Flitting Through the Internet

Terence Mann

The Miz Master, and Through the Years with Terence Mann. 

Japanese version of Wicked

Click here.

Ursula in the Little Mermaid musical

Picture here.

Young Frankenstein, the musical

Pictures here.

Terence Mann

I didn't remember that he had North Carolina ties.  From the Raleigh Theater in the Park website:

Terrence (Terry) Mann is best known for originating the Broadway roles of Rum Tum Tugger in Cats, Javert in Les Misérables (Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical), and the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for Best Actor in a Musical). His directing credits include such regional productions as 1776, The Sound of Music, Hello Dolly, Gypsy, Funny Girl, Show Boat, Camelot, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Dream Girls and Pirates of Penzance. He is the past Artistic Director of The North Carolina Theatre. Terry's first job, upon graduating from The North Carolina School of the Arts, was with Raleigh's Theatre In The Park. While with the theatre, Terry played such roles as Tybalt in ROMEO & JULIET and Petruchio in THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.  He was an original castmember in TIP's first production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL (he composed the music for ONCE A YEAR, the song still sung by the Cratchit family).  Terry directed THE LOST COLONY  - America's oldest outdoor drama - for two seasons.  He is currently appearing in
LENNON on Broadway.

I don't know if I've ever seen a picture of him in Rocky Horror (right). 

Julie Andrews

This was also the year that the stage version of Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria opened on Broadway and was also snubbed big time by the Tony awards. On the day the nominations came out, Julie Andrews was so upset that her fellow cast members did not receive acting nominations, she actually made a speech at the next curtain call. She told the audience that she felt the show and its cast truly deserved Tony nods, so she had decided not to accept her nomination. On the day of the Tony awards telecast, David Merrick took an ad out in the New York Times. It was maybe five by seven inches and all it said was:

Julie, Dinner At 9?
David

All this backstage brouhaha served as great material for that year's host, Nathan Lane. In fact, he made his first entrance dressed as Ms. Andrews in Victor/Victoria drag and made biting comments about both Andrews and Merrick.

From Talkin' Broadway.

Julie Andrews interview with Larry King here:

     KING:  Did you like the film of "My Fair Lady?"

     ANDREWS:  Yes, I did.  I thought -- you know, Audrey was a great friend of mine.

     KING:  What a lady. 

ANDREWS: But such a lovely lady, and we got on very, very well together. She once said to me, she said, Julie, she said, You should have done it, but I didn't have the guts to turn it down.

     KING:  Did they ask you to sing for it?

     ANDREWS:  No.  No they didn't.

     KING:  Someone else sang for it. 

     ANDREWS:  Yes, Marny Nixon (ph). 

     KING:  Great voice, but no one ever sees. 

     ANDREWS:  I know, and she does have the most beautiful voice. 

Xanadu, the musical

Rehearsal video here.

Actor who plays Sonny:  "This is the trick.  Take a bad movie, get a great playwright, and turn it into a musical."

Trailer for Hairspray

Here.

Nine

From Everything I Know I Learned from Musicals:

Variety reports that Rob Marshall will direct a movie version of Maury Yeston's Nine. No word yet on casting, but one can only presume that Antonio Banderas will be on the short list. Banderas was sensational in the recent Broadway revival of Nine.

Marshall has a lot of clout since he directed the Academy-Award-winning movie version of Chicago. To his credit, he's using that clout to help revive the movie-musical genre. There was talk recently that Marshall was thinking about making a film of Pippin, but it seems safe to assume that Nine will preempt that project....

Cast Album Website

Here. 

For instance, Rita Moreno (Anita in the movie of West Side Story) played Ilona in a British version of "She Loves Me."

[Hat tip to Everything I Know I learned from Musicals.]

Also, from the IMDB trivia for West Side Story:

The lyrics to "America" were substantially changed for the movie. There had been complaints that the Broadway version was too belittling to Puerto Ricans, in that the song mainly ridiculed Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans. The movie lyrics emphasize the racism and discrimination that Puerto Ricans were subjected to in America.