I saw the show during previews in San Franciso at the Curran Theater. The run-through was bumpy (no pun intended) but Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller carried it off. Ann Jillian was in the show as a show girl with love birds. I later saw the show on the road with Carol Channing and Charles Nelson Reilly and it was just godawful. Neither one of them had the right style. FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael B Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 7:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] Slightly OT--- Who says child stars aren't survivors???!!! In a message dated 9/23/2009 10:27:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Michael - Hate to burst your bubble but those were planned ad-libs. I saw the show several times and those same "ad-libs" appeared every time. The genius of that is he made them look fresh every night and Ann Miller played it like it was. Seriously, it takes a great talent to do it every night and make it look fresh! Glenn T. NO. NO. NO. The night i saw it, Ann Miller had just after being ill for a few days. (i got lucky she was back) Mickey kept making jokes about Ann returning and forgetting her lines---and what happened in her absence. Also, i recall there were some annoying guys in the first row that were yelling at Mickey in the first Act,,,,,,so in the second Act when Mickey came out in drag, and those hecklers said something....he went right up to them and said..... IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE. I understand your point, though. It was a show that truly wanted to mimic the days of unscripted vaudeville acts. And it was well done. Remember the dog act? The classroom scene with the sex joke? ----listen to the CD!!! michael Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
