Maureen McGovern Off Days
Maureen McGovern Off Days
#0Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:53pm
Just found out that Maureen McGovern will not be on as Marmee on these days:
Saturday, January 29, at 8pm (she will play the matinee, though, but it is already sold-out)
Friday, March 18, at 8pm
Didn't want people to be dissapointed when they got there.
#1re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:56pmthat really sucks. i bought tickets in the beginning of November for January 29th at 8. I am very upset. I'm sure Sutton will be there though and I hope Maureen's understudy is good.
#2re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:59pmI don't know about her understudy. Has anybody seen her understudy? Has her understudy even been on yet? I know Sutton missed a week in early December.
Benzy92
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#3re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:03pmI strongly suggest you exchange your tickets. I was very unimpressed by her understudy, and from what I have heard and seen of her performance of the website and the Broadway.com benefit, she is not to be missed.
#4re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:11pmI agree with Benzy. Maureen is not to be missed. Her "Here Alone" made me and my wife bawl.
Benzy92
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#5re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:14pmI'm so upset I missed her.. Im going back Feb. 1st to catch her :)
#6re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:23pmI saw Maureen's understudy shortly before Christmas. I loved the show, but her songs put me to sleep. She did have a lovely voice though.
Benzy92
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#7re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:31pmThey put me to sleep also, but not because they were bad songs.. Maureen turns them into showstoppers
#8re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:34pmAbsolutely. Maureen is like an alchemist. From where I'm sitting, she has a lock on Best Featured Actress in a Musical.
#9re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:40pmAgreed...change your tickets. Maureen gives the show so much more emotional quailty and I just can't see someone else doing it quite the way she does. But I don't want to bum you out...maybe her understudy has gotten better.
#10re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:50pm
More shows should do what "Sweet Charity" is doing:
Have an established star (Charlotte d'Am) act as a standby. That way, even if you don't see the listed player, you still get a star. I don't have a problem with understudies, but I would understand how a tourist or someone else along those lines would feel cheated after paying $100 for a ticket and not see the name on the marquee.
#11re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:08pmIf there is any way you can see McGovern, you should make that happen. Even another established star as a standby wouldn't necessarily be able to give the performance she does.
#12re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:29pm
I do agree.
Maureen, to me, is the only Marmee.
I'm just saying that it would put some at ease if, say... Beth Fowler were standing by.
#13re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:32pmIs Charlotte D'amboise really going to be the Charity stand by?
#14re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:38pmBeth Fowler is a wonderful actress, but vocally she doesn't hold a candle to McGovern...
#15re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:43pm
Again, I agree.
Just an example.
Maureen's the only one.
BTW, snag a date with her yet? I'm rooting for you two crazy kids to work!
jonartdesigns
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/04
#16re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:56pmljay889 - if she is its a sure sign to perhaps get a new, non-celebrity roxie in chicago...tho with the weisslers it won't happen like that
#17re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:57pmNot yet, m.e.f. - but thanks. If we can't make it, I don't know who can!
#18re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:03pmMaybe me and Melissa... aside from the fact that we are both married.
#19re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:06pmWell Ms. M. and I don't have that obstacle. So it's just a matter of time! We'll invite you to the commitment ceremony.
#20re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:10pm
Thanks. I'll book a sitter.
I thought Ms. M was married. No?
#21re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:12pmShe was. She's been divorced for about 25 years or so.
#23re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:27pmDon't know, don't care. She's mine now.
#24re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:31pm
Good for you!! That's the spirit!
BTW, did "Here Alone" make you a little teary? I bawled like a baby.
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