Scott Burns and Adam Simpson are also on the club's radar. If he coaches next year, I will be more than thrilled and I wish him all the best for that.''įormer Sydney coach, now media commentator, Paul Roos remains Melbourne's prime target - he has also been approached by the Brisbane Lions after the club sacked Michael Voss last week - while Mark Williams and Rodney Eade have had formal meetings with the coaching selection panel. įor her role, Liza Minnelli won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.''I really feel he gets the best out of me because I like those kind of coaches. With the additional costs and with refund demands running high, it was impossible for the show to recoup its costs. Additionally, the original costumes were replaced. During out-of-town tryouts, Gower Champion was called to help with the staging (but took no directorial credit). But the production was doomed from the start, with its star, Liza Minelli, behaving erratically and frequently missing performances (more than 10% of the entire run). With an all-time ticket-price high of $25 for Saturday night orchestra seats, The Act had $2 million in advance sales, then the highest in Broadway history. Theatrical though it is as a performance, it is indifferent musical theater." Another New York Times writer noted that "If there's a point 'The Act' underscores most, it's that Miss Minnelli on Broadway has incomparable star power." On the other hand, it is a little less than its pretensions imply. The New York Times reviewer wrote that " The Act is precisely what its name implies: It is an act, and a splendid one. The New York Times reported that "director Gower Champion quietly came in to doctor the show during its final month in Los Angeles." ĭirected by Martin Scorsese, choreographed by Ron Lewis, with costumes by Halston, the cast included Barry Nelson, Mark Goddard and Wayne Cilento.
The musical opened on Broadway on October 29, 1977, at the Majestic Theatre, where it ran for 233 performances and six previews. Originally titled, Shine It On, The Act played out-of-town tryouts for 15 weeks in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The musical premiered on Broadway in 1977. It was written to showcase the talents of Kander and Ebb favorite Liza Minnelli, who portrayed Michelle Craig, a fading film star attempting a comeback as a Las Vegas singer. The Act is a musical with a book by George Furth, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander.
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