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Promises, Promises at Encores! - A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing
Marin Short and Christine Baranski in Promises, Promises at Encores! perform "A Fact Can Be a Beautiful Thing." Video property of Broadway Beat.
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Promises, Promises at Encores! - Turkey Lurkey TimePromises, Promises at Encores! - Turkey Lurkey Time
Promises, Promises at Encores! - Turkey Lurkey Time
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The cast of Promises, Promises at Encores! in a clip from "Turkey Lurkey Time." Video property of Broadway Beat.
Kerry O'Malley & 2005 Boston cast in "White Christmas"Kerry O'Malley & 2005 Boston cast in "White Christmas"
Kerry O'Malley & 2005 Boston cast in "White Christmas"
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Kerry O'Malley as Betty Haynes, along with Stephen Bogardus, Michael Gruber, Nadine Isenegger, & Katherine Doherty perform from "Irving Berlin's White Christmas" at the 2005 Holiday Tree Lighting in Boston Common. Video property of WCVB Channel 5 in Boston
Kerry O'Malley as Davey in "Davey & Goliath"Kerry O'Malley as Davey in "Davey & Goliath"
Kerry O'Malley as Davey in "Davey & Goliath"
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Kerry O'Malley portrays the voice of Davey in "Davey & Goliath". Video property of Wreckless Abandon
Kerry O'Malley in "Promises, Promises" at Encores!Kerry O'Malley in "Promises, Promises" at Encores!
Kerry O'Malley in "Promises, Promises" at Encores!
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Kerry O'Malley as Fran Kubelik in "Promises, Promises" at Encores! in March 1997, also starring Martin Short. Video property of BroadwayBeat.com

Комментарии

  • @Bialikov
    @Bialikov 18 дней назад

    Wow...a lot of urbane as well as eristic comments here, and some of them even brutal. 'Encores' productions were mostly about restoring original script and music that was often cut from the Original Broadway production. Sometimes these cuts were when the production was in gestation and never heard by any of the public, even in previews. That was the whole point of having the orchestra on the stage during an 'Encores' production, with open scripts. It was a concert version performing some of the restored material for the public for the first time! This particular Encores production was considered elaborate at that time, with the poles, the hanging silver mylar, and the minimal A-line dresses and grey suits for the chorus, that had to suffice as their one outfit for the entire concert. One would also hope that with this famous number; that some very cultivated folks here would realize that this 1:35 minute clip was the last one-and a-half minutes of a 5+ minute long marathon number, which they first had to sing and dance before the actual dance arrangement itself began.

  • @lonchaifetz
    @lonchaifetz Год назад

    I have been sn Encores subscriber since the beginning and saw the original Promises, Promises twice. I know very well how the Encores rehearsal period works snd have seen outstanding work through the years, but let's face the facts, Rob Marshall has always been an uninspired choreographer and this proves the point, short rehearsal period or not. However, Rob Ashford, with adequate rehearsal and previews did even worse. The unfortunate truth is thst AIDS robbed us of great talent and many of the people hailed as great now are just average workers. Of course, there are a few exceptions.

  • @Bialikov
    @Bialikov Год назад

    This City Center 'Encores' "concert version" was groundbreaking in a several ways. Director/Choreographer Rob Marshall restored a duet cut from the original Broadway production called "Lies", sung by Jenifer Lewis as Peggy Olson, and Terrence Mann as J.D. Sheldrake. Most importantly, it was the first incarnation of the musical 'Promises, Promises' that anyone, anywhere had EVER decided to completely choreograph Burt Bacharachs' wonderfully rich music of the "Overture". The original Broadway production did not have choreography to that, and the audience just looked at the curtain and listened to the Overture. This alone, was a herculean task for a (open-script) 'concert version' that had only 1 week of rehearsal to do it in. Yes, back then, City Center Encores only budgeted a single week of rehearsal with the cast; and to land a week-and-a-half long job performing in a 'Encores' production was endearingly referred to as "Summer Stock with the A-Team" . The L.A. Encores version mimicked Rob Marshall's concepts for their 'Promises, Promises' production, as did the Broadway revival.

  • @jerryalicea8897
    @jerryalicea8897 Год назад

    I'm sorry, but Turkey Lurkey Time without the original Michael Bennett choreography is like a turkey dinner without gravy, buttered mash potatoes, cranberry sauce and a dry as fuck bird. It might taste okay, but it does NOT satisfy at all.

  • @jlasf
    @jlasf Год назад

    At 6:48, Marty goes a little bit overboard with his..umm..handling of Christine. Her reaction is priceless.

  • @GeorgeWTush
    @GeorgeWTush Год назад

    This dance was the only true stand out element of a show that's only okay. They should have licensed the original choreography and presented it within the Encores production. Looking back at the book and score of a show from an earlier era is great. But sometimes the choreography is worth seeing again, too.

  • @martinmoore2468
    @martinmoore2468 2 года назад

    I haven't seen them in years. They used to aired this show on EWTN a long time ago.

  • @tejaswoman
    @tejaswoman 2 года назад

    I'll bet this would be fabulous if only I could hear it 😔 people seem to be laughing a lot at whatever they're saying 🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @johnherr9589
    @johnherr9589 2 года назад

    Why oh why do men have to have clothes covering every inch of their bodies with a tie to make sure not a stray hair shows on their neckline, but women can be half nude all the time? I HATE THAT!! I'm always hot!!! It drives me crazy that men can't have bear legs and arms like women when formal.

  • @uanejunilhia5396
    @uanejunilhia5396 2 года назад

    This is amazing. Thank you for sharing. ❤️

  • @rz234429
    @rz234429 2 года назад

    Thanks, loved the Encores of Promises Promises, one of the best I've seen (up there with Chicago). Cynthia Onrubia was fantastic.

  • @Runflatred
    @Runflatred 2 года назад

    Great song for anyone feeling down on Christmas

  • @lamontrussell1524
    @lamontrussell1524 3 года назад

    If you play it at 1.25 x speed it almost matches the energy of the original cast performance on the Tony Awards. 😀

  • @epaddon
    @epaddon 3 года назад

    This would have made a better Broadway transfer production than the 2010 revival did. That revival, like so many nowadays, felt a need to make some idiotic book revisions, in that case switching the setting from late 60s to early 60s which isn't the right time frame for these things and also set up the dumbest book rewrite line in the history of musical theater. Whereas in the original, his invitation to Fran is meet him at "the new Garden, the old one's been torn down" in the revival we get a request to meet him at "the old Garden, the new one hasn't been built yet."

  • @johnflynn9619
    @johnflynn9619 3 года назад

    Christine has a Beautiful Voice

  • @Cris-db8iy
    @Cris-db8iy 3 года назад

    Please we need a whole proshot of this production, is a oldie show, deserve release for the new generations.

  • @Impendingdoomiedoom
    @Impendingdoomiedoom 3 года назад

    How come this can come off as not meant for kids but the mad TV things are marked for children

  • @showbuzz2674
    @showbuzz2674 3 года назад

    I know Cynthia Onrubia was the "McKechnie" track...who were the other 2 principal dancers? I saw it and was surprised it didn't transfer....much better than the revival...and who recreated the choreography?

    • @PICMCT
      @PICMCT 3 года назад

      I’m 99% sure Carol Lee Meadows is on the right

    • @danieltice3428
      @danieltice3428 2 года назад

      i'm pretty sure the last (on the left) is mary ann lamb

  • @winterbearmoved3968
    @winterbearmoved3968 4 года назад

    0:29

  • @billiezhang8175
    @billiezhang8175 4 года назад

    Christine Baranski has the charm that any line dropped by her could make the audience laugh. Sometimes, it is not about the writing but her personal whimsy hanging there with her demeanors and expressions.

    • @DelGuy03
      @DelGuy03 4 года назад

      That's true, but this is also a brilliantly written scene, the way she keeps insisting "I'm not a pickup" while maneuvering everything in exactly that direction. It may be the funniest scene Neil Simon wrote, and she handles every line superbly.

  • @ezekielcamurungan5776
    @ezekielcamurungan5776 4 года назад

    And a fact can be a beautiful thing When the fact I'm facin' is you A fact can be a terrible thing When the dreams you've been dreaming fall through Forget the past And think about the present Right now is everything Forget the past And think about the present The present's very pleasant Who cares what the future will bring? There's just no predicting a thing Don't wait for a miracle Because it's Christmas Not a time to be Alone with memories Christmas It's supposed to be a happy holiday Throw a little joy my way You could really make my day Throw a little joy my way And a fact can be a beautiful thing When I see what I'm seein' in you A fact can be a wonderful thing When your hopes to be happy come true What's gone is gone And don't you ever doubt it Wake up and start to live What's gone is gone So learn to live without it And never think about it Who cares what the future will bring? There's just no predicting a thing Don't wait for a miracle Because it's Christmas Not a time to be Alone with memories Christmas It's supposed to be a happy holiday Throw a little joy my way Do we really have to stay? Throw a little joy my way Throw a little joy my way Do we really have to stay? Throw a little joy my way Because it's Christmas Just the perfect day for us to Dance and sing Christmas It's supposed to be a happy holiday Happy holiday So throw a little joy my way Who cares what the future will bring? There's just no predicting a thing Don't wait for a miracle Don't wait for a miracle Don't wait for a miracle Don't wait for a miracle

  • @stephaniekeyes2928
    @stephaniekeyes2928 5 лет назад

    Thanks to Neil simon!!!

  • @brucecoleman5379
    @brucecoleman5379 5 лет назад

    The girl in the middle is TERRIBLE. Zero technique.

  • @nonenoneonenonenone
    @nonenoneonenonenone 5 лет назад

    Am I wrong, or are the Encores! productions always better than the Broadway revivals?

    • @tomshea8382
      @tomshea8382 2 года назад

      You have a point about casting at least.

  • @atwaterkent911
    @atwaterkent911 5 лет назад

    "We got hosed, Tommy, we got hosed."

  • @unclesporkums
    @unclesporkums 5 лет назад

    Kath Soucie is the voice of Tommy

  • @marianofloresbuendia4115
    @marianofloresbuendia4115 5 лет назад

    Me and my brother are teenagers and we get a lot out of it Davey and Goliath and for the people that put negative stuff on Davey and Goliath that's wrong and you're going to get punished from God because yours is mocking God

  • @daisymay9203
    @daisymay9203 6 лет назад

    Yess they all cheer for Christine ahh she’s a dime

  • @daisymay9203
    @daisymay9203 6 лет назад

    When she has her back to the camera I actually thought it may be Margret thatcher no joke thank god the goddess Christine turned around 😂

  • @stephaniekeyes2928
    @stephaniekeyes2928 6 лет назад

    Christine and Marty!!! They shoulda made a cd of this

    • @Cris-db8iy
      @Cris-db8iy Год назад

      exist a soundboard, if you interesed I can upload!

    • @Thfdlek
      @Thfdlek 10 месяцев назад

      @@Cris-db8iyplease!

  • @tomshea8382
    @tomshea8382 7 лет назад

    She is SHIT HOT right here.

  • @indigolatte444
    @indigolatte444 7 лет назад

    Her leeeeggsss!!

  • @saveyourselves5923
    @saveyourselves5923 7 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing this Michael!

  • @eharris6347
    @eharris6347 8 лет назад

    wow she is so fine😏🚀

  • @donpkra
    @donpkra 8 лет назад

    the orchestration is really stunning

    • @bradleyscarton3931
      @bradleyscarton3931 5 лет назад

      I wish the original cast recording included this in its full form.

  • @donpkra
    @donpkra 8 лет назад

    this is so wonderful

  • @amparobadenes
    @amparobadenes 9 лет назад

    subtitulos!!!!!

  • @mackychua7599
    @mackychua7599 10 лет назад

    I love Christine Baranski! she's smart and talented and elegant

  • @TheLaura200
    @TheLaura200 10 лет назад

    I love this bit. Do you have the entire show on video From this particular one?

  • @susanosbourne8102
    @susanosbourne8102 10 лет назад

    CHRISTINE BARANSKI !!!! I LOVE HER

  • @nonenoneonenonenone
    @nonenoneonenonenone 11 лет назад

    I'm just kind of dumbfounded that none of these revivals used the original dance captain to stage it (Betsy Haug). I am sure it would have been complete and exciting then.

    • @chocolatesouljah
      @chocolatesouljah 9 лет назад

      zzindorf Hi I hear you on Besty Haug but this isn't the original choreography so I don't see the point. Although it's always good to give Betsy a chance. After seeing the "Turkey Lurkey Time" from the Broadway revival this version although not as good as the original beats the revival hands down.

    • @nonenoneonenonenone
      @nonenoneonenonenone 9 лет назад

      The point is to use the original if you can't do a whole lot better.

    • @chocolatesouljah
      @chocolatesouljah 9 лет назад

      Please check out the Broadway revival. It's really dismal compared to this.

  • @Nuyorican_Soul
    @Nuyorican_Soul 11 лет назад

    The skirts are the right length. The original production was produced in 1968 and the show took place in the present. Mini skirts were in. The 2011 revival dialed back the time period to 1962 I believe, closer to the time period of the show's source, the 1961 Billy Wilder film, "The Apartment".

    • @bradleyscarton3931
      @bradleyscarton3931 6 лет назад

      I don't know why the revival set it back to 1961 because musically the score is heavily late 60's.

    • @epaddon
      @epaddon 2 года назад

      @@bradleyscarton3931 Exactly. And setting it back to 61 set up the dumbest rewritten line in the history of musical theater. In the original, Chuck tells Fran to meet him at "the new Garden, the old one's been torn down." But because the old Madison Square Garden was still standing in 1961, they changed the line to have him tell her to meet him at "The old Garden, the new one hasn't been built yet."

    • @paulliberti2048
      @paulliberti2048 11 месяцев назад

      They set it in 1961 because, sadly - Mad Men was popular on TV when the revival was mounted and it was abysmal. Every single year of the 1960s is specific - and to try to use this book as 1961 talking about LSD and tripping - made no sense whatsoever. The two added songs were favorites of Kristen Chenoweth - but did not make sense in the story. A House is not a Home and I Say A Little Prayer didn't fit HOWEVER - WIVES AND LOVERS, I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF would have been much better choices in the story. Alas, the very wonderful Sean Hays was miscast as was Chenoweth - but Eric McCormack and Meagan Mullally would have been interesting choices. Just glad it didn't go to Sutton Foster and Josh Groban! @@epaddon

  • @krawla6863
    @krawla6863 11 лет назад

    0:29 OH DAVEY!!

  • @50ShadesOfFrey
    @50ShadesOfFrey 12 лет назад

    Did they record this? Is there a DVD? Do you know if there's a way of buying it?

  • @1037pm
    @1037pm 12 лет назад

    It really wasn't as bad as people are saying it is. It is MUCH better than the Broadway revival. The lead dancers were dancing very hard and there was actually a lot of energy. If anything, it was the choreography that wasn't as exciting. We all have high standards from seeing the original broadway cast. Talent doesn't come like that anymore so we should stop comparing them from standards set 40+ years ago.

  • @ddalton274
    @ddalton274 12 лет назад

    These are really cool Christians back in the day! ;)

  • @GypsyTia
    @GypsyTia 12 лет назад

    thank you so much for posting!

  • @broadwayboundguy
    @broadwayboundguy 12 лет назад

    @stevenwishnoff And I mean that in an "At least this is better than..." way, rather than a "Wow! This is even better than..." way. Haha!

  • @broadwayboundguy
    @broadwayboundguy 12 лет назад

    @stevenwishnoff This is even better than the most recent Broadway productions version of this song. That terrible piece of rubbish makes me ashamed I even want to be on Broadway. It's just dreadful.

  • @langlade100
    @langlade100 13 лет назад

    I disagree BaggyJeans. You don't have to work so hard to sell this song musically. But here she's made brilliant acting choices which make "working hard" not only make sense, but make this performance unforgettably vivid, personal and put Fran Kubelik and her story, and not the song itself, come first. Which is what an actress in a musical, even an actress as musically gifted as Kerry O'Malley, has to do.