i hate hello dolly. not enough blacks in it
― Elvin Wayburn Phillips, Wednesday, 29 July 2009 20:19 (fourteen years ago) link
There were...porters.
― bad-boy (sic) cartographer (actually a girl) (called) (not named) (Abbott), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 20:20 (fourteen years ago) link
and...Tommy Tune?
I saw the current Broadway revival today with the evergreen Bernadette Peters, and it's a perfectly calibrated diva-worship machine. (Yes I skipped seeing Bette Midler, cuz hell no.)
The supporting characters are mostly idiots, however.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 02:05 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4eS0x16v1k
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 02:19 (five years ago) link
There are three unstoppable Broadway ramrods in this beast. Which is two more than almost every other show that's not West Side Story or Guys & Dolls can muster.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2018 04:18 (five years ago) link
But for real, "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" + "When the Parade Passes By" + "title song" = gtfo if you're not on board
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2018 04:24 (five years ago) link
hard to deny
otoh you have to put up with Cornelius and Barnaby
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 11:21 (five years ago) link
(psst it's "Before the Parade Passes By")
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 11:22 (five years ago) link
"gtfo if you're not on board"
This not one of the songs from the show?
― Mark G, Monday, 9 July 2018 11:26 (five years ago) link
cut in New Haven
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 12:07 (five years ago) link
film is an endless and terribly miscast slog. some cute period design but that's about it.
― This is a total Jeff Porcaro. (Doctor Casino), Monday, 9 July 2018 12:30 (five years ago) link
Ooops, you're right. Posted too late and too drunk.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Monday, 9 July 2018 12:45 (five years ago) link
just don't miss the parade, Mrs Levi
the film is best forgotten; i've never made it through
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 12:47 (five years ago) link