Did anyone see Ralph Macchio in How To Succeed....? How was he?
Is there a audio recording of it somewhere?
"In the U.S.A.
You can have your say,
You can set you goals
And seize the day,
You've been given the freedom
To work your way
To the head of the line-
To the head of the line!"
---Stephen Sondheim
I saw it. We kind of laughed at the idea of him being in this production, but he did fine. I remember being really impressed and realized I should not have prejudged him the way I did.
Waay back in 1996 in Tempe, AZ. He was decent. He understood the character and that counts for a lot in my book. Personally, I was more excited to see Roger Bart as Bud Frump and Pam Blair (the original Val from A Chorus Line) as Miss LaRue. I'm not aware of any recordings.
Thanks...I just wanted to see if he could sing well?
"In the U.S.A.
You can have your say,
You can set you goals
And seize the day,
You've been given the freedom
To work your way
To the head of the line-
To the head of the line!"
---Stephen Sondheim
That was my third big show--I won the tickets from a newspaper contest where I had to find a bizarre item at a garage sale listed in the paper. I remember enjoying the show tremendously, though I don't think I knew enough at the time to comment on Macchio's abilities (I was probably 18 or 19). Broadway Blog: Broadway Star Bingo IV