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wiliqueen

For one brief shining moment

May 15, 2008 14:36

TiVo is a marvelous contraption, for it caught Sunday's Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of the NY Phil's semi-staged Camelot, which I had no idea was happening on account of life-on-spin-cycle. Last night I decided to take an evening to sit down and watch it and decompress rather than try to Get Stuff Done, with the result that I think more ( Read more... )

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ithildyn May 15 2008, 20:50:49 UTC

I love Camelot. I actually got to see it on stage with Richard Harris many years ago. It was wonderful!

wiliqueen May 15 2008, 20:56:33 UTC

Oooooh, so jealous!! I still have that production mostly memorized just from all the times I watched it on HBO.

I did get to see the '95 tour that started at the Paper Mill (Robert Goulet/Glory Crampton/Richard White). It had the same director, and was very close to the '82 revival, with the added benefit of "Fie on Goodness" being put back in. Although Goulet, while not as iffy an Arthur as one might think, was no Richard Harris.

butterflykiki May 15 2008, 21:18:20 UTC

The first time I saw it was the one broadcast on HBO -- loved it. And very shortly after that, I got to see it up close at a dinner theatre in Boulder, and I was young enough not to be nitpicky. I looooved it that much. Never all that fond of Vanessa Redgrave as Guinevere, but most of the time, I just love the show no matter who's in it.

wiliqueen May 15 2008, 21:25:27 UTC

Hee! I saw it at Country Dinner Playhouse around then. CDP and BDT are run by the same people -- they must have moved the production from one to the other.

And yeah, Vanessa Redgrave is the main reason I don't much care for the movie.

cjmr May 15 2008, 21:25:51 UTC

Fran Drescher????? As Morgan le Fay???? What's she going to do, slay them with her accent???

wiliqueen May 15 2008, 21:30:11 UTC

Sadly, it actually fits that version of her. Hate that scene so very, very much.

Dream casting mannoftalent May 15 2008, 23:10:00 UTC

I never saw this. But long ago, I heard there had been a national tour with Brent Spiner as Mordred.

Re: Dream casting wiliqueen May 16 2008, 00:17:33 UTC

Oh, that would have been something to see!

I still wish there were more than the Ed Sullivan footage of Roddy McDowall. *sigh*

anonymous May 16 2008, 00:32:30 UTC

On a side note, did I tell you that Country Dinner Playhouse closed last year? They announced the closure and that was it, they closed that day. I was sad about that.

Love,
Mom

wiliqueen May 16 2008, 00:39:36 UTC

Oh, that is sad! But Bill pretty much was that place. I always wondered if it would continue past his retirement or passing.