Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
#1Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 8:45am
I saw and enjoyed Claudia Shear in her play Dirty Blonde , ( at the West Yorkshire Playhouse , in Leeds , West Yorkshire England ) but I think there may be more mileage in the original Dirty Blonde herself Miss Mae West!
How I wish someone would come up with a musical based on the life of Mae West. I have always loved this larger than life lady , a great wit , and an emancipated dame many years ahead of her time!
I would love to see Bette Midler in the role of Miss West!
Charlotte Chandler has just written a new biography of Mae West which comes out in February 2009 from Simon and Schuster , and I look forward to reading this when it hits the bookstands!
I really do hope that even as I type this some talented playwright is writing something along these lines , and this happens one day sometime really soon!
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Updated On: 12/19/08 at 08:45 AM
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#2re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 8:58am
Lainie Kazan would be a great Mae West too! In her act she does an impersonation
of her and it is " Spot on "
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#3re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 1:14pmThere was never anyone like Mae and there will never be anyone like Mae. Her movies continue to delight and any attempt to make a musical about her will run into in-your-face comparisons with the real McCoy.
BroadwayEd
WOSQ
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/03
#4re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 2:21pm
Mae was iconic and complete without singing book songs. I think the addition of songs would actually diminish her larger-than-life persona.
Her epigrams were pithy and perfect without becoming songs.
"I used to be Snow White, but I drifted."
"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable."
--Carrie Fisher
#5re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 3:13pm
I agree with the Skinner choice Morosco. I could easily see her doing an evening of West's songs wrapped around her life story.
#6re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 3:29pmWell, at least one musical has been written. I saw a small production of it some years back. It wasn't very good. Can't remember the title.
Jack King
Featured Actor Joined: 12/1/08
#7re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 3:36pmIf they asked me, I could write a book. :)
autopilot2
Understudy Joined: 12/21/07
#8re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 4:54pm
Yeah - I did one a few years ago which was about Mae up until the point she got famous. We had a guy playing Mae - two other "multiple" roles and a "sextet".
It went really well - it was called "She's no Angel" and we did it for the '99 Marids Gras in Sydney.
I could dig up some demos if anyone's interested...
Sean
autopilot2
Understudy Joined: 12/21/07
#9re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 6:40pmBy that I meant wrote one - with Barry Lowe doing the book.
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#10re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/19/08 at 6:43pmdude! the closing number could be "I've been in more laps than a napkin"
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#11re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/20/08 at 12:48amEMILY SKINNER. I can't think of anyone more appropriate.
"What a mystery this world. One day you love them and the next day you want to kill them a thousand times over." The Masked Bandit in THE FALL
#12re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/20/08 at 12:55amI also immediately thought of Skinner when I saw this.
-Benjamin
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friedrichVT
Leading Actor Joined: 5/4/06
#13re: Somebody should write a Mae West Musical !
Posted: 12/20/08 at 2:26amThere was a musical called "Way Out West " back in the 90's that had a couple of productions and a workshop but went nowhere...
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