from the actual show on T.V.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 1:17am

I've always called the mid-80s the Susan Anton years of the Tonys. Anyone who wants to call ANY of the recent telecasts from the last decade or so "the worst ever" never saw those shows.

That same year also included a tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber (with the that same group I mentioned before). Just the thought of Dick van Dyke doing Gus the Theatre Cat from CATS makes me shudder and want to gouge out my eyes and ears.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 1:23am

PS -- Streisand did a Funny Girl medley on her "My Name Is Barbra" tv special from the mid-60s (she was still in Funny Girl at the time, I believe). She did "People" separately, but then later in the special did large sections of "You Are Woman," "Don't Rain on My Parade," "The Music That Makes Me Dance" and "My Man."

[CapnHook]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 1:29am

WAIT - that list doesn't include PETER PAN! ???

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 2:37am

Margo, when I started thinking about this, I should have thought to ask you in the first place!

I'm a member of the museum of tv and radio so I go there all the time and well lately they haven't had tonys available for an odd reason but I've watched quite a few and am really curious about which ones you would recommend seeing or ones that had some good performances, tributes, etc. So far I've seen...'87, '91, '96, '71...I've been trying to get the '86 one b/c tonyawards.com said they did some special 40 yr anniv. tributes.

Any others you recommend? Of course all may not be available...oh and for those interested in the Dreamgirls performance. I can't tell you whether or not the museum has the tonys it was on, but they made two clips compiling the "Alexander H. Cohen years" which goes from '67-'86 believe, and the entire Dreamgirls performance is on the second compilation, I watched it recently, very enjoyable.

[alterego]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 3:04am

And still no NO, NO, NANETTE. Damn!

[Chip1012]

Posted: 7/11/05 at 12:03pm

The producers of these programs should be reading our posts, we clearly state what we want to see. (And we are the people buying the DVDs). I guess I understand the problems with the Bennet numbers, but where are...
CITY LIGHTS? It's the ultimate Liza performance...seeing it on the big screen at the Museum of TV and Radio last month was THRILLING.
Bernadette's UNEXPECTED SONG?
And I know I'm not the only one who was hoping Melba Moore's outrageous "I Got Love" would be included.
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