Madeline Kahn at the 1978 Tony Awards...- Page 3

[mallardo]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 3:37am

From someone who was in the cast of On The 20th Century, I was told that Kahn's problem was a ghastly case of stage fright. It took all the strength she could muster to go out there every night - maybe that's where the six shows a week business came from.

[morosco]

Posted: 4/21/07 at 10:35am

Thank you BrodyFosse123

[MadelineKahnFan]

Posted: 4/22/07 at 11:39am

I don't think Madeline Kahn suffered from stage fright. She was doing Broadway for 10 years by then. Lets just let her rest in peace and remember her brilliant work she done.

[jv92]

Posted: 11/23/07 at 10:50pm

Bump...

Brody, any choice we'll get those clips back on that site?

[westcoast_wannabe]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 5:59am

I started reading this thread, not noticing the dates, and spent the last 45 minutes searching up and down that site looking for the various clips mentioned. I can’t believe I went through all that just to find out those clips are no longer there.

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 10:14am

"I started reading this thread, not noticing the dates, and spent the last 45 minutes searching up and down that site looking for the various clips mentioned. I can’t believe I went through all that just to find out those clips are no longer there."


...I did the same thing. oops :O)

[devonian.t]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 11:00am

Me too!

[Chason]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 11:01am

Elizabeth in Young Frankenstein
Eunice in What's Up, Doc?
Lili Von Shtupp in Blazing Saddles
Kitty in At Long Last Love
... but... - her most priceless role EVER...
Trixie Delight in Paper Moon.
God, I love her. Better still, I'm betting that HE loves HER.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 11:39am

Someone send me a PM to remind me and most definitely -- I'll post those 1978 Tony Awards show clips again. YouTube.com killed that account some time ago and I didn't feel like reposting ALL of the clips I had (which were over 50).

I'll do so sometime this weekend. Fair enough?

[South Fl Marc]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 12:15pm

John Cullum did an interview once. He said when they were on the pre Broadway try out, in Boston I think,and Madeline missed her first performance. The next day she asked John how Judy did - he told here she knew all the words. A week later she took off another performance and again she asked John how Judy did - he answered that she knew all the blocking. A little while later in the run she took off a third time. The next morning when she asked John how Judy did he told he that it would be in her best interest not to miss any other performances. Apparently Judy Kaye had gotten that good with a few performances.
I have audio recordings of both Ms Kahn and Ms. Kaye in the Broadway run and as much as I adore Madeline Kahn, and I don't think there is a better film comdienne - vocally, Ms Kay was absolute perfection and was more suited to the part. I also had the good fortune to see both of them.
Updated On: 11/24/07 at 12:15 PM

[jv92]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 12:25pm

Hal said he should have just cast Kaye as Lily instead of getting Kahn and having Kaye as standby. Personally, I think both were excellent. The standout of Twentieth Century, however, was John Cullum. The Legacy number was absolutely hysterical.
And Brody, thank you. I wish I had such an extensive library of old footage, but alas, I don't.

[jv92]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 7:02pm

Bump...

Brody, I can hardly wait for those videos.

[jv92]

Posted: 11/25/07 at 9:07pm

Bump...

Brody? Are we ever going to see them again?

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 11/25/07 at 11:27pm

Sorry for the delay -- I'm not home yet to upload those clips (they're in my South Florida home). I should be able to have them posted either late tomorrow or sometime on Tuesday.

For the delay -- I'll repost on YouTube.com: the full clip of Liza's Tony win (Madeline lost to her) and Judy Kaye and the original Broadway cast performing "On the Twentieth Century".

Fair enough?

[InfiniteTheaterFrenzy]

Posted: 11/25/07 at 11:28pm

Thank you so much, BrodyFosse! Can't wait to see them all

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 12:17pm

And this is why Brody rocks

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/26/07 at 12:38pm

I had a friend who was in the chorus of ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY and he said Madeline was complete doll and a class act. Prince apparently wanted her to do the same numbers in rehearsal over and over again til she told him she'd had enough, she'd ruin her voice. Prince took this as her sabotaging rehearsals and then, as my friend put it, "things got REALLY ugly" between the two.

Patti LuPone tells more or less the same story with Prince in rehearsal in Actors On Acting.

[jv92]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 8:54pm

"Prince took this as her sabotaging rehearsals and then, as my friend put it, "things got REALLY ugly" between the two."

Ha, ha. How ugly? Any Oscar/Lilly moments?

"Patti LuPone tells more or less the same story with Prince in rehearsal in Actors On Acting."

Really? I thought Patti loved working with Hal.

Oh, and thanks Brody. Whenever you get the chance. Updated On: 11/27/07 at 08:54 PM

[commasplice]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 9:03pm

Thanks, Brody!

And pulling something off the front page:
"I was reading a book called Auditioning by Joanna Merlin, who was Prince's prime casting director. And according to her Prince has only fired one person in all of his career, and that was only because a song was written into the show for her character and she couldn't sing it."

This is Garn Stephens, the original Petra in A Little Night Music, right?

[jv92]

Posted: 11/27/07 at 9:05pm

Yes. If I'm not mistaken, that was not so much Hal Prince's fault as it was Stephen Sondheim's. Sondheim loved and still loves The Miller's Son, Petra's number. Stephens couldn't handle the song and Sondheim wanted someone better so she was let go.

"Patti LuPone tells more or less the same story with Prince in rehearsal in Actors On Acting."

Where can I get a hold of this? Is it a book? A film? Updated On: 11/27/07 at 09:05 PM

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 1:29am

I can't wait for the clips to go back up. :)

[Lorelai]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 2:20pm

"Flames... on the side of my face..."


LOL. LOVE IT

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 2:49pm

Could someone posts links to the clips on YOUTUBE?

Go on, you CAN to say YOUTUBE here. You're allowed.


YOUTUBE!


It feels good, doesn't it?

[jv92]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 2:50pm

Brody...

When? Please? Thank you.

[jv92]

Posted: 11/29/07 at 8:34pm

Brody... ever? I don't mean to be rude but I really want to see them! Please?!