Rebecca Luker to do "No, No Nanette" on the Cape

[melissa errico fan]

Rebecca Luker to do "No, No Nanette" on the Cape#0

Posted: 5/13/05 at 4:30pm

It's ironic that I'm listening to "The Music Man" while I post this. I bet The divine Ms. Luker will knock 'em dead. I have never been a fan of the show, but she will probably be terrific. Hell, she made "Darling of the Day" watchable, and that's no small feat.
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[ConvinceMe2]

re: Rebecca Luker to do 'No, No Nanette' on the Cape#1

Posted: 5/13/05 at 5:25pm

I love Nanette, but can't think of a single role that Luker is right for. She may have made an okay Nanette about 20 years ao; but she's all wrong for Lucille.

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[The Distinctive Baritone]

re: Rebecca Luker to do 'No, No Nanette' on the Cape#2

Posted: 5/13/05 at 5:37pm

I appeared in a summer stock production of this show a few years ago, and let me say that it is so dated it make "Sweet Charity" look like "Rent"--but I'm sure Ms. Luker will rise above the material.

[alterego]

re: Rebecca Luker to do 'No, No Nanette' on the Cape#3

Posted: 5/13/05 at 11:04pm

Lucille maybe? Dated? Not compared to Annie Get Your Gun or Wonderful Town.It's just a good fun show.
Updated On: 5/13/05 at 11:04 PM

[frontrowcentre2]

re: Rebecca Luker to do 'No, No Nanette' on the Cape#4

Posted: 5/14/05 at 2:59am

NANETTE is dated, but as rewritten in 1971 it is done as a send-up of 1920s musicals (similar to THE BOY FRIEND, except NANETTE is authentic.) The score bubbles like champagne, and the book..well it fills time between the songs. For a show that was such an unexpected hit in 1971, the revised version has been little seen since.

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