Maureen McGovern Off Days

#1

Maureen 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.

#2

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:56pm

that 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.

#3

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 7:59pm

I 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.

#4

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:03pm

I 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.

#5

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:11pm

I agree with Benzy. Maureen is not to be missed. Her "Here Alone" made me and my wife bawl.

#6

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:14pm

I'm so upset I missed her.. Im going back Feb. 1st to catch her :)

#7

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:23pm

I 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.

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#8

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:31pm

They put me to sleep also, but not because they were bad songs.. Maureen turns them into showstoppers

#9

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:34pm

Absolutely. Maureen is like an alchemist. From where I'm sitting, she has a lock on Best Featured Actress in a Musical.

#10

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 8:40pm

Agreed...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.

#11

re: 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.

#12

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:08pm

If 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.

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#13

re: 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.

#14

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:32pm

Is Charlotte D'amboise really going to be the Charity stand by?

#15

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:38pm

Beth Fowler is a wonderful actress, but vocally she doesn't hold a candle to McGovern...

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#16

re: 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!

#17

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:56pm

ljay889 - 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

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#18

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 9:57pm

Not yet, m.e.f. - but thanks. If we can't make it, I don't know who can!

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#19

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:03pm

Maybe me and Melissa... aside from the fact that we are both married.

#20

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:06pm

Well 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.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#21

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:10pm

Thanks. I'll book a sitter.

I thought Ms. M was married. No?

#22

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:12pm

She was. She's been divorced for about 25 years or so.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#23

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:16pm

Who was Mr. Maureen McGovern?

#24

re: Maureen McGovern Off Days

Posted: 1/22/05 at 10:27pm

Don't know, don't care. She's mine now.

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Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#25

re: 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.