LAURA BENANTI/RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN: "The Laendler" B'way '99
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- Опубликовано: 16 мар 2016
- THE SOUND OF MUSIC-Broadway 3/99
On opening night, the 1998 Broadway revival of "The Sound of Music" saw the teenage Laura Benanti make her Broadway debut in the role of "a postulant" while also understudying the production's leading lady, Rebecca Luker.
The following year, Benanti got her first Broadway lead when she replaced Luker as Maria, with Richard Chamberlain taking over as the Captain.
Che eleganza e raffinatezza BRAVO Richard ❤👌👏👏👏❤🤗💋
If only more men could be as incredibly elegant, as polished, and as romantic as Chamberlain's characters are! Sometimes it's hard to remember that he's an American because of how very refined his characters usually are -- so smooth, so urbane.
You are a gentleman!!! l love richard!!!!!💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
King of theater!!😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
You are beutiful man l love richard
Tienes una elegancia superior..como si fueras de otra galaxia❤❤💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘💝😍😘❤
I love that this is literally the the age difference between Fraulein Maria and the Captain. I love the chemistry.
Richard Chamberlain was actually a good bit older than Georg would have been then.
Than Georg lived to be in real life, I think.
Poor Georg. He didn't get to live long enough.
Mary Martin (Maria in the original production) was more than a decade older than Theodore Bikel (the captain).
I wonder how many people realize that this music is actually a variation of the lonely goatherd.
Dude.......
I've been watching this movie since I was 10 and it never hit me....
Well, I do *now*, thank you. 😉
Took me forever to figure out that "Mo Ghile Mear" and "The Spanish Lady" are not really two different tunes.
Guess I shouldn't be surprised at this "new" development either. 😉
Music was never my strong point. Writing is. I suppose you could probably tell. ^___^
Isn't it more likely that "The Lonely Goatherd" is a variation of it?
Well...unless it's *not* really a traditional tune, then either could go either way.
The Laendler *is* really a traditional dance, though. ^___^
Well, then there should be a variation with the marionettes. Maybe hand, rod or shadow puppets.
@@johnpickford4222 it's hard to tell without inflection if you're being sarcastic. but...yes - it would be fun to see the marionettes do the landler.
Those ballet lessons have paid off 1000 fold. So graceful!
WOW was für ein wundervoller Ausschnitt. Richard und das Trachtenmädel haben mir sehr gut gefallen, einfach toll. Die Performens beider Stars ist fantastisch. Danke fürs Hochladen des sehr schönen Videoausschnittes. Schade, das man heutzutage so etwas nicht mehr sieht. Danke für das Hochladen des schönen Videoausschnittes. NAMASTE
Admiro tus actuacines en el teatro richard!!💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
Nadie baila ese baile como tu amado richard chamberlain❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💝💝💝💝💝💝❤❤❤❤❤❤💝💝💝💝💝💝💝❤❤❤
Thank you looking beautiful ! Actor nice Richard Chamberlain handsome man always! Dance music 🎶 nice theatre 🎭 interesting romantic! Again thank you dear Richard Chamberlain, I’m lady deaf 100 o/o name Katerina from Russia 🇷🇺! I’m love from USA 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦 !!! 😁🙏😍👍💋❣️❣️❣️🥰😘
I can read your first name in Russian (now that you told us what it is, of course).
Katerina. Easy enough. ^____^
The star that shines brightest
He's a talented actor and a silver fox😘
Oh yes. Too right. ^_____^
The Laendler is a very elaborate dance and very sweet as well, Richard Chamberain looks like a Prince in the Court.
He almost always does.
Probably why he got cast as the Prince in The Slipper and the Rose (1976 movie about Cinderella).
I don't think this actress looks or acts like Maria that much.
Funny how *she* seems too old to me but *he* doesn't, and he must really have been a good bit older than her.
Maybe it's his princely/kingly/knightly qualities that just...make him seem like he could still play this at almost *any* age.
I suppose they didn't want to cast her as 20 or so when he was already over 60.
That *could* be it.
Still. She *could* have been cast cuter, prettier, with a younger look and feel to her, and so on.
She needs to be more mischievous too, and enchanting and delightful and so on.
The show is *not* just about *him*.
I need to see some other scenes, though, to get a better idea of what she was *really* like in this production.
Oookay. Just went to another video and apparently she was teenage at the time (Laura Benanti, I mean). They must just have been trying to make her look older so that she would not appear too *young*.
I went to the "Something Good" video with her and him in it, he still looks the right age and she still looks a little too old.
At first. Then after a bit, I started picking up on, she is similar in some ways to one of my college acquaintances, also an actress, who was 17 when I met her and could easily have passed for about 30.
I begin to understand a bit more now. That's probably how this actress got cast. Well, it says that initially she was just the understudy, but I figure how she was able to get picked for that is because of her ability to play an adult already at a young age.
That being the case, now I think they should have let her play it closer to the age she actually was, although if she did that *too* much then I think I'd feel like I was watching Liesl instead of Maria.
Personal taste. Tastes differ. And so on.
Rogue richard!!! l love
My favourite actor
❤️
He's one of my most favorites too.
❤💙💜💖
Oh, I love him so much! Days ago I saw him as the prince dancing the waltz in The slipper and the rose (1976), OMG he is still so charming and graceful! I wish I could age with a little bit of his energy and grace (by the way I'm 38)
I wish the exact same thing. I don't think I'm *ever* going to age *nearly* that gracefully!!!!! @__@
And I'm older than you are, but much, *much* younger than he is.
Younger (so far) than he was here too.
I'm 68 and been so downcast lately. I've been ill for several months and live alone. My mother is in memory care but I have no other relatives nor friends nor even neighbors I could call on, partly due to my chronic illness. I haven't been eating well as it's too draining, my hair hasn't been cut from the "above-the-neck" bob I usually wear - it's now below my shoulders. Worse: I quit coloring after the whole hair stylist brewhaha during the 2020 lockdown, let my hair grow out and ACK!!! This gray adds 20 years...for real! I plan to color it again but not until I get this length cut off. My visiting nurse noticed a consistent rise in my blood pressure (which has always been low) and was very concerned so I went to the ER next morning expecting to have an EEG and other tests and told I was fine...but NOOOOOO I was admitted to PCU (Progressive Care Unit) that can be a step down unit for those coming from ICU - ACK! My purpose for being there was to be monitored for high bp 24/7 while trying different medications. I also had a slight UTI so I was prescribed an antibiotic. I was sent home with THREE HP meds, and antibiotics. I was scared to be alone with three new meds and no one to know if I was ok. For the next two months the UTI never went away - each time I went to the ER for a check up I was rechecked and given a new antiobiotic. By the 4th round of this I was in pain, extremely fatigued, and getting dizzy. After some tests I was told I had a severe UTI that was in the kidneys. They switched antibiotics *again* (which was a repeat of one they'd given me the first time) but this time administered a dose via IV and this antibiotic script was 500 mg each dose to be taken FOUR times a day for 7 days. Nurse said when they got the culture back from the lab, she'd call me if it wasn't the right antibiotic. After I completed that course, shortly after the last pill and was filling much better, the nurse called and aid, "Quit taking the antibiotic, it won't work - the bacteria is resistant to it." I told her I'd just taken the whole course. She said she'd called in the new one at my pharmacy. This one is to be taken with food or it makes me violently ill but then that gets back to I'm not eating much. I went from feeling well after the prior med and now I feel ill and fatigue again.
There's a lot more but I've prattled on quite enough. All of the above was to say I see older actors and actresses and they look great; I'm 20 years younger and feel like I'm falling apart. One of the techs at the memory care center asked if I was my mother's (89) sister or a really good friend. I responded I was her daughter and the tech couldn't hide her look of sheer unbelief!!! She finally said, "Your mother really took care of herself!" in the tone of "You haven't." The main difference in my mother and me (despite 11 years) is that since she has been in memory care, my step-father has her hair cut/colored each month. When my mother was showing definite signs of dementia but thought she was fine, she kept saying, "I need to go to the hairdresser and get my hair cut." Step-father & I each offered to take her but she just couldn't get dressed in her usual wardrobe and never went. By the time she was admitted to memory care, her hair was as long as mine is and gray and I remember when I first saw her like that I almost gasped as she look about 100!
I think a nice haircut and color takes 20 years off one's chronological age. My goal is to work to get better fast so I can do those two things, then maybe I'll feel more confident to be in public. (Sorry about droning on - I've been watching this and the movie version with Julie Andrews and crying that I'm so old.)
@@SonshineLady7I hope you are feeling better,and that you have taken good care of yourself. My prayers for your health and well being.Sincerely,N.Sanders❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ooo wow hes as gorgeous here as he was in The Thorn Birds.. He can move too
Beautiful!
+tyrrelli165
Glad you watched and enjoyed---thanks
So glad I have the chance to see this. ❤ Richard . Is he mouthing the line to her at the end? Rewatch tell me what you think?
You are even more beautiful dancing!!!💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
I saw them, and they were fantastic. It was a Wednesday matinee with the upper balcony full of school groups. The kids cheered wildly at every kiss, which was as entertaining as the show!
Is there a full video? I've found this for so long. Thanks you for posting this
where is the rest of this performance
How is this almost 20 years ago and Laura doesn't even look like she has aged...
Well, she was quite young then but looked grown up already, so...I think then *that's* probably how.
Another video of them I just went to...says that she was actually only teenage at the time.
*And* originally only the understudy in this production, besides.
Wow, he is literally 3x her age
I know. And good at it anyway.
Una historia de amor ,contada en pocos minutos ,bellísimo!!!!
Gracias
Gibt es ein komplettes Video?
Missing the white gloves for Crl Von Trapp
this man is delicious!!
always was... first crush Dr. Kildare back in the 60s
Único
Romantic dance: very good both!!!
I want to see Beyonce and Denzel Washington play those roles!!
there is only one choreography for this dance?
Isn't the Leander an Austrian folk dance?
Sorry for misspelling the name if the dance.
She is a cold cucumber, all the gifts of musical theatre except heart.
For that reason, her vacant though polished performance gives no warmth
The description says she was an understudy, so maybe she was not really connected with the character, or maybe she was nervous and was more focused on her dancing
Disagree, but she was also 18 or something like that. Laura Benanti is wonderful and if you haven't seen her as the baroness in Sound of Music Live, she makes that role so incredibly intriguing
Kurt looks like he is about to fall over. 😉
I'd rather put Kurt in a sailor suit since he is only eleven. Friedrich at fourteen *should* probably be in a boy's version of a grown man's suit, but Kurt doesn't have to. He *could* but it isn't actually necessary.
Just a personal preference though. To each their own. Including the costumer designer(s). ^___^
The looks on their faces, close up, are not really exactly right.
They look startled more than anything else, and then they look...almost as if they had suddenly developed a dislike or distant for each other, instead of falling in love.
I will never say as some say, "Richard Chamberlain can't act", because he can and does, but in this scene he looks as if he just touched the litter box instead of touching his true love. And she's not much better because really she is *only* supposed to have that lok of shocked, guilty horror *after* the dance and particularly when Baroness Elsa points out to her what's going on.
Here they are supposed to look like they are falling in love.
I love how Richard Chamberlain actually does manage to *look like* both himself and Georg, and indeed the man looks like a prince in at least half of the roles he has ever played, but *looks aren't everything*. Play it how the character would feel it. And these two so, so needed a better director, especially for that part of that scene.
Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews did stunningly better, beautifully better, and it was mostly just *the looks on their faces*, which are of course absolutely everything important and necessary in the Laendler scene.
Get it right. These two can both act but they are *not* at their best in that particular pivotal moment. And it really, really is one of the *most* pivotal moments in the whole play, so it's really *important* to get it exactly right. They didn't.
They did a good job, otherwise, though (sigh).
But if they'd done an excellent job with *this* moment of *this* scene then I'd forgive them almost anything else.
It really just is *that* important.
That was supposed to say "a dislike or distaste" but actually "distant" or "distance" works too and I would not have thought of it.
Clever choice *this* time, autocorrect.
Being a bit more useful, for a change.
What I would've expected them to probably do is, just *not* look at each other *enough*.
What did they *actually* do?
Look at each other like they suddenly despise each other or are very much *not* attracted to each other, or at the very least like they've just discovered they are brother and sister, or something.
Yes, they *are* supposed to look surprised, but it's supposed to be a *good* surprise, at least at first.
And speaking of princes. They need to look for just a moment as if the Prince and Cinderella had found each other at the ball, only gentler, softer, quieter than that.
Go look at the Laendler dance clips from the movie and you can see their emotions *so* much clearer and sharper than this. Yes, in the movie they are looking startled, but it's in an, "Oh, God, I didn't realize you were my true love" kind of way. Or, for Maria, I'm an "I never really felt like this before and I'm not even sure I know yet what love is, but what is this that I'm feeling?" kind of way.
The way the same scene is played in the movie, I could watch it forever. Not so here. Here I I feel like, they need a better director, and, well, I just learned how *not* to play it and direct it.
Don't get me wrong. I like these two, I really do, and have loved Richard Chamberlain and his work for I think it is now nearly forty years (The Thorn Birds was 1983 and that is what I first saw him in). But. I think I have never appreciated Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer more. They did some of their very loveliest work *ever* in their version of this scene. Off to go watch them now. See you guys and girls later!
Beautiful dancing. Her dress is clumsy and the boy's jacket is too big for him.
Such a shame 😢
Zs
Disappointing. I much prefer the Sound of Music version. I found this one very stilted.
Um. This is "The Sound of Music."
This is a play. Unfortunately that stilt theatrical acting are necessary, because most of the audience would be meters far away from the arena to understand subtler smooth gestures. Only 7th art made that possible.
How old is Chamberlain now? To me he'll always be Dr. Killdare. I dont really buy him in this role. I mean at the end of the dance ...nothing. It was a wonderful opportunity to express something artistically. But he simply picked up the hat, turned his back & walked away. Not my fav actor.