Victor/Victoria needs a revival — Page 2

Also... just thought I'd throw in an aside... how amazing would a Mame (another show I think that show be revived) revival with Cher and Meryl be?!?!

Stephanie J. Block would be wonderful in this show!

Too true! Overdue for a good revival!

Jan I think would be great.

I really like this show. I saw it out of town - the stuff that was cut - saw it a bunch on Broadway w Julie, Anne, Liza, Tara (the understudy) and Raquel.

The show's main problem is its a show for a specific star, Julie. It's not really the same without her.

I will say Tara O'Brien, who sang the Paris by night in act two was truly stunning as Victoria.

Changing "crazy world"(a fav song of mine) to "who can I tell?" Wasnt great.

The show changed a lot even after opening. Sometimes there'd be the ballon person in the agents office sometimes not.

I liked "Louis says"

liza was a hot fun mess in the show. Seriously.

The film is great because the entire cast is perfectly cast from the smallest to largest character. There was no way a stage version could be as good.



on a side note, I saw Liza do the role and it was so wrong. The character became a woman, pretending to be a man, pretending to be a woman, who sounds like a MAN. Liza had a deeper voice than most of the men in in the cast.

It has all the makings of a classic like Cabaret

Wait...what? Have you ever seen Cabaret? For the life of me, I can't figure out how they are remotely similar.

I actually saw the show twice. It wasn't a horrible train wreck, but it wasn't that great. The second time I saw was only because I had the opportunity to see Liza perform and I'd never seen her perform live. I actually preferred her to Julie because at least Liza added some energy and life to the role. Julie was just so BLAND. The book was so-so and much of the score was forgettable or bad. Ironically, my favorite number ironically was Louis Says, which had already been cut when Liza stepped in. The sets were gorgeous, however, and Rachel York's performance was the one true saving grace of the show. She was ON FIRE.

"...why wasn't Rachel York nominated?"

I actually knew someone on the nominating committee that year; the majority of the committee thought the show was death on stage and didn't deserve any nods. They nominated Andrews solely because of her star presence and history.

I have to agree; as much as one might love Rachel York, no one could have elevated that material. "Paris Makes Me Horny" may well be among the worst 5 musical theatre songs ever written. Compared to Warren's film performance, York was nothing more than a vulgar cartoon imitation.