The cast included Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Helen Broderick, Tilly Losch, and Frank Morgan. 3. [1] According to Furia and Lasser, The Band Wagon is "arguably the greatest of the 'little' revues of the 1930s". The revue opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 3, 1931 and concluded on January 16, 1932, running a total of 260 performances. Adams' recording of the song was reused for Torch Song (1953) for a musical number featuring Joan Crawford. The character of an overachieving impresario was developed with the successful producer-director-actor José Ferrer in mind.[3]. As soon as Jeffrey hears Lily outline the play, he declares it to be a brilliant reinterpretation of the Faust legend, which should star Tony and himself as the characters corresponding to Faust and the Devil. (It originally was performed by the dancing team of Buddy and Vilma Ebsen). ), This page was last edited on 1 May 2021, at 08:24. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. and ("Nanette"). In his hotel room, she comments that the paintings by famous artists on the wall are better reproductions than usual in a hotel; he says they are his own property, and are originals. To make The Band Wagon, Fred combined with a director, Vincente Minnelli, and two writers, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who hadn’t served him well in the past. The recent success and popularity of Mel Brooks’ musical “The Producers” has helped raise the profile, among the general public, of the Broadway producer. For example, Fred Astaire's wife was seriously ill (they would a year later succumb to lung cancer) and Jack Buchanan was between shots by so taken care of by his dentist (three root canal treatments) that he had severe pain. Astaire's early number in the film, "A Shine on Your Shoes" was written for a 1932 Broadway revue with music and lyrics by Dietz and Schwartz titled Flying Colors. The cast starred Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tracey Ullman, Michael McKean, Tony Sheldon and Laura Osnes, with direction and choreography by Kathleen Marshall.[16]. III (1994) released the Charisse version to the public for the first time. "Both are great backstage musicals, one about Hollywood, the other about Broadway, one starring Gene Kelly, the other Fred Astaire. Paul says the show is no longer suitable for Gaby and walks out, expecting her to follow, but she is pleased to stay and work with Tony. The cast included Patrick Page as the "deliciously pretentious" director-actor-producer Jeffrey Cordova, Mara Davi playing Gabrielle Gerard and Scott Bakula as "song-and-dance man" Tony Hunter. Working in collaboration with legendary choreographer Hermes Pan for his films with Rogers, Astaire eschewed the then-popular Busby Berkeley approach to filmed musicals and its emphasis on special effects, surreal settings, and chorus girls in ever-changing kaleidoscope patterns. This was the first New York production to use the double revolving stage for the songs and sketches. At Grand Central Station, he is recognized but almost ignored by reporters who are there by chance as Ava Gardner is on the same train. Tony and Gaby put their troubles aside, go for a horse-drawn carriage ride, dance together, and realize they can work together after all. [8], In October 5, 1931, RCA Victor pressed a two-sided record (program transcription) cut at 33.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}1⁄3 RPM of the Band Wagon score, featuring Fred and Adele Astaire, composers Dietz and Schwartz, and Leo Reisman's Orchestra (including jazz trumpeter Bubber Miley). Brooklyn, 12 Aug 1915 - Los Angeles, 23 Dec 2007. Jeffrey says that while they will have to find new backers because the original ones have walked out, he will be happy to appear in that show—if Tony is in charge of it. “The Band Wagon,” which opened on Sunday as an Encores! Noting that there was no mention of the "other fixture," the salesman replies with a line of poetry from Keats -- "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter," followed by a blackout. The revue opened on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 3, 1931 and concluded on January 16, 1932, running a total of 260 performances. According to Steven Suskin, "very few people are around who saw The Band Wagon, but they all seem to insist that it was the finest Broadway revue ever." The Band Wagon (1953) For this romantic comedy film, Fred Astaire specifically requested Kidd choreograph because of his ballet background. The Martons are delighted that he will be acting as well as directing, but Tony is dubious about the Faust idea. In 2011, Lost Musicals, aka The Lost Musicals Charitable Trust, presented the UK premier of The Band Wagon. Directed by Vincente Minnelli. A pretentiously artistic director is hired for a new Broadway musical and changes it … Tony accepts, using his art collection to finance the production. 1.1K likes. Band Wagon, The (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Dancing In The Dark Ballerina Gaby (Cyd Charisse) and comeback-track movie star Tony (Fred Astaire) have suddenly warmed to each other, strolling in Central Park into "Dancing In The Dark," by Arthur Schwartz, choreographed by Michael Kidd, in … Articles and topics related to The Band Wagon, The Man Who Made the Jailhouse Rock: Alex Romero, 1476603685 Mark Knowles - 2013 "Leroy Daniels, who has been mixing shoeshining and bebop at Sixth and Main for 10 years, got his movie break after dancing star Fred Astaire decided he wanted another dancer to do a specialty number called “Shine Your Shoes”", Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Complete National Film Registry Listing | Film Registry | National Film Preservation Board | Programs at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress", "Douglas Carter Beane Lovingly Steers 'Band Wagon' to Create 'Dancing in the Dark'", "'Dancing in the Dark' Old Globe Listing", playbill.com article, March 4, 2008, "'The Band Wagon' Has a New Shine on Its Shoes in 'Dancing in the Dark' March 4 – April 13", "That's More Entertainment: Old Globe Gives 'Dancing in the Dark' an Extra Week", "That's Entertainment!" [2] Ken Bloom states that The Band Wagon "is considered the greatest of all revues."[3]. He returns from Hollywood to New York. ... a choreographer played by a glowering Michael Berresse. Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse generate gangster heat in Vincente Minnelli's THE BAND WAGON ('53). "The Band Wagon" (1953) came only a year after the same writers, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, wrote "Singin' in the Rain. If your favorite part of NBC’s dearly departed Smash was the dynamite dancing in the Broadway-style musical numbers, you can thank Joshua Bergasse, the … Michael Kidd. There's even a ballet, an extended parody of Mickey Spillane-type writing. With Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray. Screenwriters Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who received the nomination for the screenplay, patterned the film's characters Lester and Lily Marton after themselves; however, the fictional characters were a married couple, and Comden and Green were not romantically involved. 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