1. I love that John Stamos was even in this revival! 2. Gerry Vichi is always hilarious! 3. Lillias White is phenomenal in this role! The scatting at the end is on point! 4. Ronn Carroll dancing in the background makes me smile!
I saw his first night after he took over from Matthew Broderick, he was excellent!! I love this version so much more than the newer revival - they made the song so much better with the gospel tones!
I said this in another thread, I read in a book that this was the original arrangements of the song, but when it first premiered on Broadway, producers though this version was "too ethnic" and the other version was used. The creative team reached out to add this version in the his revival. I like this version better' it builds into a true 11 O'clock number. The most recent revival was fun, but very square.
If the show can survive the next couple of months, I would be THRILLED to see the current revival try to get Stamos on board for a 6 month run to take the show up to Jan. 1 2013.
when I saw matthew do this number, i thought on my God, this is Ferris Bueller all grown up and being mischievelously impy in all of his glory with the choreography, it kind of reminded me of bugs bunny doing ballet. Choregrapher Wayne Cilento had a very clear image of a devilsh Ferris dancing. John does an okay job of it, but appears a little uncomfortable as to how to make it gel and work. Maybe if he thought of bugs bunny doing ballet it may have helped.
