“Betsy’s getting Married”, “ A little luck”, “ When You Say Vegas”, “The Invitation” and “Out of the Sun” are a few that come to mind. There are exceptional musical numbers composed by Jason Robert Brown (2 Tonys for Parade and Bridges Over Madison County) with big band arrangements by Don Sebesky (3 Grammys). But voilà, enters big casino’s boss Tommy Korman (Tony Danza) who sees Betsy as the re-incarnation of his dead wife and comes up with a wicked plan to make her his. He finally does (sort of) and they decide to go to Vegas to get wed. Of course the main characters, Betsy’s (Brynn O’ Malley) and Jack’s (Rob Mc Clure) were so loveable and moving: him unable to commit because of his mother’s curse, her waiting patiently for him to pop the question.
popping out from a store counter at Tiffany’s) or one of the ensemble girl just saying “Vegaaass”. From Buddy Rocky (David Josefsberg) a bigger than nature Las Vegas crooner, to Sapphire de la Tour (Katie Webber) playing harp with her breasts, Jack’s haunting mother Bea materializing here and there during the show (i.e. They were so many great moments in this show that it’s simply incomprehensible that it closed after a short run of 3 months.
In a harsh Broadway reality, it seems that nothing happened to save this excellent musical from closing, not even a plea or visit to the “forest of the disappointed producers -1”.
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In this Broadway musical adaptation of the movie « Honeymoon in Vegas », Jack Singer goes to the “Forest of the disappointed mothers” to get relieved from his mother’s curse to “Never get married”.
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