#26
Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:32pm
Personally, I would like to see Harriet Harris as Mame. I think its about time she had a starring role.
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#27
Posted: 10/6/04 at 10:32pm
Isn't NY due to get a Mame revival soon, with actually all of the Jerry Herman big hits being redone? Being kickstarted with the upcoming "La Cage" revival?
#28
Posted: 10/7/04 at 9:18am
ahem, you may notice that I have some affinity for the musical Mame. I would love to see a revival but don't quite know who is exactly right. Cher is not. Mame is supposed to be about 40-45. By the time Cher gets off of her "Farewell Tour" she will be close to the age that Lucy was when she played it. (and that has been well discussed in a recent string).
I also don't think Donna Murphy is right, she doesn't have the lightness that Mame, in the musical requires. She is more appropriate for the play. Christine Ebersole might be okay, but still not a direct hit.
I also don't think Donna Murphy is right, she doesn't have the lightness that Mame, in the musical requires. She is more appropriate for the play. Christine Ebersole might be okay, but still not a direct hit.
So my dear you think you can get to Broadway. Well, let me tell you something. Broadway has no room for people like you. Not the Broadway I know. My Broadway takes people like you and eats them up and spits them out. My Broadway is the Broadway of Merman, and Martin, and Fontaine, and if you think you can build yourself up by knocking other people down... ...GOOD LUCK... Seinfeld
#29
Posted: 10/7/04 at 9:26am
In my mind, Vera should be played by Ruth Williamson or Joanne Bogart. I can't seen Christine E as Mame though - too hard edged. She needs more softness.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#30
Posted: 10/7/04 at 9:27am
I agree that no one has ever confused MAME with WAR AND PEACE, but if you're looking for a leading lady, what about Betty Buckley?
She definitely can handle the vocal requirements, and plays comedy and drama equally well.
Can you imagine her singing "If He Walked Into My Life?"
She definitely can handle the vocal requirements, and plays comedy and drama equally well.
Can you imagine her singing "If He Walked Into My Life?"
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#31
Posted: 10/7/04 at 9:29am
oh I can't imagine that at all... Betty is amazing - but has much too hard an edge to be Mame.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#32
Posted: 10/7/04 at 9:50am
You think so Redhot?
Did you catch her as the sympathetic gym teacher in CARRIE? [MOVIE VERSION]
Did you catch her as the sympathetic gym teacher in CARRIE? [MOVIE VERSION]
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#33
Posted: 10/7/04 at 9:57am
National tour of MAME was going to play Cleveland's Palace Theatre, but was replaced by OLIVER!. I do not know what happened.
CCM '10!
#34
Posted: 10/7/04 at 10:03am
Mary_Ethyl - yes but do you know how many years ago that was? Betty has transformed and toughened over the years. I love her work, but I just don't think she is right for that particular role.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#35
Posted: 10/7/04 at 10:15am
Redhot--
You have caused me to RETHINK my original message!
I think you ARE RIGHT--Ms. Buckley does not have required warmth to perform "My Best Girl" or "We Need a Little Christmas."
THANKS for setting me straight! :)
You have caused me to RETHINK my original message!
I think you ARE RIGHT--Ms. Buckley does not have required warmth to perform "My Best Girl" or "We Need a Little Christmas."
THANKS for setting me straight! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#36
Posted: 10/7/04 at 11:12am
I got three suggestions for Mama.
Goldie Hawn (just perfect, but she'll NEVER do it)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Toni Colette.
Goldie Hawn (just perfect, but she'll NEVER do it)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Toni Colette.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#37
Posted: 10/7/04 at 11:31am
Hi robbiej! :)
Catherine Zata-Jones as MAME?
As already discussed, Mame Dennis is a very WARM personality.
I don't see Ms. Zeta-Jones having that necessary quality to play Mame.
Catherine Zata-Jones as MAME?
As already discussed, Mame Dennis is a very WARM personality.
I don't see Ms. Zeta-Jones having that necessary quality to play Mame.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#38
Posted: 10/7/04 at 11:39am
I would like to submit that Ms. Angela Lansbury, at the time of being cast as Mame, was best known for slapping the sh*t out of Judy Garland in THE HARVEY GIRLS and brainwashing her son (and then making out with him) in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
Ms. Lansbury was not known for warmth either. But it all worked out in the end.
Ms. Lansbury was not known for warmth either. But it all worked out in the end.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#39
Posted: 10/7/04 at 11:47am
Hey robbiej :)
EXCELLENT POINT!
You are RIGHT, Ms. Lansbury used to be THE queen witch of Hollywood!
EXCELLENT POINT!
You are RIGHT, Ms. Lansbury used to be THE queen witch of Hollywood!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#40
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:06pm
Random comments and questions:
Goldie Hawn is an interesting pick (though more for the play than the musical -- she has tiny little voice and couldn't belt out that score to save her life). Anyway, I can't imagine she'd ever do eight shows a week at this point though.
Zeta-Jones and Collette are too young.
Patti Lupone might be able to pull off Mame, though she lacks a certain warmth (I think she could probably fake it -- she could do Vera in her sleep).
I could see Baranski and Ebersole in either role.
Broadway can't afford Bette Midler. Period. (She makes a million dollars a night on tour -- why would she put herself through eight shows a week for a tenth of that? Now a movie version's another matter altogether).
I've always hated the concept of Cher as Mame -- she's just wrong wrong wrong and she'll butcher the music with that "voice" of hers and all those Cher-isms (too many weird vowels). I'd rather it not be done at all than have it done with her.
Betty Buckley has the voice, but isn't she missing a few too many humor genes to play Mame? "Madcap" is not a word I would use to describe her.
Harriet Harris would be a great Mame, but probably isn't enough of a name to get the part in a major Broadway revival.
Not sure any major producer is going entrust a $10 million revival to Mme. Murphy so soon after the Wonderful Town fiasco. She might be able to pull off the role, but she's not ideal casting.
How about Chita for Vera?
Spencer Kayden for Gooch?
I wonder if Jennifer Saunders can sing well enough for the role(I've heard her fake sing in sketches, but never really "sing sing)? And Joanna Lumley for Vera?
Does Liza have enough voice left to do a Broadway run?
How about Tracy Ullman? Bernadette? Glenn Close? Andrea Martin?
Goldie Hawn is an interesting pick (though more for the play than the musical -- she has tiny little voice and couldn't belt out that score to save her life). Anyway, I can't imagine she'd ever do eight shows a week at this point though.
Zeta-Jones and Collette are too young.
Patti Lupone might be able to pull off Mame, though she lacks a certain warmth (I think she could probably fake it -- she could do Vera in her sleep).
I could see Baranski and Ebersole in either role.
Broadway can't afford Bette Midler. Period. (She makes a million dollars a night on tour -- why would she put herself through eight shows a week for a tenth of that? Now a movie version's another matter altogether).
I've always hated the concept of Cher as Mame -- she's just wrong wrong wrong and she'll butcher the music with that "voice" of hers and all those Cher-isms (too many weird vowels). I'd rather it not be done at all than have it done with her.
Betty Buckley has the voice, but isn't she missing a few too many humor genes to play Mame? "Madcap" is not a word I would use to describe her.
Harriet Harris would be a great Mame, but probably isn't enough of a name to get the part in a major Broadway revival.
Not sure any major producer is going entrust a $10 million revival to Mme. Murphy so soon after the Wonderful Town fiasco. She might be able to pull off the role, but she's not ideal casting.
How about Chita for Vera?
Spencer Kayden for Gooch?
I wonder if Jennifer Saunders can sing well enough for the role(I've heard her fake sing in sketches, but never really "sing sing)? And Joanna Lumley for Vera?
Does Liza have enough voice left to do a Broadway run?
How about Tracy Ullman? Bernadette? Glenn Close? Andrea Martin?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#41
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:12pm
Ms. Channing:
It's interesting that you mention Liza for Mame.
Trivial Pursuit: Judy DESPERATELY wanted to play Mame on Broadway; but producers felt her reliability issues would cause production more harm than good. Judy was crushed.
It's interesting that you mention Liza for Mame.
Trivial Pursuit: Judy DESPERATELY wanted to play Mame on Broadway; but producers felt her reliability issues would cause production more harm than good. Judy was crushed.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#42
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:24pm
Lorna as Mame and Liza as Vera?
You know who would have been a perfect Mame, may she rest in brassy peace? Delicious, de-luscious Delores Gray!
You know who would have been a perfect Mame, may she rest in brassy peace? Delicious, de-luscious Delores Gray!
#43
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:27pm
Jennifer Saunders could be fun. She sounded suprisingly good on the Shrek II Soundtrack.
So my dear you think you can get to Broadway. Well, let me tell you something. Broadway has no room for people like you. Not the Broadway I know. My Broadway takes people like you and eats them up and spits them out. My Broadway is the Broadway of Merman, and Martin, and Fontaine, and if you think you can build yourself up by knocking other people down... ...GOOD LUCK... Seinfeld
#44
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:27pm
I don't think Lorna has the stage presence to carry off Mame, and Liza acceting a SUPPORTING ROLE TO HER OWN SISTER?
PLEEEEASE ... :)
PLEEEEASE ... :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#45
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:29pm
I believe Dolores Grey played Mame. Somewhere. At some point.
I keep thinking that either Carol Burnett or Madeline Kahn would have been wonderful.
I keep thinking that either Carol Burnett or Madeline Kahn would have been wonderful.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#46
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:31pm
Jerry Herman apparently worked privately with Garland and tried to convince the producers to hire her, but it was a no-go. Herman said that Garland's version of "If He Walked Into My Life" was absolutely incredible (I can just imagine)
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#47
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:33pm
He has also stated that he wrote that score with her voice in mind.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
#48
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:35pm
robbiej,
I know Dolores Gray played ANNIE GET YOUR GUN in West End and was replacement for GYPSY (again in West End--she took over when Ms. Lansbury came to America) and also played Carlotta in West End production of FOLLIES--but I am not aware of her ever playing Mame.
I know Dolores Gray played ANNIE GET YOUR GUN in West End and was replacement for GYPSY (again in West End--she took over when Ms. Lansbury came to America) and also played Carlotta in West End production of FOLLIES--but I am not aware of her ever playing Mame.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#49
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:46pm
How about Molly Shannon or Cheri Oteri as Gooch?
PEACE.
#50
Posted: 10/7/04 at 12:47pm
I don't believe she ever did it in a 'major' production...I believe it was stock.
"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."
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