My Favorite Year

[Gothampc]

My Favorite Year#1

Posted: 5/23/13 at 6:43pm

This didn't last very long when it played Lincoln Center (three month run). But it was by the great Flahtery & Ahrens. It won Andrea Martin a Tony Award. I remember seeing the ads everywhere. Was it any good? Worthy of a revival?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[bwayphreak234]

My Favorite Year#2

Posted: 5/23/13 at 7:08pm

I saw a production and I enjoyed it. The book could use some tightening and tweaking. It lacks focus. The score was great though. If they reworked the book and got some big names, I would love to see a revival.

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[trentsketch]

My Favorite Year#2

Posted: 5/23/13 at 7:09pm

I read through the perusal with a director once. There are some good songs but there's not much there. The tone is weird. I know they updated the book and added two new songs a few years ago but I don't know if that could save it. It was either really silly or just a bit too dark for the story it was telling. There are other shows that do the behind the scenes in Hollywood thing so much better.

Honestly, what probably hurt it the most was coming out a couple years after City of Angels. My Favorite Year was also really jazzy and had a lot of similar characters. The flaws wouldn't have been as glaring without the comparison.

[Playbilly]

My Favorite Year#3

Posted: 5/23/13 at 7:14pm

I'm not familiar with the show. Did they stick to the movie story, or try to "improve" and lose the charm?

"Through The Sacrifice You Made, We Can't Believe The Price You Paid..For Love!"

[trentsketch]

My Favorite Year#4

Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:06pm

There are changes. They tried to ground it a big more in reality to create a big emotional climax that doesn't work.

[GlindatheGood22]

My Favorite Year#5

Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:14pm

This is one of those shows I keep meaning to check out but never do. The opening number is on the Sirius XM Bway channel all the time. I had no idea it was Ahrens and Flaherty.

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[henrikegerman]

My Favorite Year#6

Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:16pm

What's been going on with Evan Pappas? Very talented guy.

[AC126748]

My Favorite Year#7

Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:37pm

I didn't see the original production. But my memory of the production I did see was of a show that fell apart in the second act after a very promising first.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[Rypm25]

My Favorite Year#8

Posted: 5/23/13 at 8:52pm

I remember going with my mom to see this. It was the first musical I saw in NY. She had loved the movie..so off we went. I remember loving some of the numbers, and being bored to tears with others. Andrea Martin of course does stick out, as well as a scene in a bathroom. The opening number was quite exciting...and I just remember one fabulous set piece after another. I also remembering being disappointed a bit with Tim Curry...but it could have been the character and the songs he was singing that was disappointing. There was also some weird subplot about Tim Curry's daughter and reconnecting with her...that seemed out of place and not really dealt with well.

[After Eight]

My Favorite Year#9

Posted: 5/23/13 at 9:02pm

A clunker. Pushed very hard, all in vain. Lackluster score.

[John Adams]

My Favorite Year#10

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:00pm

>> :I also remembering being disappointed a bit with Tim Curry...but it could have been the character and the songs he was singing that was disappointing."

I didn't think that Curry had the same "cinematic" presence that Peter O'Toole had in the movie. On the whole, I feel that way about the whole show. I felt like Curry lacked the ability to convincingly play both the cinematic "larger than life" personality and the fearful, flawed man Alan Swan really was. Peter O'Toole left some really big shoes to fill, though!

[egghumor]

My Favorite Year#11

Posted: 5/23/13 at 11:19pm

If you watch the immensely charming original film, you could easily believe it has the makings of a good musical. Not a misguided notion as some musicals are, but they did nothing to "lift" it. It wound up being an earnest attempt to recreate the film with some very mediocre songs added. For me, despite the valiant effort, it was supreme disappointment.

[bwayphreak234]

My Favorite Year#12

Posted: 5/24/13 at 1:52am

There was also some weird subplot about Tim Curry's daughter and reconnecting with her...that seemed out of place and not really dealt with well.

Katie Finneran played Tim Curry's character's daugther!

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

Updated On: 5/24/13 at 01:52 AM

[henrikegerman]

My Favorite Year#13

Posted: 5/24/13 at 8:19am

the storyline about Swann's daughter was also in the movie.

Updated On: 5/24/13 at 08:19 AM

[someone.else's.story2]

My Favorite Year#14

Posted: 5/25/13 at 1:01pm

I actually liked the score from Favorite Year. Not a flawless show, but it has many redeeming things about it!

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