Auntie MameActing Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

Auntie MameActing Edition (Acting Edition for Theater Productions) Reviews

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  Jillian

  I dearly wish that my high school was able to record their productions because one of my classmate's portrayal of Gooch was so funny that I thought I would die laughing. It is truly a shame that I can't share it with you, but let me reassure you that it was not a performance any of us will ever forget. It was (at the time) also the most scandalous musical our drama department had ever performed. I nearly died of shock when I left the auditorium and realized I had actually enjoyed the show for once.
  
  Since I can't share our performance with you, I am just going to link the particular song below. Please listen and enjoy. If you ever get the chance to see or read Auntie Mame, I highly recommend it. It is a delightful musical romp, and your sides will hurt from laughing. There is also a film version if you don't have the chance to see it live.
  
  Gooch's Song
  
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAn4N...
  
  Auntie Mame trailer
  
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZXi_...
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  C. C.

  "Live, live, live! life's a banquet! And most poor sons of bitches are starving to death!" ~ Auntie Mame
  
  An inspiring character!
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  Neil Schleifer

  This classic stage adaptatation of Patrick Dennis' novel is filled with eccentric characters, led by Mame Dennis -- a boozy sophisticate fighting desperately against a sea of normalcy. Covering the the eras from the late 1920's through the 1950's, we get to see the loving nature of a maddeningly madcap woman who never intended to be a mother as she nurtures and nourishes her unexpectedly orphaned nephew into young adulthood. This is as much a rite of passage for her as it is for him, and it is a delightful read.
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  Lauren

  A lovely adaptation of the novel. Patrick, unfortunately, is a bit flatter than in the novel, but overall, this is a play that pulls the spirit of the novel into a different format while becoming its own creative work in the process. It’s an excellent example of how a book can be successfully adapted into a play. Recommended.
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  Lisa James

  One of my favorite musicals :) I will admit, I liked the on screen/on stage version MUCH more than the play. Somehow she just doesn't seem as vibrantly ALIVE & bigger than life in word as she does on stage.
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  Mindy

  I read this in middle school, I really liked it at the time. I'd love to give it a second read to see if I'd still think it's good.
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  Andrea

  Very witty & fun! I was "Agnes Gooch". 1998
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  Martha Bode

  great book, great play!
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  Mark Woodland

  Skip the musical version, "Mame", this play is far more entertaining on the whole.
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  Chambers Stevens

  I like the musical better.
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  Violet

  I loved Auntie Mame and as quirky as she was I wish I had an Auntie Mame!
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  Michael Ritchie

  I've seen the movie of Auntie Mame countless times, struggled through the dreadful movie musical version Mame, and read the original novel by Patrick Dennis. Now I'm pleased to have read the play which was a big hit in the 50s with Rosalind Russell (who also starred in the movie). I had assumed that the movie was a big expansion of the play which I imagined was set solely in Mame's luxurious apartment, but it turns out that the Comden & Green screenplay is a very faithful reproduction of the play, which does indeed have several scenes set outside the apartment (Macy's, the Upsons patio, the Peckerwood plantation, the Matterhorn) mostly played at the front of the stage with backing scrims. Obviously the movie was able to open these scenes up, but almost all the situations and dialogue are taken right from the play (which is able to use the unexpurgated line "Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death"; the movie used the word "suckers").
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  June Moriarty

  If you don’t wish you’d had an Auntie Mame or been an Auntie Mame yourself, than you must be a “sucker who is starving to death.” One of the greatest theatrical creations of all time, I can only hope the woman she’s actually based on is 1/10th as wonderful as she is portrayed in this play. If you’re too young to know who Auntie Mame is, look her up on Turner Classic Movies and see Rosalind Russell run wild in this role as she must have done on Broadway and for heaven’s sake, don’t allow yourself to turn into a person with braces on their brains.
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  Kate Thompson

  Dated and delightful. A great example of the pure, energetic fun of American comedy.
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  Lynda

  Great adaption of the book.
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  Michele

  Even better than the movie -- I could hear Rosalind Russell saying every line :)
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  Suzie

  Acted in it. (Mame)