Jean Marie Henderson <jeaniebean77@h...> wrote:
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> I enjoyed it as well, but Sharon, I have to disagree about Matthew Brodrick.
I could never find Robert Preston remotely attractive - I could never understand
why Marion went to the trouble. With Matthew Brodrick, I can believe it.
Each to his own. I always loved Robert Preston's performance, and have never
seen anybody equal him. Perhaps, if you're younger than I am, you have a hard
time getting his homosexual "Victor Victoria" character out of your mind. I can
relate to that, because I saw a community theater production of this show in
which everything was great except the guy playing the Music Man was so obviously
gay it was obnoxious to watch the love scenes!
I like Matthew Broderick very much, but I think he as totally miscast. He has
much too sweet and mild-mannered a persona to be believable for me as a brash,
fast-talking salesman. His "Trouble" was painful to watch - he looked like he
felt embarrassed to be doing it. Not that I can think of anyone else they'd
cast. The guy in the Broadway revival is not enough of a "star" to be cast,
neither is someone else who'd probably do well in the role, Tom Wopat (ex-Duke
of Hazzard but that was way too long ago), who did great in the Broadway Annie
Get Your Gun revival and, unlike all his castmates, didn't need microphones to
be heard in the theater.
I'm convinced that Kristin Chenowith is the daughter that Barbara Cook (the
original Marian and Cunegonde) never had! I'm bummed I won't be able to see her
when she sings with the National Symphony Orchestra in a pops concert this
month!
Peggy
Peggy
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA.
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