maureen mcgovern: astonishing...

[apdarcey]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 3:08am

here is her new article in playbill... and while you might still be a detractor and not believe in this musical, everyone i'm sure can agree that this was a beautiful portrait of why even the "not-so-perfect" musicals can have positive attributes:

"“‘Days of Plenty’ is music therapy in motion,” she says. “On Broadway we always had talkbacks with students, and one day a group of seventh graders came to see the show. There was a talkback afterward, and a teacher took me aside and pointed to one of the little girls. She said, ‘This girl has just lost her brother, and she’s been inconsolable. She doesn’t know how to go on with her life. And I watched her when Marmee sang “Days of Plenty.” I watched her face and I saw the very moment that it registered: “You go on with your life in honor of the one you’ve loved and you’ve lost.”’ And I thought, ‘We’ve done our job.’”"
playbill article

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 8/28/05 at 11:09pm

That's such a nice story.