How did YAGMCB lose best revival? — Page 2

BERNADETTE!!!!!!

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Didn't see the Annie Get Your Gun revival; saw the Charlie Brown revival and there wasn't much I liked about it - it was fake, plastic, and charmless; everything good about the piece had been killed."

You seem to say that about every production you see.

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I was at ANNIE GET YORU GUN on one of the press nights. A so-so production- I did not like the revisions Peter Stone made to the book, removing much of the humour and replacing it with ... nothing. I missed the Overture and opening number, felt they leaned too heavily on "...Show Business" throughout the revision. Peters was a charismatic star in a star role, but the dances Jeff Calhoun staged were campy and terrible (especially to "My Defenses are Down" which doesn't even need to be a choreographed number.)

I was not surprised when it won Best Revival of a Musical: The show is a beloved classic from a time that predates the Tony Awards. (The Merman revival in 1966 was not nominated for any awards.)

CHARLIE BROWN always seems to me to be a flat show and despite the stellar cast, the revival was sadly inadequate. It also struggled to get an audience, even after they revamped the schedule to put extra weekend performances (including a morning performance on Saturdays.) The revival folded just after the Tony Awards, while ANNIE ran a year. Would the results have been any different if CHARLIE BROWN had won the Best Revival (Muiscal) Tony? Not likely...that award has little effect on ticket sales, and CHARLIE BROWN is still perceived as as "kid's show."

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