Panama Hattie (The York Theatre Company ‘Musicals in Mufti’) By Harry Forbes Cole Porter’s 1940 hit which, by all accounts, featured Ethel Merman in peak form … And Simon Jones, outfitted in morning coat and derby, is as dry as Gordon's gin as that butler who doesn't know how to handle sultry tropical dames. DeSylva. Panama Hattie partakes more of the vaudeville and even burlesque one sees in films of the 1930’s. Myself, I left the theater singing “Let’s Be Buddies.” I suggest you see Panama Hattie and we’ll be buddies too! A Musical Comedy in 2 Acts, 13 Scenes. In response to the original production, Brooks Atkinson in The New York Times stated, “if the Navy ever hears about Panama Hattie, it will be hard to keep the fleet in the Pacific. Featured players David Green (Mac the Bartender), Gordon Stanley (Whitney Randolph), Lael Van Kueren (Mildred) Zuri Washington (Kitty-Belle) provided solid support for the main cast and the plot antics. Of necessity, cuts were made, for time and correctness, for a modern audience––even with an understanding of historical context. The property itself isn’t terribly compelling out of time and place. Hattie, a big and brassy singer at a club in the Panama Canal Zone, is betrothed to the upper crust Nick Bullett, played engagingly by a sensitive and sympathetic Stephen Bogardus. That one is prime Porter, served straight, no chaser, and it's worth every note. As far as that goes, it is going to be hard to keep New Yorkers at home in the evenings this winter.". A musical in two acts. Choreography by Trent Kidd was all too fleeting, but in the short segments displaying his fine work was the feeling of “more please.” Lighting design was provided by Joyce Liao, with James Morgan serving as scenic consultant. Yet, they all bear the Porter stamp of pleasing melody and smart lyrics, such as “Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please” (sung with terrific comedic timing by Blackhurst). from Harvard University. Photo: Russ Rowland. Come join us in our celebration! The official database for Broadway theatre information Panama Hattie … "My Mother Would Love You" is a charmer of a ballad for Nick and Hattie, and "I've Still Got My Health" has some typically impudent rhymes: "By fashion and foppery, I'm never discussed/Attending the opry, my box would be a bust." Log in, Jack Was Kind: A Confused Wife on Her Husband’s Public Indiscretion, Coastal Elites: Paul Rudnick Rages Against the Right-Wing Machine, Coastal Elites: Red Meat for Blue Staters, Incidental Moments of the Day: Trouble on Zoom with the Apple Family, Girl From the North Country: Bob Dylan, American Poet, Dana H.: Mother’s Day, with Knives and Tats, A Soldier’s Play: Charles Fuller’s Pulitzer-Winner in Stunning Revival, Jagged Little Pill: Everything’s Gonna Be Fine, Fine, Fine. In its Musicals in Mufti series, The York Theatre Company does the theater going public a great service by giving lesser known musicals an airing. She is President of the Professional Women Singers Association and on the board of the Women In the Arts and Media Coalition. It's the season when all the Americans invade Paris--and all the Parisians leave town. The original production was, quoting New York Times critic, Brooks Atkinson, “noisy, funny and in order…with all the advantages of a burlesque show.” Here is where the York production falls short of the mark. Theatre in Review: Panama Hattie (York Theatre Company) Stephen Bogardus, Klea Blackhurst. The songs don’t have to be hits to get your feet tapping. So little time is spent on the latter that if you happen to look at your program for a second, you might miss it altogether. All of the performers do a great job. Her antics around the staging of the bomb discovery and disposal scene were priceless. Photo: Russ Rowland. Because this conflict is resolved long before Act I is over, the authors throw in a scheming debutante who thinks Nick is her personal property, a trio of frisky sailors, an English butler (originally played by Arthur Treacher) chased by one of the local floozies, and a plot involving Nazi spies. Klea Blackhurst, Kylie Kuioka in Panama Hattie. Irving Berlin was such a fan that he took out an advertisement calling FIFTY MILLION FRENCHMEN “the best musical comedy I have seen in years!” The York is delighted to kick off its Cole Porter Mufti celebration with this show, in the revised version created by Tommy Krasker and Evans Haile (York's Executive Director) for the 1991 Cole Porter Centennial, downplaying the original’s lavish production and emphasizing its remarkable score. The York Theatre Company production will be directed by Michael Montel. At home onstage, ready with an ad lib or a deprecatory shrug, Blackhurst is more Kay Ballard than Ethel Merman. The official database for Broadway theatre information Panama Hattie – Broadway Show – Musical | IBDB Entrance just east of Lexington Avenue on 54th St.) through Sunday, November 3rd. DeSylva. Tel: 212-244-1505 Cole Porter and Ethel Merman teamed up for their fourth hit with 1940's Panama Hattie, in which a brassy nightclub owner must bid for the approval of her fiancé's family-a task only made more complicated when she discovers a plan to blow up the Panama Canal. The original Broadway production of Panama Hattie opened on Oct 30, 1940. DeSylva. Scroll down for more information. Founded in 1969, the York Theatre Company is a non-profit 501(c)(3) based in East Manhattan that is devoted to developing new musicals and rediscovering underappreciated musical gems from the past. Celebrating Broadway's legendary Cole Porter! www.lightingandsoundamerica.com The York concludes its Musicals in Mufti Cole Porter retrospective with this Ethel Merman vehicle from 1940.
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