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They did a TV version in the '70s. They messed with the plot a bit and moved the songs (the ones they used, anyway) around and superdiscofied (one of Clark's little-known powers?) them until they're almost unrecognizable. Loretta Switt was the best of the bunch. The no-name guy who played Supes was OK, but Lesley Ann Warren was WRETCHED as Lois Lane (worse than her screentest for the Superman movie, which was on the DVD they released a few years ago -- I like her in some things, but Lois she's not).
Jason Graae does a great version of "You've Got Possibilities" on his Charles Strouse tribute CD, "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" (and he looks rather fetching almost naked on the cover).
Anyhoo, on to the next question!
Two TV actresses have trod the boards as a girl named Fred. Who are they (in the original casts), and what's the show? (Bonus points if you know which famous musical writer this show's writer is the offspring of. Super bonus points if you know how the more recent star got her start on Broadway.)
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I've never seen the TV version. I've heard tell of another TV version in the works, Proty II, with Burnette as the queen. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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The '72 version was okay, I guess. I liked it at the time. It was my first exposure to Bernadette Peters. It also starred Ken Berry and Jack Gilford. I don't remember any of the music from it.
Okay, Daniel McDonald left his role as All My Children's Dr. Brad Phillips to play a dead man on Broadway. What was the name of the Show?
For bonus points, what TV musical reunited two of the female cast members?
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Did I make this too hard? Granted, it wasn't a hit show, but it did have choreography by Susan Strohman and great music by a very famous duo.
One of McDonald's song and dance numbers was "Second Chance", a fitting title since he's been given a second chance at life, even if it is only for three weeks.
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McDonald plays a pilot who died during an airshow before he could cash in his raffle ticket for a dance and a kiss with Lindy's Lovebird. Now he's got his "second chance".
All the action takes place at a dance marathon at Atlantic City's Steel Pier. I never saw the show, but it has some really nice songs. One of my life's missions is to turn people on to this show and I've given away two CDs as presents already.
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I actually forgot that I had gotten this question... here's an easy one.
Stephen Sondheim was originally picked to write both the music and the lyrics for Gypsy. However, the producers' final decision was to bring in Jule Styne to write the music.
What was the reason for the change?
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I've heard tell of another TV version in the works, Proty II, with Burnette as the queen. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
