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.
"Why do you care what people might say? Why try to fit into their design?" (Side Show)
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.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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...
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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
"Grease," the fourth revival of the season, is the worst show in the history of theater and represents an unparalleled assault on Western civilization and its values. - Michael Reidel
#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!
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#23re: Maureen McGovern Off Days
Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:27pmDon't know, don't care. She's mine now.
Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson
#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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