Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?- Page 2
Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#25Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 1:16pm
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "I had a chance to see Ann Margret in a San Antonio tour stop of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" in 1999."
… and?! Not even a “… but.” WTF?!
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#26Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 4:51pm
I felt the need to defend her talent and range. But thankfully, others have beat me to it.
#28Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 6:36pm
she’s amazing in that episode
she’d be a fun mama in “Chicago”
BrodyFosse123 said: "She’s been quite active for decades, including winning an Emmy Award in 2010 for an episode of LAW & ORDER: Special Victims Unit.
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#29Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 6:36pm
she’s amazing in that episode
she’d be a fun mama in “Chicago”
BrodyFosse123 said: "She’s been quite active for decades, including winning an Emmy Award in 2010 for an episode of LAW & ORDER: Special Victims Unit."
#30Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 9:50pm
It's so nice to see all the love for this talented actress. I guess this late in her career, we can only imagine what could have been had she ventured to B'way.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#32Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 10:45pm
White_Lotus said: "joevitus said: "Ann Margaret is wonderful, but she always plays Ann Margret”
how insulting
you’ve obviously never saw her performances in ‘who will love my children’ , ‘return of the soldier’ or ‘a streetcar named desire’
she’s a damn fine actress
"
How absurd. I've seen her in tons of movies. She plays herself in every one, from State Fair to Carnal Knowledge to Tommy to Magic to Grumpy Old Men. She plays the Ann-Margaret character. I like her a lot, she's got tons of screen presence and she has an essential warmth about her that is very appealing. But she's as much the same person in every film as John Wayne or Bruce Willis or however many movie stars you want to name are in their movies. Meryl Streep or Olivier she ain't.
If you need to inflate people's abilities to enjoy them, that says more about you than it does about them.
#33Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/10/22 at 11:30pm
joevitus said: "White_Lotus said: "joevitus said: "Ann Margaret is wonderful, but she always plays Ann Margret”
how insulting
you’ve obviously never saw her performances in ‘who will love my children’ , ‘return of the soldier’ or ‘a streetcar named desire’
she’s a damn fine actress
"
How absurd. I've seen her in tons of movies. She plays herself in every one, from State Fair to Carnal Knowledge to Tommy to Magic to Grumpy Old Men. She plays the Ann-Margaret character. I like her a lot, she's got tons of screen presence and she has an essential warmth about her that is very appealing. But she's as much the same person in every film as John Wayne or Bruce Willis or however many movie stars you want to name are in their movies. Meryl Streep or Olivier she ain't.
If you need to inflate people's abilities to enjoy them, that says more about you than it does about them."
nonsense
"Opinions are very interesting because we all have different ones. You are entitled to your opinion, but that does not mean you should always give it to others, especially when your opinion is not necessarily grounded in truth, but in what you believe or want to believe."
#34Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 1:09am
joevitus said: "White_Lotus said: "joevitus said: "Ann Margaret is wonderful, but she always plays Ann Margret”
how insulting
you’ve obviously never saw her performances in ‘who will love my children’ , ‘return of the soldier’ or ‘a streetcar named desire’
she’s a damn fine actress
"
How absurd. I've seen her in tons of movies. She plays herself in every one, from State Fair to Carnal Knowledge to Tommy to Magic to Grumpy Old Men. She plays the Ann-Margaret character. I like her a lot, she's got tons of screen presence and she has an essential warmth about her that is very appealing. But she's as much the same person in every film as John Wayne or Bruce Willis or however many movie stars you want to name are in their movies. Meryl Streep or Olivier she ain't.
If you need to inflate people's abilities to enjoy them, that says more about you than it does about them."
Based on this assessment and the opinions of others in this thread, is it not just as likely that she was specifically called to play the "Ann Margaret type" in many roles and that she has the range and capabilities to handle many different things?
#35Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 1:52am
It is possible, but I've never seen it. At any rate, there was zero insulting about my OP, which pointed out talents I felt she had and said I genuinely liked her.
#36Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 3:18am
It is a shame we couldn't have seen A-M on Broadway. She certainly had the acting chops to even pull off Blanche Dubois on television. Who knows - perhaps she could have done a credible Norma in Sunset Boulevard as well.
#37Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 7:35am
"Ann Margret is wonderful but she always plays Ann Margret"
Ha! Seriously with this?!?!?! Sounds like someone hasn't been out of the house or seen a movie since 1965.
#38Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 7:50am
KathyNYC2 said:
"She also had a long term marriage to Roger Smith (of the old TV series 77 Sunset Strip fame) who suffered for years from a debilitating illness. I doubt she would want to be away from him for any length of time. I can’t imagine that didn’t play a huge part in her career decisions."
THIS. Roger Smith was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a disorder that disrupts the transmission of nerve signals to the muscles, causing severe muscle weakness. This played a big part in the projects she chose to do. She didn't want to make the long-term commitment that a Broadway show would require of her because of this.
It definitely wasn't for lack of talent. I was fortunate enough to see her on the stage twice, in Atlantic City and at Radio City Music Hall and she LIT up the stage.
A true triple threat and as one poster accurately stated: a national treasure.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#39Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 3:14pm
If I'm not mistaken she's also lost a lot of mobility in recent years. I remember her relying fairly heavily on using a wheelchair in the tour of The Best Little Whorehouse she did, and that was almost 20 years ago now.
At any rate, I think she would have been a splendid Desiree in Night Music back in the day, and I do think she would be able to bring a grounded earthiness to Madame Armfeldt if she could be tempted to the stage now
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#40Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 3:47pm
Dunno what performance of WHOREHOUSE you saw but I saw this tour and she was on her feet and even did an extensive hoedown at the curtain call with all the dancers.
AEA AGMA SM
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#41Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 4:27pm
I saw it in Cleveland (can't tell you where in the tour schedule that was, since it was 20 or so years ago now). You'll also see the wheelchair in the small handful of bootleg clips that are on Youtube, notably in "Little Old Bitty Pissant Country Place." Yes, she was not in the wheelchair through the whole show, but I definitely remember it being there and her going back to it a number of times during the show.
It may have been a holdover from her motorcycle accident in 2000, so maybe not an ongoing issue these days.
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#42Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 4:41pm
Oh, dear. You musta been quite young and not paying much attention to WHOREHOUSE. That wheelchair is part of Miss Mona’s history and she uses it as her throne. You see, Miss Mona started her sex worker career as one of the legendary Wulla Jean’s “girls.” Miss Mona inherited the chicken ranch from her so the wheelchair represents the brothel’s history and is honoring Wulla Jean’s memory. That’s why Miss Mona “goes to it” and uses it to sit in, like a “throne.”
Here’s that wheelchair during the original Broadway run of THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS.
#43Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/11/22 at 10:31pm
That clip from the tour is exciting to watch ! Too bad this didn't end up on Broadway.
#44Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/12/22 at 12:53pm
With the horrible reviews 'The Little Prince' is getting, maybe Ann-Margret can replace the star and make it a must-see hit, at 82 years old ? 
Just a wild thought...
OldTheatreLover
Chorus Member Joined: 12/21/09
#45Why hasn't Ann-Margret been on Broadway ?
Posted: 4/12/22 at 7:42pm
A friend of mine used to lease his lakefront home in Lake Tahoe (a very grand place) to her and her husband when she was performing at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Of all the stars who stayed there (Sammy Davis Jr, Cher, Tom Jones, Liberace, etc.) he said Ann-Margaret was the sweetest and most down-to-earth of them all. I just thought it’s nice to hear what a person is like off stage.
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