Search results

  1. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    I guess so...by the way Patti Lupone and Laura Benati were both great in that production of Gypsy.
  2. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    At the performance of MFL I attended ms Benanti stopped the show in its tracks for about 5 minutes after a cell phone went off in the audience. I had never encountered such an moment. She wasn’t acting and was clearly upset about the lack of courtesy etc at the end of her speaking she got...
  3. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Since both Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn supposedly loved working with sexy Rexy I gather he was easy to fall in love with... Walter Matthew and Barbara Streisand are another story. MFL Higgins is too old for Eliza. Check. Movie Hello Dolly is completely miscast. So be it. As a fan of the...
  4. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Don’t know if it is widely known but a number of years ago Emma Thompson wrote a new MFL screenplay. This new take on MFL was to star either Kiera Knightly or Carey Mulligan. Nothing came of this movie but one never knows...
  5. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    Theater to continue to function and stay relevant must change or it becomes a museum piece. I’m sure that the upcoming Spielberg WSS will be different from the 1961 version. I’m also sure that the just announced new film of Fiddler on the Roof will be different than the 1970 ish version. By...
  6. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    The ending of the MFL Lincoln Center production did in fact ring true to everything that preceded it. Not an expert in what GBS wanted for his Eliza Dolittle but as personified by Laura Benati at the performance I saw she was/is a completely independent and head strong in knowing what she...
  7. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    At the performance I attended there was a gasp. I was completely surprised as was my wife. We thoroughly enjoyed this production. I'm afraid that the Lincoln Center productions of South Pacific, The King and I and MFL will never be duplicated.
  8. Paul Rossen

    A Few Words About A few words about...™ My Fair Lady (Take Two) -- in Blu-ray

    As I have yet to pick up a copy of this restored MFL disc I'm disappointed to learn that the songs are not in sync. Not good
Top