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#26

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:38pm

LF, by "revisal" they mean updating it so certain aspects that were acceptable when it first was produced but could be offensive nowadays are cut/changed.

Or, changing the book significantly as in the Sam Mendes reworking of CABARET.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

Updated On: 3/2/05 at 12:38 PM

#27

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:38pm

I believe an example of a revival is the current "La Cage."

An example of a revisal was the recent "Annie Get Your Gun" where they changed it from the orignial Ethel Merman production to make it politically correct.

#28

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:41pm

Ahh, thanks. I get it now.

What about the lovely lady in my icon as Vera?

Updated On: 3/2/05 at 12:41 PM

#29

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:53pm

DING DING DING!! Give the lady a brass ring.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#30

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:53pm

I think Patti LuPone would make a fantastic Vera. I can hear her now, "I have an astronomical discovery for you, Mame. The man in the moon is a bitch!"

#31

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:55pm

How about Toni Collette as Vera?

Edith 'Little Edie' Bouvier Beale: Do you think my costume looked all right for Brooks? I think he was a little amazed.

#32

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:56pm

Did anyone see Kelly Bishop as Vera in the Paper Mill "Mame" with Christine Ebersole? How was she - that seems like perfect casting.

#33

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:57pm

What about Michele Pawk as Vera? Is she too young?

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#34

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:58pm

Harvey as Vera.

#35

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 12:59pm

Pawk is no younger than Collette or Ziemba.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#36

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:07pm

Baranski is gifted, sings well, looks great, but her Mame seems an unlikely commercial choice for a move to NY. It's hard to fathom people lining up with a hundred bucks a pop to see this show revived with her, on Broadway. The show very likely needs 'event casting' -- say, Cher -- to clean up. You might say 'the show is the star,' a la LA CAGE. But the latter isn't selling out anyway. To be fair, Lansbury was hardly a broadway name when she debuted in the role, most famous for MANCHURIAN and playing Elvis's Mom at 36. But with economics the way they are today... Maybe Baranski will be extraordinary she'll go through the roof. One problem with the musical -- the character of Mame isn't as funny as she was in the Russell film. Roz was hysterical, and the musical Mame is more 'madcap' than truly funny. Compare the scripts.

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

#37

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:32pm

Auggie27, but like the musical version of La Cage, the musical MAME has alot more heart than the original play or film, don't you think?

I still often think of Leslie Uggams singing If He Walked Into My Life Today at the Jerry Herman tribute at the Hollywood Bowl...She simply slayed everybody. I had never seen her give such a remarkable performance before.

"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."

#38

re: Will the Baranski MAME be a 'revisal'?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:39pm

OT, but my favorite Baranski role was in Addams Family Values when she and Peter McNichol played camp councilers. Baranski annoys me in everything else, but I wouldn't pre-judge her regarding Mame.

"I've got to get me out of here This place is full of dirty old men And the navigators and their mappy maps And moldy heads and pissing on sugar cubes While you stare at your books."

#39

If you revise, how about some black folks in Mame's inner circle?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:41pm

Heart it has. And while we're on the subject of the great Uggams, (who's had too few shots at major musical roles, though i saw her in a stock production of CABARET 30 years ago...)

For a show about a worldly dame whose cocktail parties are supposed models of diversity ... MAME is always the white-est show in town. Wouldn't a black Vera work interestingly? If you want to track the politics of it, Vera is a musical theater star, and you could easily imagine Mame being her great pal in the 20s. Think of the Upsons greeting an African American Vera!

"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling

#40

If you revise, how about some black folks in Mame's inner circle?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 1:45pm

Auggie27, I love the thought of a black Vera, it could work........:)

"Blow out the candles Robert and make a wish. Want something, want SOMETHING."

#41

If you revise, how about some black folks in Mame's inner circle?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:18pm

In what ways is Mame politically incorrect?

"This is what I trained to do, and this is what I love about theater. What I love about being an actress is being able to really look into myself and understand another human being. And out my own self, to shape and form and fashion a real human being--and to present that in such a way that people see something of themselves or their own understanding in that human being." --Phylicia Rashad

#42

If you revise, how about some black folks in Mame's inner circle?

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:28pm

In terms of Ito, it's a simple fix.

Hire an actor and make him do what BD Wong did in the Actor's Fund reading with Charles Busch. Instead of a bowing and scraping houseboy, he played him like he was the king of Siam. And it was a howl.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#43

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:44pm

My favorite Baranski role was as Bunny in "House of Blue Leaves".

Does anyone get the eerie feeling that they might consider Sarah Jessica Parker for Mame? It sends me into shock but she has audience draw, has done musicals and can wear nice clothes.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#44

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:47pm

I think Parker would have made an ideal Charity if she coulda danced it.

"I'm so looking forward to a time when all the Reagan Democrats are dead."

#45

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:48pm

Bite your tongue, Gotham. She has Former-Child-Singer-Who-Can't-Sing-Anymore Syndrome.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#46

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:51pm

"She has Former-Child-Singer-Who-Can't-Sing-Anymore Syndrome."

You don't have to sing to be in a musical. Elaine Stritch made an entire career out of it. And the older a performer gets, the more people excuse their lack of musicality.

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#47

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:54pm

She's not old enough to be excused. And she's no Stritch.

Have I ever shown you my Shattered Dreams box? It's in my Disappointment Closet. - Marge Simpson

#48

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 4:59pm

My top 5 choices for Vera (in order):
1. Toni Collette (anything to get this goddess back on stage)
2. Michele Pawk (inspired!)
3. Karen Ziemba
4. Patti LuPone ( she could be a possible Mame as well)
5. Kelly Bishop (she was incredible at Paper Mill)

#49

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 5:03pm

"She's not old enough to be excused. And she's no Stritch."

Parker looks 50. And she wears fur well.

Announcer: Sarah Jessica Parker *is* Mame

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

#50

Please don't Maim the show

Posted: 3/2/05 at 5:04pm

What about Tonya Pinkins as Vera?

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