Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...
Featured Actor Joined: 6/14/11
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#3
Posted: 11/6/19 at 7:51pm
Why would anyone sane invest in a show that was thoroughly mediocre, and a financial failure, the first time around? Were it not for Julie Andrews, this would have been a much bigger flop than it was.
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#4
Posted: 11/6/19 at 7:55pm
If not a revival, then a special concert performance. We could finally see Anne Runolffson perform, perhaps?
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#5
Posted: 11/6/19 at 8:23pmWell who else do you think will grab at it first? BERNADETE PETERS...of course!
Broadway Star Joined: 5/9/12
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#6
Posted: 11/6/19 at 9:09pmAnne Hathaway could be a wonderful choice for this!
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#7
Posted: 11/6/19 at 9:17pm
What if Julie Andrews directed it? I'd watch that.
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#8
Posted: 11/6/19 at 11:43pm
Jarethan said: "Why would anyone sane invest in a show that was thoroughly mediocre,and a financial failure, the first time around? Were it not for Julie Andrews, this would have been a much bigger flop than it was.
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So this. The score was beneath mediocre. Who would ever want to hear it again? Completely forgettable show that got by on the strength of Andrews (and her voice was already halfway gone before the infamous surgery, so that's saying something about her star power).
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#9
Posted: 11/6/19 at 11:56pm
Aside from all the reasons above, there's some REALLY cringey stuff in the book. I watched it recently and it just doesn't work nowadays –– our culture has a totally different view of gender presentation and sexual identity.
Watch the film instead. (Which isn't that great to begin with, though Andrews and Robert Preston are charming.)
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
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Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#12
Posted: 11/9/19 at 7:47amWhy would anyone want to revive such a lackluster and poorly constructed show?
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#13
Posted: 11/9/19 at 12:13pm
Go on, I'll say it. Loretta...
Updated On: 11/9/19 at 12:13 PMBroadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#15
Posted: 11/10/19 at 3:38pm
I'm sure Dolly would happily advise his beloved Loretta Swit to steer clear of any hypothetical revival of this mess of a show.
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#16
Posted: 11/10/19 at 4:47pm
Just rewatch the best version, the movie with Julie Andrews.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#17
Posted: 11/10/19 at 10:01pm
AEA AGMA SM said: "I'm sure Dolly would happily advise his beloved Loretta Swit to steer clear of any hypothetical revival of this mess of a show."
La Swit can do anything. ANYTHING. Right now she's rehearsing EQUUS ON ICE. All reports indicate this will be a hot ticket!
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#18
Posted: 11/10/19 at 10:15pm
MichelleCraig said: "Just rewatch the best version, the movie with Julie Andrews."
Exactly! That is what I am doing right now - - - and I must say the film still holds up. Andrews and Preston are great, Garner is a great reactor - - - especially during the "Le Jazz Hot" sequence and Warren is a comic revelation.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#19
Posted: 11/10/19 at 10:20pm
Loved the movie. Was disappointed by the stage show. If it were to be presented in an Encores type setting I'd want to see a genuine clown in the role rather than an ingenue with a belt.
The types doing broad comedy these days aren't "stars." Beth Leavel? Leslie Kritzer? Kerry Butler? Sarah Stiles? Any of the Mean Girls?
You'd need to focus your star casting on the Toddy role, and write him a better song than "Trust Me." Andrew Rannells? Matt Bomer, anyone?
Time for a Victor/Victoria revival...#20
Posted: 11/10/19 at 10:50pmCheno would be fun in an Encores type setting
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