Angela Lansbury in MAME TV reviews (1983, Broadway)
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- čas přidán 15. 10. 2021
- It's today! Happy birthday to the wondrous, infinitely talented and beautiful human being that is Dame Angela Lansbury! A career of unparalleled successes, inspiring generations and entertaining millions, and a life of kindness, generosity and grace. We think you're just sensational!
Television reviews for the first - and only - Broadway revival of Mame, starring Dame Angela Lansbury. Following a national tour of previews, it opened on July 24 at the newly-named Gershwin Theatre, and was a near-exact replica of the 1966 masterpiece, with the original choreographies, costume and set designs, orchestrations and direction.
Liz Smith reviews the first preview (0:29), followed by reviews by Pia Lindstrom (1:29), Joel Siegel (2:44), Judith Crist (4:02), Katie Kelly (6:30), Dennis Cunningham (9:24), and Neal Gabler (11:40).
Thank you so very much for sharing! In 1976 I had the opportunity to see Miss Lansbury in Mame with the same cast.
One cannot define the word presence adequately while Lansbury is on stage. I will tell you, it was as if you could feel electricity in the air. The theater seated 11k people and I was seated in the back of " the house".
I never experienced anything like it before nor since. Again thank you for bringing back those very significant happy memories ! Lansbury rules !!!!
We'll miss you, Mz. Lansbury.
Happy Birthday, and as allways thanks so much for these treasures.
I saw her at the Winter Garden. Thanks for the memories.
Great video - you're the best as always!
u kiddin? fab show !!!!!
Nice to see so many reviews in better than expected quality, considering they're from video tapes well over 30 years old. The clips from the performances are also great quality (compared to most of what survives on CZcams at this point). It makes me wonder how much really good footage still exists. Did the musical's producers tape selected scenes to share with the local news studios, or was each news studio allowed to record their own material? The clips mostly alternate between one view from the right & another view from the left. Someone should cut them together, so it isn't just a single camera experience. I guess it's too much to hope anyone has the entire show, but it is always nice to run across archival footage like this, so thanks for sharing!
Because this failed we have "Murder She, Wrote."
Boston Blackie: I would rather have a delay in the start of MURDER SHE WROTE so that a film of this stage version with Angela Lansbury could be filmed like her version of SWEENEY TODD. 12 years of MURDER SHE WROTE is a sad compromise. Why a better production wasn’t mounted for her is excusable. As inexcusable as casting Lucille Ball as Grandma, I mean Auntie Mame.
@@johnpickford4222 The second time out was a disaster. If they were going to film a theatrical production, which they didn't do in those days, they would have filmed the first production that was a huge success. Dame Angela decided to do television and had two shows to chose from. "Murder She, Wrote" had been scheduled for Jean Staplton to do, but she didn't want to. So I am so glad the world has "Murder She, Wrote" that caused Dame Angela to be recognised world wide. Being British we always knew of her! She said that the only stage production people will have of her is "Sweeney Todd." I wish they had filmed "Blithe Spirit" and released it. In fact she was scheduled to do lots more but the Pandemic took care of that. The BBC has a wonderful radio interview with Emma Thompson interviewing Dame Angela, She talks about going to the UK to do "Blythe Spirit" and the people treated her as a rock star!' She talked about going in a car, with her grandfather, George Lansbury, Minister of Works, to 10 Downing Streest. A bus driver sitting beside the car climbed down from his cabin, stuck his hand through the open window and said "Nice to see you George!" Her grandfather was much admired in Britain.
@@bostonblackie9503 I really wish we could see a taped performance of Angela Lansbury in The King and I. We can be sure that she made a wonderful Anna.