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Posted: 9/2/18 at 12:32pm
I saw JP in "Mame" twice in April 1994 at The Alex Theatre in Glendale, California. She was fantastic!
Posted: 9/2/18 at 1:08pm
I missed MAME but saw her in CHICAGO and FOLLIES. She was a true triple threat and always lit up the stage. Her dancing as Phyllis was the best I've seen. And as Roxie, Prowse had a great Velma in a very young Bebe Neuwirth. I regret I never saw her in IRMA LA DOUCE. She was wonderful in every thing she did.
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Posted: 9/2/18 at 11:55pm
While I do like Juliet Prowse, I did not like her in Irma La Douce which I saw at the Westbury Music Fair. The book just doesn't work. Also saw Irma La Douce at Encores with Rob Mclure and that didn't work either. Not sure if it was Prowse or the material. The cd and the score is to die for... amazing but that book. Ouch
Posted: 9/3/18 at 8:16am
I've always heard she was a remarkable Phyllis in "Follies," and recently saw footage of "Lucy and Jesse" (Muny?) The older show girl persona must've fit her like a glove. (A reason I always wanted to see Vanessa Williams in the role.) She was successful as Charity in the West End.
Posted: 9/3/18 at 11:38am
goldenboy said: "While I do like Juliet Prowse, I did not like her in Irma La Douce which I saw at the Westbury Music Fair. The book just doesn't work. Also saw Irma La Douce at Encores with Rob Mclure and that didn't work either. Not sure if it was Prowse or the material. The cd and the score is to die for... amazing but that book. Ouch"
As someone who was featured in a regional production of IRMA, I can say the book stinks. It was one of those shows where we couldn't wait for the final performance.
Posted: 9/3/18 at 11:44am
And Hollywood being Hollywood kept that lousy book for the film and tossed out that gorgeous score which they used as background music.
Posted: 9/3/18 at 12:44pm
goldenboy said: "And Hollywood being Hollywood kept that lousybook for the film and tossed out that gorgeous score which they used as background music.
The same was true with FANNY
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Posted: 9/4/18 at 7:58am
Dollypop said: "goldenboy said: "And Hollywood being Hollywood kept that lousybook for the film and tossed out that gorgeous score which they used as background music.
The same was true with FANNY
Ah! FANNY! Yes, Warner Bros. shied away from keeping Harold Rome's songs in the film because they felt musicals weren't making any money. The film was released in June of 1961. Four months later WEST SIDE STORY was released and dispelled the notion that musicals weren't or couldn't make any money. In spite of that the film adaptation of FANNY still works without the songs (Rome's beautiful score remains in the background) not only because of Pagnol's classic love story but it's wonderful performances by Leslie Caron as "Fanny", Horst Buchholz as "Marius", Maurice Chevalier as "Panisse" and Charles Boyer as "Cesar" and it's beautiful cinematography. It went unseen for years because someone at Warner Bros. did not bother to renew the copyright to the film.
IRMA LA DOUCE on the other hand is a film that I've always found extremely hard to sit through. It pales besides Wilder, MacLaine and Lemmon's previous collaboration with THE APARTMENT. The book/screenplay is weak and uninteresting and in this particular case keeping the songs would have helped. Also, MacLaine's bad/misunderstood/prostitute with a heart of gold schtick gets tired really fast.
Posted: 9/4/18 at 8:05am
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