WilliamM
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Cole Porter and Mary Martin Mary sang Cole Porter's "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" eight times a week without understanding the words. Years later, she knew what "finnan haddie" meant. "Isn't it a fish?"
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Lillian Roth and Elliott Gould in "I Can Get It For You Wholesale." I saw it in Boston before Broadway. Excellent cast, but Streisand rightly received most of the attention. I was in college, and likely a freshman.
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When I saw her inside an arena in Philadelphia ten years ago, she had many teleprompters, but no glasses. I actually know something about what I write. But I agree that her eyesight may be worse outdoors.
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Uh. Streisand does not wear the dark glasses throughout the concert And the lighting may be too strong for contact lens. It would be for me. She interacts with the audience through the concert. Too often. I am not under any illusion that Streisand is caring person. She donated her Malibu home on the canyon side of the road, but with very small funding for repairs and upkeep.
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Barbra does explain the dark glasses. Without the glasses, the strong lights prevent her seeing the audience.
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Older folks remember Streisand for "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" and "Funny Girl" in New York City
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There are four of five video up on the Streisand concert outdoors in Hyde Park. She is 77-years old, so takes a minute to get used to the sunglasses and long blonde hair. Her voice still has most of the best qualities, but naturally, she is not young anymore. Too much talking with the audience, and duets with other singers. Still, I am very glad I watched.
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I stay in Ipanema now in Rio because it is more like a real neighborhood, although with many tourists, including me. (smile).
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Couldn't your fiance find somewhere close by to swim. Just a suggestion.
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I met Mary in Philadelphia around 1980. It was a conversation of about five or six minutes, She was a relatively normal person. No cute, I am. And certainly, far less aloof than Merman. "She had that tendency, I guess. Much as I love her Peter Pan, for instance, the same thing happens there. " @bostonman wrote
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Yes, the production you mention was in 1996. I remember it now. I agree that a Broadway revival would be difficult now. One reviewer wrote that Martin was "too cute." He was right.
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Great. But, it has nothing to do with the Robert Preston Mary Martin musical.
