We just came back from seeing Debbie Reynolds’ one-woman show “Alive & Fabulous”! She appeared as a benefit to the Fulton Theater here in Lancaster, PA, and she was both alive and FABULOUS.
She did a nice mix of songs, impersonations, humor, clips of her films with commentary, and reminiscing. It was just wonderful and the theater is fairly small so we had a really good seat.
Afterward, we waited at the stage door and got a photo and autographs. I got to shake her hand!
In your honor, or in honor of this thread, I just rewatched Connie and Carla. La Reynolds appears in the third act. She seems as if she’s a real good sport.
Singin’ in the Rain is on my all-time top ten movies list.
She showed a clip of “Good Morning” from Singin’ In The Rain. That’s one hell of a dance number. They don’t do dance scenes in movies anymore, or they do them all cut up so you can’t tell if the people whose feet you see are the same people whose faces you see in the next cut.
I want to see her daughter’s one woman show. Wishful Drinking was a hysterical book (well, parts of it) and her Debbie Reynolds stories were great: Debbie response to her concern Carrie was doing drugs was to call Cary Grant (“as one does”), or her casual suggestion Carrie have a child with her stepfather, or upon learning Carrie’s second husband/father of her daughter was gay “Just think, all of our husbands and boyfriends and I think he’s our first homosexual!”- great stuff, as is the part about Hollywood Inbreeding when Carrie’s daughter wanted to date Liz Taylor’s grandson and they had to figure if there was any relationship.
I liked Singing in the Rain, and I think I’d like her one-woman show. D.R. is one of those performers who get better with age. Though I just loathe her in all those lame 50’s comedies - that perky perky ponytail and poodle skirt thing incites unexplainable rage. I don’t know if she’s written an autobiography, but if not, she should! I’d be on it like white on rice.
The Girl came in from work today and put Singing In The Rain in the DVD. She’d never seen it and Glee got her curious. The Boy had just finished commenting on how much Debbie’s hair looks just like Princess Leia’s when I saw this thread.