|
''I Do! I Do!'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Tom Jones and music by Harvey Schmidt which is based on the Jan de Hartog play ''The Fourposter''. The two-character story spans fifty years, from 1895 to 1945, as it focuses on the ups and downs experienced by Agnes and Michael Snow throughout their marriage. The set consists solely of their bedroom, dominated by the large fourposter bed in the center of the room. ==History== For producer David Merrick, who initially presented the play on Broadway, ''I Do! I Do!'' was an ideal investment in that it had neither expensive sets and costumes nor a large cast. After four previews, the Broadway production, directed and choreographed by Gower Champion, opened on December 5, 1966 at the 46th Street Theatre, and closed on June 15, 1968 after 560 performances. Mary Martin and Robert Preston comprised the original cast. Carol Lawrence and Gordon MacRae played matinees starting in October 1967〔Funke, Lewis. "New of the Rialto", ''The New York Times'', October 22, 1967, p. 117〕 and then replaced Martin and Preston in December 1967.〔Barnes, Clive. "Theater: A Reappraisal", ''The New York Times'', November 28, 1967, p. 54〕 Martin and Preston starred in a national tour, originally scheduled to play 27 cities for one year, starting in March 1968 in Rochester, New York. However, in February 1969 Martin became ill and the remainder of the tour was cancelled.〔Davis, Ronald L.("'I Do!I Do!' " )''Mary Martin, Broadway Legend'' (2008), University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 0-8061-3905-6, pp. 241-242〕 Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson also starred in a national tour, appearing during Burnett's hiatus from her television show in 1973〔Suskin, Steven.("Carol Burnett" )''Second Act Trouble'' (2006), Hal Leonard Corporation, ISBN 1-55783-631-0, p. 95〕 and again in 1974 at The Muny, St. Louis, Missouri and in Dallas.〔("Dallas Theater" )''Texas Monthly'', June 1974, p. 108〕 A film adaptation, written by Champion and starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke, was announced by United Artists in 1969 but, following the commercial failure of several movie musicals, the project was abandoned in the spring of 1970.〔Gilvey, John Anthony.("A Most Peculiar Lady" )''Before the parade passes by:Gower Champion '' (2005), Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-33776-0, pp. 206-207〕 A television version with Lee Remick and Hal Linden was broadcast in 1982. A 1996 Off-Broadway revival at the Lamb's Theatre was directed by Will Mackenzie and starred Karen Ziemba and David Garrison.〔Brantley, Ben.("Till Death Do Them Part, Again", ) ''New York Times'' (March 29, 1996)〕 It ran for 52 performances.〔(''I Do! I Do!'' ) on the Internet Off-Broadway Database〕 The show is frequently presented by regional theatres across the United States, because of the minimal cost of mounting it. A production at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre in Chanhassen, Minnesota ran for more than 20 years with leads David Anders and Susan Goeppinger, who eventually married during their run. This set the American record for a play running with the original cast.〔Freeman, Patricia and Nelson, Margaret.("6,500 'I Do's' Make for One Sturdy Marriage for Susan Goeppinger and Fellow Actor David Anders" ) people.com, May 1, 1989, Vol. 31 No. 17〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Do! I Do!」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|