Mack & Mabel (part 2)

[Pipmus]

This production of Mack and Mabel was the first West End showing. Others have followed.

This one had a wonderful musical director and was solid musically. Great score and always a pleasure to see and hear.

[otwist]

shame its out of sync with the video!!!

[sarmadasco]

Why is it that people always have to point out the obvious glitches in the videos rather than just accept that the vocals are out of sync? I mean, really. It is amazing that we have this Youtube to see performances that so many remember from our youth. You can find just about anything (I mean, I found Bobby Sherman singing "Seattle..which I remember from when I was 3!) so why not just appreciate that rather than be so cynical about the little stuff, choreography, syncing, etc? Grow up, please!?

[tessietura]

look around for this video with the sound track fixed

[AllannaL1]

Is it me, or is the soundtrack out of sync?

[11777766]

I was lucky enough to see Mack and Mabel at the Drury Lane Theater in London in 1988. WHht a show--Georgia Brown, George Hearn, Tommy Tune, and Stubby Kaye--and Jerry Herman in person. Great musical score--Herman's favorite, too.

[dlmorrow11]

This needs a Broadway revival!

[BalletBabyBoy]

Choreography isn't good :(...

[BalletBabyBoy]

Sound is off :(

[Dirkdebruyne]

I saw this mid nineties revival in London and the more recent "bare bones" revival , also in London...the music is always wonderfull..so the book isn 't 100 %...mmm..I've seen MUCH worse books on so-called golden age classics(ever seen the pajama game ?what a stinker)..so it's all in the euye of the beholder I guess..i have the feeling a:lot of people are parroting what they've read in all those broadway books and rely less on their own experience

[chinto1984]

i believe its Howard McGillin and Caroline OConnor

[WillScarlet16]

Preston and Peters these two aren't.

[HelenaKoonings]

I would love to see footage of the original version with Bernadette Peters... Does anyone know if that even exists?

[roccoh21]

Great score but what a crappy book.  Everyone tries to resuscitate this show but the book is just awful. I hope they get it right one day.

[siegess]

i love jerry herman to death,but...let's face,the books are not really very good-the elisions(and character collapsing) in 'mame' take it to the brink of disaster.even without lucille ball!

[jenniewrennie]

Can someone tell me who the two lead cast members are in this version? Thanks

[BabiieChampz]

Love Mack and Mabel.. My school is doing a play on mack and mabel and it takes the piss to rehearse. i know because im mabel in it and my feet and throut are killing:( worth it though this musical is great!!

[matraversdancerules]

i'm in this a lead in this show at the moment it is AMAZING show

[antod11]

Is that Howard McGillin ?

[ozzian2000]

@antod11 Yes... he opened the revival at the Piccadilly Theatre in London in the mid nineties. I saw it twice.

[Pixiebabylove]

'drag queen' how dare u!

[roccoh2]

This is a woman? Looks like a drag queen. But pretty good singing. But the best version of Wherever He Ain't???Chita Rivera in Jerry's Girls.

[TheShark909]

My school did this a month ago, and I got to be in the pit orchestra. Man, if there's anything better than watching the play directly, it's BEING A PART OF IT!!! Mack and Mabel IS AWESOME.

[MIXOLYDIAN123]

Have to disagree...conducting the orchestra is blast...

[maskerade123]

@MIXOLYDIAN123 Conducting here is the great Julian Kelly!

[mpurves99]

Totally agree about Kathryn Evans - Years ago I saw her play Evita brilliantly in the West End. She's playing Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard at the Watermill in Newbury this summer. Should be good!

[andyfax]

I saw this when it opened at The Haymarket in Leicester. It might have been 1995 or 1996 but I have been in love with Caroline O'Connor ever since!!!!

[onceaking]

I live for GOOD MUSIC. this is good music. thanks for posting this.

[GreyEyesCrying]

I second that!!!!!!

[stlmb]

Kathryn Evans excels in the Tap Your Troubles Away. What a star this girl is!

[verkaforever]

This is good, but they should have sung "Hit 'Em On The Head"- that's the best song in it.

[franfan2]

oh, wow, I love caroline!!!!! Don't get me wronge, love peters! But it was surprising to see her instead of peters, lol! thankyou!

[starshooter1093]

yes me too. does anyone kno where this was done.

[MIXOLYDIAN123]

late nineties just off picaddilly circus, London West End.

[starshooter1093]

oh okay. thanks.

[DanceTaps]

too bad i cant see her pretty shoe metal taps upclose

[hypnosub]

probably tagged with people who recall who was in the original cast so it will be easier to find

[tunab13]

where is bernadette peters?

[nunchucks88]

this is a west end cast. caroline o'connor plays mabel

[tunab13]

Yeah, I kinda figured that. But it's taged with Bernadette Peters, who yes, played mabel...but isen't in the video.