A meme for a Sunday Morning, artfully prepared by shutterbug93:
Five shows I wish I’d had the chance to see on stage:
- Tenderloin. An older Bock-Harnick musical, rarely revived, whose music and lyrics I absolutely love. I’ve heard the book was bad.
- Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public. I think this lasted perhaps a week, but again, I love the music.
- I Do, I Do. Not the original with Robert Preston and Mary Martin, surprisingly, but the revival with Karen Ziemba and David Garrison.
- The Life. A great Cy Coleman musical that, surprisingly, has never played Los Angeles.
- Steel Pier. A great Kander/Ebb musical that, surprisingly, has never played Los Angeles.
- Mail. A musical done by the Pasadena Playhouse that has never surfaced again.
There’s three hours of my life wasted:
- Sisterella, at the Pasadena Playhouse. Imagine Cinderella as done by Michael Jackson. Give me the money? Feh!
- Phantom of the Opera. Ahmanson Theatre. Overblown hype.
- Sugar, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion.
Five shows I’m glad I managed to catch:
- Radio Gals at the Pasadena Playhouse. Wonderful. Featuring the wonderful Klea Blackhurst.
- Heartbeats at the Pasadena Playhouse.
- Les Jazz at the Mark Taper Forum. Cy Coleman’s last show, while he was alive.
- A Class Act at Pasadena Playhouse.
- Chicago, the original production, at the Ahmanson Theatre.
- Two Gentlemen of Verona, Dorothy Chandler Pavillion, 1973.
I should note there are many other Pasadena Playhouse musicals that should be in the above list: Forever Plaid, Closer than Ever, Oil City Symphony, A Tuna Christmas, Blame It On The Movies, Only A Kingdom, The People vs. Mona, Do I Hear a Waltz, Play On, Showtune…
