Guys and Dolls [RCA, 1992]It's a measure of musical comedy's descent into technique that every principal in this revival has more pipes and less style than those in MCA's 1951 original-cast version. And it's a measure of the boundless melody and street cred of Frank Loesser's songs that only a curmudgeon or a critic would make the comparison. The score isn't impregnable--after enduring Debbie Reynolds's New Yawkese in Reprise's Rat Pack version, I remembered why I get paid for doing this. And to give technique its due, only diva wannabe Josie de Guzman (whose insatiable urge to peal out does actually make a kind of sense in "If I Were a Bell") fails to add entertaining details. Forget West Side Story--Damon Runyon's criminal-minded wiseacres and untragic romance are for every rock and roller who prefers Chuck to Elvis and the Stones to the Doors. A-
>>129097887He's talking about these. I would break that record too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYWCdHCCtIMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtn49JVmyAQ
>>129097887>It's a measure of musical comedy's descent into technique that every principal in this revival has more pipes and less style than those in MCA's 1951 original-cast version.The culture had changed a lot in 40 years. And by that I mean a lot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbzrML34nMUThe McGuire Sisters try to prove they're serious artistes. I give them points for effort and this certainly beats Debbie Reynolds by a long distance but these Ohio cornpones just weren't built for Broadway. Stick to "Sugartime", ladies, it's what you were put on Earth to do.
"I checked with the doctor. He said Mayor Quimby's going to be fine. And I was electric as Nathan Detroit."
>>129097887>are for every rock and roller who prefers Chuck to Elvis and the Stones to the Doors.>I prefer the guys who are less threatening to my fragile sense of manhoodDuh.
