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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 17, 2017 23:27:24 GMT
kijiiIf we both had our ticket stubs we could compare notes and see if we both saw Nanette on the same day.
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Post by kijii on Jul 17, 2017 23:30:20 GMT
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Post by kijii on Jul 17, 2017 23:38:00 GMT
kijii If we both had our ticket stubs we could compare notes and see if we both saw Nanette on the same day. We saw No, No, Nanette as a matinée and Butterflies Are Free after dinner. Not bad for a Colorado boy who had never been to NYC before. Here was the Broadway cast for No, No, Nanette---- A No No Nanette Playbill from 1971. Starring Ruby Keeler, Jack Gilford, Bobby Van, Helen Gallagher and Patsy Kelly. Not bad at all... Gilford would go on to be an Oscar nominee for Save the Tiger.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 17, 2017 23:46:16 GMT
I saw NoNo at night so I guess not !
I used to see almost everything as it opened and even some preview performance of shows that never made it to opening night.
Must have really been something seeing a Broadway theater and plsy for the first time !
As a kid, the first play I saw was Helen Hayes and Brandon deWilde in "Mrs. McThing". Fred Gwynne as also in it. I don't think they ever made a film version of it though.
Saw a road company production of Spamalot a year or so ago. $75 each ticket ! In my theater going days an expensive ticket was $5 - $7.50 !
Broadway plays ... I miss them ! But sure could not pay the ticket prices they ask now !
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 18, 2017 3:04:12 GMT
I saw 1776 again on the Broadway stage in the 1990s. Actor William Duell, who portrayed 'Custodian McNair' in the original 1969 production, appeared in the revival -- this time playing the sickly 'Caesar Rodney.'
At about the same time he showed up on the big screen in the Kevin Kline film IN & OUT, as the small town postman who joins others in proudly proclaiming 'I'M GAY' at the climactic high school graduation ceremony.
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Post by kijii on Jul 18, 2017 3:27:50 GMT
Another interesting live musical that we went to was APPLAUSE. We saw it in London on our way into Europe (October 1973-October 1974) (aka, the Watergate period as seen by us Americans living in Europe). www.amazon.com/Lauren-APPLAUSE-Charles-Strouse-Playbill/dp/B0115COS5EI remember thinking that it was strange to go to a play in London to see Lauren Bacall. Betty was great and the London audience loved her!!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 18, 2017 5:25:23 GMT
kijiiWhen I was in London I saw 1776. Strange seeing it with the British Audience who seemed to love it. EVERYONE was crying at the end when the bells ring as they sign the document. One of those memorable moments in live theater !
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Post by mcavanaugh on Jul 20, 2017 14:40:37 GMT
Has anyone heard from Matt lately? Didn't he say he was travelling to the "Deep South"? I saw Deliverance. Oh, no!!!!
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 21, 2017 8:23:09 GMT
Oh where, oh where has our Matt Garth gone Oh where, oh where can he be With his games so long and his clues so short Oh when will next quiz we see
Thanks for inquiring, Mick Thanks for caring, Julie
Following the raucus wedding last weekend, the Garths decided to motor to various southern landmarks. We were amazed to discover so many Civil War battles that took place inside National Parks (they probably figured there were more places of concealment behind all the monuments).
Garth Games will return this weekend with phase three of 'Real Men in Film and TV.'
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