When Gypsy was mentioned you could see a slight twitch of happiness in Bea's face. She always wanted to play Mama Rose and never got the chance, it would have been amazing to see how she played it. Also the occasional glimpses of Helen Hayes, who was 86 by this point, are awesome.
I dunno. The five ladies who actually played Mama Rose were all pretty epic. The two that were in the time frame for Bea Arthur both won the Tony so I'm not sure how you fit Ms Arthur in: 1960 Original Broadway Cast: Ethel Merman (Tony nomination) 1974 Broadway Revival : Angela Lansbury (Tony Win) 1989 Broadway Revival: Tyne Daly (Tony Win) 2003 Broadway Revival: Bernadette Peters (Tony nomination) 2008 Broadway Revival: Patti LuPone (Tony Win)
Neither could Rosalind Russell...oh, wait...! (Actually, I would've luuuuved to have heard Bea's take on Rose! I also loved the critically panned Bernadette. And, don't get me wrong. Roz was pretty great, even with Lisa Kirk dubbing her songs. Roz had proven she could sing in "Wonderful Town.") There were plenty of other great dames that I'm sure performed the role in national tours, summer stock, and...TV! That's RIGHT!! What about Miss M?! (Midler, that is!)
@@TheTerryE NONSENS! I remember her being on the Mike Douglas Show years ago and she and ...it might have been Hal Linden did a number from Gypsy and is criminal that she never got to play the role.
Great to see these stars do stuff outside their wheelhouse. And Sandy Duncan keeping up with Anne Reinking in the dance numbers. The hanging mic casting shadows in everyone's face was funny....odd for 1986 technology but probably for the TV broadcast.
This makes me SO happy :-) and I'm only 17 Haha......guessing I'm the only teenager here!? Okay, it's fine! I'll mingle with the older people😂 I find Musicals/Broadway stuff like this very relaxing. No idea why it's just nice stuff if you know what I mean nice just nice :-)
I really wish that our current broadway favorites could do something like this, broadway through the years. I’d love to see stars such as Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Jeremy Jordan, Gavin Creel, Kristin Chenoweth, Cynthia Erivo, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jessie and Abby Mueller, Sam Pauly, Andrea Macasaet, Kelli O’Hara, Mandy Patinkin, etc.
There was a great series (of three or four installments) back in the seventies called, "Musical Comedy Tonight," hosted and produced by Sylvia Fine (Mrs. Danny) Kaye! Each installment featured several shows, and featured performers like Richard Chamberlain, Bernadette Peters and Sandy Duncan performing songs from "Company;" Bonnie Franklin doing "South Pacific;" Juliet Prowse in "Sweet Charity," etc. I believe it was on PBS, and think I revisited some of them here on RUclips awhile back...!
Just a little wink and a nod to Mr.Rex Smith looking quite dapper in his tux and sounding just as smooth! His talents unfortunately have been a little underrated.
I just posted almost the exact same thing on another version of this. Mrs. Lovett isn't the kind of role that she's known for, but that's exactly what might have made it subversively brilliant.
This was the last year Alexander Cohen and wife Hildy Parks produced the Tonys. When their contract wasn't renewed and the show was "modernized," the theatrical aspect of this unique awards show was lost. Now it's a silly extravaganza from Radio City Music Hall, with mostly unknown from forgettable shows providing so-called "entertainment." (Yeah, sure!)
LieslJones59 so true.. working in TV people now as presenters, who may have been in a play in high school...the network is afraid to let a number go full out...afraid of the remote control.. the dumbing down of everything.. so everything is cut way down..
What nonsense. The Tonys are so well produced these days and this show was a horror. Who wants to hear Stephanie Powers sing I Could Have Danced All Night? This was an awful season too, not producing a single good musical. Quality varies greatly from year to year and even in it's prime [the 1950s] there were some God awful seasons on Broadway. Today the theater is certainly plaqued by a lack of originality but the Tonys are quite entertaining.
Say what you will. I still enjoy 'em! (And I've been watchin' 'em since the '70s.) Now that you mention it, tho... I could do with a few less jukebox musicals!
This was high praise, indeed, coming from my father, who was just as capable of "Archie Bunker"-like remarks with regard to those of Uggams' background. But when talent impressed my dad he was honest about it.
You'd understand if you grew up in the '50s and '60s. Our grandparents had grown up not many decades after slavery had been abolished, and I am actually impressed that they "came around" and rose to the occasion of changing their ways, thanks to influential figures - Black and White - in the media.
I recall watching a very young Leslie Uggams on NBC-TV's "Sing Along With Mitch" back in 1964-65. In fact, I think 'twas Uggams who was the first African-American of whom I was aware, made so by my parents, who found her singing outstanding on that television show and made a point of noting her ethnicity.
Actually, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson may have been another African-American talent who would have been seen in our family home in that same period. But that was because I, alone, watched "The Jack Benny Program." I can understand, on one level, why my dad found the crude humor of a Don Rickles entertaining, but not that he never watched Benny's program.
No, but they tried to work Disband Carroll into "Drum Song," being that Richard Rogers had promised to use her in SOMETHING. The makeup, supposedly, just didn't work. He later wrote "No Strings" for her.
Yeah, they didn't think that through very well. I think they wanted to make some reference to the British invasion that was occurring when this was shown (1986).
Years later I saw Uggams again on the ABC soap opera "All My Children." Wisely, that show's writers worked Uggams' singing into her short-term role on that show. But, in addition to her singing career and her own variety TV series, Uggams was also known for her work on Broadway. I found it somewhat surprising Uggams didn't enjoy the kind of fame Diahann Carroll or Lena Horne had, though, given her wonderful singing voice you so correctly observed.
She had her own musical variety show back in '71, I believe. Also TIED the Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award with Patricia Routledge (yes...Hyacinth Bucket)! Leslie WOWED B'way that year in "Hallelujah! Baby," which led to her starring opposite Richard Kiley in the (flop) B'way musical, "Her First Roman"...and around the time of this clip, Leslie was all the rage in the cast of "Jerry's Girls." She was ALSO a major part of "Roots," which led to a star turn in a Miss Jane Pittman/ "Upstairs, Downstairs"-type mini-series, "Backstairs at the White House." She's had QUITE a lustrous career!
Bea Arthur singing Not While I'm Around... Terrible interpretation of that. It's a young boy singing to his mother figure who he loves so dearly. She sings it like a saloon singer singing to the last drunk at the bar on a Tuesday night.
Thank you for the effort and especially for including ther performers’ names💞
The talent was outstanding! This was a gem! So many if these stars have passed! They were classy and so talented!
Dorothy Loudon SLAYS.
It was exciting to see her do Easy Street. Her singing and performance were good. The dancing was a little messy, from memory, unrehearsed.
Yes lord
This is wonderful. Just found it ❤👏👏👏👏👏
It's great to see Bea Arthur again. 💖I
So much fun, but I have to say: Dorothy Louden stole the show.
Such talent on one stage!
Sandy Duncan kicked some ass with that dancing. Jesus. And Leslie Uggams sounded great.
When Gypsy was mentioned you could see a slight twitch of happiness in Bea's face. She always wanted to play Mama Rose and never got the chance, it would have been amazing to see how she played it. Also the occasional glimpses of Helen Hayes, who was 86 by this point, are awesome.
I dunno. The five ladies who actually played Mama Rose were all pretty epic. The two that were in the time frame for Bea Arthur both won the Tony so I'm not sure how you fit Ms Arthur in:
1960 Original Broadway Cast: Ethel Merman (Tony nomination)
1974 Broadway Revival : Angela Lansbury (Tony Win)
1989 Broadway Revival: Tyne Daly (Tony Win)
2003 Broadway Revival: Bernadette Peters (Tony nomination)
2008 Broadway Revival: Patti LuPone (Tony Win)
I’m sure she knows and at the time of this performance Tyne and Patti hadn’t played Rose yet
Bea Arthur could never have sung it.
Neither could Rosalind Russell...oh, wait...! (Actually, I would've luuuuved to have heard Bea's take on Rose! I also loved the critically panned Bernadette. And, don't get me wrong. Roz was pretty great, even with Lisa Kirk dubbing her songs. Roz had proven she could sing in "Wonderful Town.") There were plenty of other great dames that I'm sure performed the role in national tours, summer stock, and...TV! That's RIGHT!! What about Miss M?! (Midler, that is!)
@@TheTerryE NONSENS! I remember her being on the Mike Douglas Show years ago and she and ...it might have been Hal Linden did a number from Gypsy and is criminal that she never got to play the role.
Great to see these stars do stuff outside their wheelhouse. And Sandy Duncan keeping up with Anne Reinking in the dance numbers. The hanging mic casting shadows in everyone's face was funny....odd for 1986 technology but probably for the TV broadcast.
Leslie Uggams = gorgeous voice
Such a great clip! 😄
I miss Nell Carter and so many of them, love the quality of the clips, thanks so much!
Glad you like them!
That was on of the all time best Tony Awards show 1986!
I cant believe Sound of Music tied with Fiorello. when it was also the year of Gypsy 🤔
This makes me SO happy :-) and I'm only 17 Haha......guessing I'm the only teenager here!? Okay, it's fine! I'll mingle with the older people😂 I find Musicals/Broadway stuff like this very relaxing. No idea why it's just nice stuff if you know what I mean nice just nice :-)
Rachel Fairfield I'm 16 and this is so thrilling, I'm obsessed
I really wish that our current broadway favorites could do something like this, broadway through the years. I’d love to see stars such as Bernadette Peters, Audra McDonald, Jeremy Jordan, Gavin Creel, Kristin Chenoweth, Cynthia Erivo, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jessie and Abby Mueller, Sam Pauly, Andrea Macasaet, Kelli O’Hara, Mandy Patinkin, etc.
There was a great series (of three or four installments) back in the seventies called, "Musical Comedy Tonight," hosted and produced by Sylvia Fine (Mrs. Danny) Kaye! Each installment featured several shows, and featured performers like Richard Chamberlain, Bernadette Peters and Sandy Duncan performing songs from "Company;" Bonnie Franklin doing "South Pacific;" Juliet Prowse in "Sweet Charity," etc. I believe it was on PBS, and think I revisited some of them here on RUclips awhile back...!
Bernadette Peters is in this. She did something from Flower Drum song.
Dorothy Loudon is the best of that group.
What a great cast.Marveleus!!!
9 peopie went on to try tv
Love how the presaged Bernadette playing Mama Rose.
Sandy Duncan doing "America" was a bold choice.
So much talent
Check out Nell Carter at 5:09 watching Loudon strut her stuff. She's loving it!
646guy Bea was into Dorothy's peformance too
This is one of my favourite Tonys. All these musicals and such a good cast and I just can't
damn! Rex Smith was a fine looking man!
Bea Arthur ❤️
Just a little wink and a nod to Mr.Rex Smith looking quite dapper in his tux and sounding just as smooth! His talents unfortunately have been a little underrated.
He has no voice. I saw a most embarrassing performance in Carousel. Yuk.
why is it Dorothy Loudon is the ONLY one who knows how to sing EASY STREET..
Tom Wopat and Lee Remick are in there, too.
I just posted almost the exact same thing on another version of this. Mrs. Lovett isn't the kind of role that she's known for, but that's exactly what might have made it subversively brilliant.
i love how they included the whole family from the screen to broadway
And John Rubinstein at the piano!
This is great! Thank you for putting the work into putting this together. I appreciate you!
This summs pretty much everything
To this day I still have a crush on Stephanie Powers. I was a teen when she was on "Hart to Hart", need I say more. So hot.
This was the last year Alexander Cohen and wife Hildy Parks produced the Tonys. When their contract wasn't renewed and
the show was "modernized," the theatrical aspect of this unique awards show was lost. Now it's a silly extravaganza from Radio City Music Hall, with mostly unknown from forgettable shows providing so-called "entertainment." (Yeah, sure!)
LieslJones59 so true.. working in TV people now as presenters, who may have been in a play in high school...the network is afraid to let a number go full out...afraid of the remote control.. the dumbing down of everything.. so everything is cut way down..
What nonsense. The Tonys are so well produced these days and this show was a horror. Who wants to hear Stephanie Powers sing I Could Have Danced All Night? This was an awful season too, not producing a single good musical. Quality varies greatly from year to year and even in it's prime [the 1950s] there were some God awful seasons on Broadway. Today the theater is certainly plaqued by a lack of originality but the Tonys are quite entertaining.
Say what you will. I still enjoy 'em! (And I've been watchin' 'em since the '70s.) Now that you mention it, tho... I could do with a few less jukebox musicals!
This was high praise, indeed, coming from my father, who was just as capable of "Archie Bunker"-like remarks with regard to those of Uggams' background. But when talent impressed my dad he was honest about it.
I’m always amazed and disgusted that someone people can discuss their relatives’ racist and hateful views so lackadaisically. Boggles my mind. 🙄
You'd understand if you grew up in the '50s and '60s. Our grandparents had grown up not many decades after slavery had been abolished, and I am actually impressed that they "came around" and rose to the occasion of changing their ways, thanks to influential figures - Black and White - in the media.
I recall watching a very young Leslie Uggams on NBC-TV's "Sing Along With Mitch" back in 1964-65. In fact, I think 'twas Uggams who was the first African-American of whom I was aware, made so by my parents, who found her singing outstanding on that television show and made a point of noting her ethnicity.
Was that Florence Henderson? Prettiest I ever saw her.
@agr8guyny Thank you!
Wonder how many people recognize Cleo Laine, Dame Cleo , that is?
Cleo Lane was The Witch in the production of Into The Woods I saw. Later, I saw her at the Hollywood Bowl. She's a stunning talent.
@@martinsorenson1055 I am fortunate enough to say she is also a delightful person! As was her husband!
Not meaning to be a downer but, so many of these actors are gone.
Actually, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson may have been another African-American talent who would have been seen in our family home in that same period. But that was because I, alone, watched "The Jack Benny Program." I can understand, on one level, why my dad found the crude humor of a Don Rickles entertaining, but not that he never watched Benny's program.
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was good till you cut out the numbers for Sandy Duncan, Karen Morrow and more after Dorothy, Nell and Bea Sang :(
Who was doing the easy street number?
Dorothy Loudon
Thank you
who was singing love look away? but OUCH who sang Chorus Line
Leslie Uggams sang Love Look Away
Who is the singer at 2:10?! Amazing!
Leslie Uggams
Who is singing age of Aquarius?
Nell Carter
Yes, Nell Carter sang Age of Aquarius from "Hair". She was in Broadway cast and the 1979 filmed version.
Was Leslie Uggams in Flower Drum Song?
No, but they tried to work Disband Carroll into "Drum Song," being that Richard Rogers had promised to use her in SOMETHING. The makeup, supposedly, just didn't work. He later wrote "No Strings" for her.
That's DIAHANN Carroll! (Damn auto-correct!!)
why did they position My Fair Lady as british invasion when Lerner and Loewe were both American? didn't make sense
Yeah, they didn't think that through very well. I think they wanted to make some reference to the British invasion that was occurring when this was shown (1986).
...or Broadway's love affair with the oh-so-British (our fair) Julie Andrews
Both leads were British.
@@DEAD-FROM-NY both writers were American. Leads come and go, writers never do.
Who were the dancers?
Years later I saw Uggams again on the ABC soap opera "All My Children." Wisely, that show's writers worked Uggams' singing into her short-term role on that show.
But, in addition to her singing career and her own variety TV series, Uggams was also known for her work on Broadway. I found it somewhat surprising Uggams didn't enjoy the kind of fame Diahann Carroll or Lena Horne had, though, given her wonderful singing voice you so correctly observed.
She is a phenomenal performer.
She had her own musical variety show back in '71, I believe. Also TIED the Best Actress in a Musical Tony Award with Patricia Routledge (yes...Hyacinth Bucket)! Leslie WOWED B'way that year in "Hallelujah! Baby," which led to her starring opposite Richard Kiley in the (flop) B'way musical, "Her First Roman"...and around the time of this clip, Leslie was all the rage in the cast of "Jerry's Girls." She was ALSO a major part of "Roots," which led to a star turn in a Miss Jane Pittman/ "Upstairs, Downstairs"-type mini-series, "Backstairs at the White House." She's had QUITE a lustrous career!
A Chorus Line opened in 1975 not '76 sir...
It won Best Musical in 1976. They were celebrating the best musical winners each year.
I saw it in 1975, at the Shubert Theatre. 😁 I saw it twice. 1976?
It's so camp
Crappy year and cheesy production numbers.
Bea Arthur singing Not While I'm Around... Terrible interpretation of that. It's a young boy singing to his mother figure who he loves so dearly. She sings it like a saloon singer singing to the last drunk at the bar on a Tuesday night.
so it should never be sung by anyone other than a young boy?
guffaw-worthy thinking
actually, Mrs. Lovett sings a reprise of this song in the musical. granted not this low :-)