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| No. 11 / Vol 08 | Email Subscriber Newsletter | June 12, 2008 |
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Why We All Have a Ball With Monty! This Americanized version of The Full Monty was adapted from the hit 1997 British film of the same name, which was one of the blockbuster films of the year. But musical adaptations of films are notoriously tricky to translate to live theater, so why does this one work so brilliantly? You can thank the ingenius playwright and screenwriter Terrence McNally, for one. He cleverly keeps the focus on the father/son relationship in a straightforward, honest way that’s accessible to all audiences. In fact, at one performance of this bawdy, tender, salt-of-the-earth musical comedy, one of the most elegant, urbane women in modern society was seen leaping to her Pradas during the finale, wildly clapping with the rest of the delighted audience. She was Kitty Carlisle Hart, widow of the great lyricist Moss Hart, and at the time she was in her nineties. At The Full Monty, we all have a ball! More Roars of Approval for The Full Monty “Hats off to The Full Monty!” said The Boston Herald,
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A Preview of the Full Monty Songs You Will Be Humming The Washington Post wrote, “The Full Monty is a solid musical comedy. The songs are full of robust pop-rock hooks and bright, funny lyrics." No surprise, since the blockbuster Full Monty movie won an Oscar for best musical score. You can tell a lot about a musical by the titles of its tunes. Here’s a sneak preview of the songs—both over-the-top and touching— that give The Full Monty its soaring reputation: Act I |
