Chita Rivera, Bruce Adler, and George Dvorsky: Friendship

[johnhardyz]

The girl sounds like a goose lol. Good choreo tho

[Onlymusical]

Look at how fluid and graceful the late Bruce Adler's dancing is. A work of art.

[YELLOW42758]

@thecaruso

"Friendship" wasn't in the original production. But you're right about BIlly not knowing about the plan in the original 1934 production.

[lionn101]

@YELLOW42758 yes the original does not have billy in the song this version of the play is very comical and i feel more comical betweent he constant disguises billy wears and the fact that moonface is just himself..... this is the version my school did and we had a great time other then the fact half of the jokes we had no clue what they were

[LeakedMuseic]

i need to downlaod this please send me a link

[abnormalsin]

This song was originally in DuBarry Was a Lady. So none of the various Anything Goes treatments can be called th original. It was first put into Anything Goes for the Colgate Hour TV production so Ethel Merman and Burt Lahr could recreate their DuBarry duet.

[walt1896]

@abnormalsin And the 1943 MGM DuBarry's best moment is at the end when Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, Gene Kelly and Virginia O'Brian do the number. At the very end a young Zero Mostel even joins in! The movie as whole suffered form the censorship and other re-workings that many Broadway transfers to film went through then. Also, Betty Grable's success in the 1939 Broadway DuBarry was what allowed her to write her ticket back to Fox.

[Onlymusical]

Most entertaining version of this song I've ever seen, and the late Bruce Adler made it sparkle with his facial expressions. You never know how long you've got.  As Michael Mann says in film after film, "Time is luck...."

[ManaYuGiOhGX5Ds]

THIS SONG IS AWESOME XD! Its one of my faves XD!

[ramirezrox1]

friendship I like this one

[coolsweetgroovy]

@ramirezrox1 me too i'm a big Chita fan also

[thecaruso]

i honestly think it's more comedic in the duet version when it's just between moonface and reno. cause billy isn't supposed to know about the plan. thats how it was done in the original version anyway, just saying....

[ztslovebird]

@thecaruso I agree. The trio sounds great, but continuity-wise it's supposed to be a duet. Maybe they just threw Billy in for the TV special.

[thecaruso]

@ztslovebird it wasn't jsut for the tv special, the trio was written for the revival in like the 60's.

[ztslovebird]

Oh. I didn't know that.

[bilykopeki123]

actually this is the original version....pati lupone wanted things her way so she changed it...or broadway wud lose her (if she didnt get wat she wanted)

[roccoh21]

LOVED this production much more than the Broadway revival directed by Jerry Zaks.

[wwooaahhhhh]

ahaha this is good!

[superglouse]

I love the choreo during hte chorus!

[BinghamBoyProduction]

what type of shoes is Bruce wearing

[bettydoria]

They were called spectator shoes. The woman's version were spactator pumps.

[Rydog360]

This video is awesome...the best one of this song. My schools doing Anything Goes and im Moonface. I love this song!

[crazysingeractor101]

Funny, this all seems so familiar.

Zac

[ITCJon]

RIP Bruce Adler

[broadwaybabe99]

hahahahaha i love when she punches him and goes "sorrrryyyy, sorrryryyy"

[broadwaybabee]

was this the Rosie O'Donnell show? Is there an interview that goes along... if you have it, can you post it? :-) can't get enough, lol. thanks for this!!!!

[broadwaybabe99]

hahahhaha chita is drunk

[shortyg53]

Which one's Bruce?

[katnjny]

Bruce is the minister.

Rest in Peace, Bruce. You will be missed.

[madshaff]

chita chita chita!

[hafnertom]

veno here's your friend george

[tjgervid]

I can't believe Bruce Adler is gone! Saw him on Broadway as Ali Hakim in Oklahoma, as Bela in Crazy for you, and was lucky enough to play Gerald in Me & My Girl with him TWICE at Reagle Players in MA. What a great talent --a real gentleman; a pro in every sense of the word. Truly a great loss to the performing arts. Rest in piece, Bruce old boy! You will surely be missed. He's probably teaching the Lambeth Walk to those lucky souls in heaven right now...

[Maestrojosh87]

We all know Chita, but have you remembered Bruce Adler from CRAZY FOR YOU (Bela Zangler) and ALADDIN (the singing voice of the Peddler), and George Dvorsky from the Paper Mill production of SHE LOVES ME?

[scottfwtx]

Great. Thank you.