Music Man Matinees- Page 2

[Jarethan]

Posted: 2/18/22 at 10:29am

As for the interest in seeing Max Clayton.. he is adorable and I am sure very talnted.. but just curious as to where this interest comes from? He has been in ensembles and I know all about his partner and life on social media... but why the interest? Just curious.

After seeing John Stamos in Birdie, I would hope that would not be the case.  He was so bad, especially in the dancing department, that I actually felt sorry for him during the Put on a Happy Face number.

You think John Stamos for the tour? Hope everyone is having a good week."

 

[DAME]

Posted: 2/18/22 at 3:11pm

Jarethan said: "As for the interest in seeing Max Clayton.. he is adorable and I am sure very talnted.. but just curious as to where this interest comes from? He has been in ensembles and I know all about his partner and life on social media... but why the interest? Just curious.

After seeing John Stamos in Birdie, I would hope that would not be the case. He was so bad, especially in the dancing department, that I actually felt sorry for him during the Put on a Happy Face number.

You think John Stamos for the tour? Hope everyone is having a good week."

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I was being sarcastic.  Just because of the way these tours  are sometimes cast with TV names.  And I would imagine Music Man would need some kind of name..   And Stamos loves doing musicals..  but he is quite flat in them. 

[JBradshaw]

Posted: 2/18/22 at 11:10pm

everythingtaboo said: "Let's get real. It's nice that they cast Max Clayton. I really hope this leads to bigger things. Because unless Hugh gets hurt mid-show, he's never going to go on."

 

anything can happen.  No one thought Bette’s understudy would go on but she did https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Linda-Mugleston-Made-Her-HELLO-DOLLY-Debut-20170720

Ya never know what will happen ?

 

[Azúcar!]

Posted: 2/19/22 at 2:15am

JBradshaw said: "everythingtaboo said: "Let's get real. It's nice that they cast Max Clayton. I really hope this leads to bigger things. Because unless Hugh gets hurt mid-show, he's never going to go on."



anything can happen. No one thought Bette’s understudy would go on but she didhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Linda-Mugleston-Made-Her-HELLO-DOLLY-Debut-20170720

Ya never know what will happen ?

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Someone who said they were a usher at the time posted on these boards regarding the drama with the audience on that day.

[mamaleh]

Posted: 2/20/22 at 9:52am

Those who want to see danger, edge or a sleaze factor in Harold Hill have totally misread the plot line. His whole con depends on his being ingratiating, accommodating, glad-handing, flattering, ebullient, enthusiastic, etc.  If any element of the deception behind the con were blatantly evident, the show would end right after "Ya Got Trouble."  Until the very end, when he realizes his feelings for Marian, only the scenes with crony Marcellus reveal who he really is. 

Updated On: 2/20/22 at 09:52 AM

[BWAY Baby2]

Posted: 2/20/22 at 1:17pm

Yes- of course- love triumphs as Hill realizes that there is more to life than conning people to steal their money.

[jo]

Posted: 2/20/22 at 9:38pm

mamaleh said: "Those who want to see danger, edge or a sleaze factor in Harold Hill have totally misread the plot line. His whole con depends on his being ingratiating, accommodating, glad-handing, flattering, ebullient, enthusiastic, etc. If any element of the deception behind the con were blatantly evident, the show would end right after "Ya Got Trouble." Until the very end, when he realizes his feelings for Marian, only the scenes with crony Marcellus reveal who he really is."

When you come right down to it -- The Music Man is really the story of a community. How a man with original nefarious motives changes the attitudes of a community of people and how that community changed the man himself. A slice of Americana at the turn of the century (that time  setting also giving a hint of things to come for this town) which shows how people behaved and how a stranger also changed as the town itself became influenced by his presence. The most symbolic song it seems could very well be The Wells Fargo Song - brass gifts that turn the town to gold...and the man bringing them also gifted with the town's  eventual goodwill.

Presumably, the creative vision and the artistic interpretation of this revival was guided by this new and more nuanced version of The Music Man  (aka The Music Man in River City).

 

Updated On: 2/20/22 at 09:38 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 2/20/22 at 10:37pm

Jarethan said: "As for the interest in seeing Max Clayton.. he is adorable and I am sure very talnted.. but just curious as to where this interest comes from? He has been in ensembles and I know all about his partner and life on social media... but why the interest? Just curious.

After seeing John Stamos in Birdie, I would hope that would not be the case. He was so bad, especially in the dancing department, that I actually felt sorry for him during the Put on a Happy Face number.

You think John Stamos for the tour? Hope everyone is having a good week."

 

John Stamos could have been perfectly fine as Albert Peterson if the director didn't impose a performance on him instead of drawing one out of him. That "Put on a Happy Face" staging was so bad that I had to look away from the stage. The director/choreographer should have realized it wasn't working in rehearsals and come up with something else. There was no reason for something that atrocious to be seen by the public.

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