Sunday, February 07, 2016
Old favorite
Of all the Broadway musicals I saw, the best one of all was
They made the musical right after it hit the stage and has many of the same cast that I saw when it did its pre-run in Boston.
It also has my friend Jean Stapleton who later found the promised land as Edith Bunker. Much of that character is seen in the film today.
I met Stapleton when she was at the local playhouse and sang at church while I was the organist. Yes. Me. Her.
So the film has a special resonance. Nostalgia.
It is very well done and because it is the same producers and cast it is pretty faithful to the original.
One would think that casting Tab Hunter instead of the original Stephen Douglas was wrong but it is not. I am pretty sure that he does his own singing as all the cast do. And he hits a home run.
I love this show. I now own the DVD. I can watch it anytime I want to.
There is no good trailer for it. I used this old original one. You will get the idea.
