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What would you like to see at Encores!
#50re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 10:57am
The recent concert version of Candide was taped for PBS and will be shown sometimes around the New Year. It was great seeing it in the house, I'm really looking forward to seeing it again.
As for Kristen, she has more than the range needed to do Lily Garland, and she would be very funny.
I would rather see a major revival than a concert version though.
I would love to see Dear World done by Encores.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#51re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 10:58am
amerac,
For Letitia Primrose I cast my vote for... Elaine Stritch. Can't you just see Stritch doing "Repent" [and bringing the house down!] :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
#52re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 11:04amElaine Stritch as Letitia Primrose? What perfect casting. Therefore it will never be done. Recently it seems Broadway Producers are going out of there way to hire the wrong people for major roles.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#53re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 11:17amSo true, Marc, so true... ):
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#54re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 11:33am
Elaine Stritch is a little too...brusque, I think, for Letitia, who needs a certain manic sweetness. Given the part's roots with a great TV clown, what about Carol Burnett?
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#55re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 11:42am
Magruder,
You may have a point. Carol and Imogene are both "zany" performers! :)
I still think Stritch would do well in part, though--just bring a different "slant" to it.
By the way, regarding Burnett vs. Stritch, Carol once sang "The Ladies Who Lunch" on her TV show. I kept on waiting for Harvey Korman to throw a pie in her face! :)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#56re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/15/04 at 4:46pm
I just listened to then video clip of Kristen Chenoworth singing "Glitter and Be Gay" that Margo so graciously found for me.
Man, it was enlightening!
You guys are RIGHT! Chenoworth could give Barbara Cook a run for her money! LOL, everyone!!!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
gherbert
Leading Actor Joined: 11/1/03
#57re: What would you like to see at Encores!
Posted: 10/17/04 at 6:59pmWHOA! Got an idea! Who thinks that Seesaw should be done with Jane Krakowski as Gittel Mosca, directed by the original associate choreographer, Tommy Tune? I'd slap down the dough to see that anyday!
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