Re: Great performers, lesser roles (Re: TV tie-in to musicals)

>It was fun seeing Mary Martin in a play. Oh to have 
>seen her in JENNIE. (A cast recording that has 
>really grown on me in recent years.)

Did you know that co-star George Wallace, known for other stage work
such as Man of La Mancha, was also Commando Cody in old movie serials?

I have questions about Jennie. It's supposedly a bio of Laurette Taylor
so I guess "Jennie" is a fictional Laurette. Such a bio would supposedly
have to do with her alcoholism yet the liner notes on the record album
say she's the victim of an alcoholic lover. Most curiously of all, Mary
turned down Funny Girl because she had just come off a long run onstage,
yet suddenly she's doing Jennie -- a biography of a famous stage
performer!

Bob A

"Aside from that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?"