On the Twentieth Century- Page 2
On the Twentieth Century
#25Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/1/07 at 9:12pmMarin Mazzie should be allowed to reprise the role for a Broadway run.
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#26Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/1/07 at 9:15pm
"Marin Mazzie should be allowed to reprise the role for a Broadway run."
Amen.
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#27Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:32am
Dear me2,
The song "Veronique" shows how Lily Garland goes from being a mousy little accompaniest named Mildred Plotnik to being Lily Garland. She enters the scene as the accompaniest for a diva who can't really sing, playing the song "Indian Maiden's Lament". The diva accuses her of sabotaging the audition. After the audition as she is preparing to leave, Oscar Jaffee asks her to try out for the show. She starts out hesitantly, but he gets her to cut loose and she triumphs in the part.
My only fault with the show is that they didn't include my favorite line from the play.
When Lily shows Oscar her Academy Award, he asks "What did you get that for...BOWLING?"
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#28Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 11:01amI love On the Twentieth Century and would eagerly purchase a ticket of a revival, but let's not kid ourselves here. Ain't Misbehavin' had already received raves from it's run at the Manhattan Theatre Club and opened as a smash runaway hit. To this day, it's still considered the apex of musical reviews. On the Twentieth Century is cute and fun with a strong score, but as history has shown, there was no way it could stand up to the force that was Ain't Misbehavin'. It was like The Producers of the 78-79 season.
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#29Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 11:14am
I love this show - I saw it 8 times and it remains one of my favorites. When it became available for production it was the first show I directed, and despite the lavish staging the original production got, at it's heart it is an intimate show that works with or without the spectacle if you have a strong cast and a little ingenuity.
As for AIN'T MISBEHAVIN's Tony win - it was a huge hit, while OTTC was not. And OTTC did not get across the board rave reviews - quite a lot of the reviews were actually mixed to negative.
PS: the "steam" rising from the orchestra pit was a heavy duty C02 fire extinguisher. It was a stunning effect, and an easy one to replicate. A friend of mine in high school was related to the prop master at the St. James at the time, and he took us on a backstage tour after a performance. He gave us each a handful of the REPENT stickers used in the show. I still have a few of them.
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Updated On: 7/2/07 at 11:14 AM
#30Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 11:39am
Ah . . . Thanks sondheimboy2, that'll help big time when I pop in that CD next time!
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#31Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 11:55amWhat a beautiful show the original production was. It was one of the first musicals to be budgeted at the (until then) unheard of amount of 1 million dollars. My how times have changed.
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#32Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 12:03pmI bet that it sat just as beauitfuly at the St. James as it did at Her Majestys in London.
#33Hal vs. Madeline
Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:13pm
yeah Ain't Misbehavin' is awesome but Twentieth Century is amazing.
Incredible cast and score.
I would die of happiness if it was revived. It certainly deserves it.
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#34On the Twentieth Century
Posted: 7/2/07 at 1:15pm
I just posted to change the subject heading. It was still Hal Vs. Madeline which has noting to do with the praise posters have been giving this show.
But to add onto the praise (again)- This is a great show! Revive it!
#35On the Twentieth Century
Posted: 7/2/07 at 9:23pmI really love it on the Cast Recording when, very early on during "Veronique", Madeline Kahn nearly chokes on the words!
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