Flora, The Red Menace
Flora, The Red Menace
#0Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:49pm
Another great score with a troubled book. "Sing, Happy" is my anthem.
Any other fans?
Gemzigem
Chorus Member Joined: 8/23/05
#1re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:54pmsing me a happy song about robins in spring.....!!!
#2re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 2:55pm
Oh my goodness yes! I also have to say Sing, Happy is an anthem for me. Next to 1 or 2 others. An amazing score. Thanks BobbyBubby...you've made my day!
"You look like a Christmas tree with a drinking problem!" - MEMPHIS
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 02:55 PM
#3re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:00pm
"A Quiet Thing" always makes me tear up.
I love Veanne Cox, but I prefer a bigger voice (Liza) in the role.
Gemzigem
Chorus Member Joined: 8/23/05
#4re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:06pmi did a show a few weeks ago and it was all about Kander and Ebb, it was called 'Sing Happy' and rocked, all these shows were in it!!! we did lots of Liza stuff and told how she got the job and things...
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#5re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:12pmYou are not Judy Garland, Judy Garland is Judy Garland, you are you...
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#6re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:14pm
I personally also love "It's A Quiet Thing"! It just rings so true with me. Great score!
"For me, THEATRE is an anticipation, an artistic rush, an emotional banquet, a jubilant appreciation, and an exit hopeful of clearer thought and better worlds."
~ an anonymous traveler with Robert Burns
#7re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:17pm
"You are not Judy Garland, Judy Garland is Judy Garland, you are you.."
I'm sorry bjivie2, you must be a little confuzzeld - this is a thread about Flora, The Red Menace, the show. I'm not so sure what you are talking about. Love this show BobbyBubby - I would love to see it in concert!
"You look like a Christmas tree with a drinking problem!" - MEMPHIS
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 03:17 PM
#8re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:20pmHave you heard Brent Barrett do "Quiet Thing"? So good.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#9re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:20pmbjivie2 is directing his lyric at Liza Minnelli.
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#10re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:21pm
Opening night (I believe) of Flora, Judy Garland walked up to Ebb and said, "Listen, I have a suggestion for that song. [regarding "Sing Happy"] 'You are not Judy Garland, Judy Garland is Judy Garland. You are you.' That's what it should be."
It's in Colored Lights, the autobiography/interview book of Kander & Ebb. It's supposed to be "You are not Myrna Loy, Myrna Loy is Myrna Loy. You are you." I love this score.
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#11re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:22pm
Oh, thanks Jon. I was rather confuzzled....I love the icon Jon. Very nice! I did hear Bretn do it - very nice. Has anyone ever heard a man sing Sing, Happy? It workd very nicely!
"You look like a Christmas tree with a drinking problem!" - MEMPHIS
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 03:22 PM
#12re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:24pm
I think Cheno got it. I think he found the comment to be unfunny.
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 03:24 PM
#13re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:26pm
Your Special bjivie 2.........
Colored Lights is a great read. I reccomend it to all
"You look like a Christmas tree with a drinking problem!" - MEMPHIS
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#14re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:27pmDoes Liza still do "Sing Happy" in her show? She needs to do a show. I want to see her perform live.
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#16re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:31pmHave there ever been any plans to revive this?
"You look like a Christmas tree with a drinking problem!" - MEMPHIS
#17re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:34pm
There was a revisal in '87 with Veanne Cox as Flora and choreography by Stroman.
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 03:34 PM
#18re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:41pm
Harold Prince takes the blame for the failure of this show. He produced it, and felt that George Abbott was way too out of touch to understand why anyone would WANT to be a Communist. Hal thought that he should have had a bigger hand in the direction.
One good thing came out of this, though. From then on, Hal would direct every show he produced. His next show: CABARET.
And the rest, as they say, is history!
Praying Decca Broadway will put "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" on CD!
Updated On: 9/6/05 at 03:41 PM
bjivie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/04
#19re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 3:45pmI'd love to see him direct a revival. Find some great 19-year old to star.
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PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 4:25pmI absolutely adore the original cast recording. Young Liza at her best.
#21re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 4:41pmGreat score. "A Quiet Thing" is a beautiful song. As much as I adore Veanne Cox, she sounds like she's whispering on the recording!
roquat
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/25/05
#22re: Flora, The Red Menace
Posted: 9/6/05 at 5:56pmIt's also the only time in my life I heard Liza sing in head voice (at the end of "A Quiet Thing"--"Happiness comes in OOOON...tiptoe").
I ask in all honesty/What would life be?/Without a song and a dance, what are we?/So I say "Thank you for the music/For giving it to me."
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