Neil Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Gotta love Ann. Her dancer's diet eating only eggs...yuck. Jerry Herman writing both Mame and Hello Dolly: strange? At least they got rid of "those DTTs" on our vegetables. Maybe Harry Carter's college was Delta-Tor-Tor and not Delta-delta-Tor. I wish I someone would upload the commercial Ann did (70s?80s?) lending her name to some fad product that promises to get rid of cellulite---or as Ann pronounced it Cellu-LEET. Isn't is Cellu-light? Ending with "Take it from me, Ann Miller!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Joey: LOVING your solstice 'flag'.... Loving you, JK Thanks Joyce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 An Ann Miller picture tops BBC's list of the Best Films of the 21st Century! https://www.flickreel.com/100-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century-list-divides-opinion/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 25, 2016 Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 An Ann Miller picture tops BBC's list of the Best Films of the 21st Century! https://www.flickreel.com/100-greatest-films-of-the-21st-century-list-divides-opinion/ I've only seen one film on the list "Boyhood". Is "Mulhulland" really that good? I keep meaning to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Ann takes Ron Reagan, Jr., for a spin around the tap floor in 1989 and sings a few bars from Mame: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 My attempt to dub the CD recording of Ann's "I'm Still Here" from this "Follies" into the only existing video from the 1998 Papermill production. I wish the cameraperson had been paying attention. Ann walks out of shot a couple of times. Perhaps he/she was too mesmerized by Ann. This process is more complicated than it may sound. Phrasing and pace are vastly different between the live recording audio and the CD. I had to speed up the CD track by 10 percent and it still required many many individual edits, speeding up or slowing down 10 second segments to get them to match. There was talk of this going to Broadway which would have been a great last hurrah for Ann who died 5 or 6 years later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Great video, Neil! Sondheim allowed Ann to change the tempo on stage, but insisted she sing it as written for the cast recording. Despite being about 25 years too old, Ann was great casting as Carlotta. The other members of the cast said Ann was heartbroken when the show did not move to Broadway. There was a Broadway revival of Follies three years later and no one from the Papermill cast was allowed to audition for it. Polly Bergen made a major comeback as Carlotta and received the show's best reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 She's Still Ha'r! I'd like to see Punchy Players do a song parody of this with special Johnnie Lucille lyrics- or maybe one of our very talented Lounge members could take a stab at it? Allegedly (and I don't remember where I read this), Ann's performance was so rousing, on some nights she would get a standing ovation MID-SONG. I certainly hope that's true! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 Sondheim allowed Ann to change the tempo on stage, but insisted she sing it as written for the cast recording. Despite being about 25 years too old, Ann was great casting as Carlotta. The other members of the cast said Ann was heartbroken when the show did not move to Broadway. There was a Broadway revival of Follies three years later and no one from the Papermill cast was allowed to audition for it. Polly Bergen made a major comeback as Carlotta and received the show's best reviews. Heartbroken? The poor Star Lady. Why weren't they allowed to audition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted October 13, 2016 Report Share Posted October 13, 2016 She's Still Ha'r! I'd like to see Punchy Players do a song parody of this with special Johnnie Lucille lyrics- or maybe one of our very talented Lounge members could take a stab at it? Allegedly (and I don't remember where I read this), Ann's performance was so rousing, on some nights she would get a standing ovation MID-SONG. I certainly hope that's true! Forbidden Broadway did an Ann Miller spoof, "I'm Still Weird." I'm sure some of our resident geniuses could do a better job. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Heartbroken? The poor Star Lady. Why weren't they allowed to audition? The Widow Goldman put the kibosh on anyone from the Papermill production from auditioning. She supposedly thought the production was second rate, but the real reason seems to be that she had promised the Roundabout Theatre Company the Broadway rights to Follies in exchange for them also doing a production of The Lion in Winter. Kaye Ballard thought that Sondheim was the one who prevented Follies from transferring to Broadway and The Widow Goldman agreed to be the bad guy, but others refute this. Everyone associated with the production used the word "heartbroken" to describe Ann when the Broadway move didn't happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie2 Posted October 14, 2016 Report Share Posted October 14, 2016 Just comparing casts, I would probably prefer the Papermill version over the 2001 revival. It's interesting that Liliane Montevecchi and Phyliss Newman reprised their roles of Solange and Stella from the 1985 concert, where I thought they did a fine job. Dee Hoty certainly gives off a very Alexis Smith-ish vibe, which, for me, is ideal when someone is playing Phyliss. Even if the show had transferred to Broadway, who knows how well it would have done. Sondheim shows don't perform well. Maybe more people would have come if they had included a Phantom-style chandelier stunt where Ann's wig flies off her head and out into the audience... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted November 13, 2016 Report Share Posted November 13, 2016 And tonight, filling in for Irene Ryan is -- Miss Annie Miller! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 3, 2016 Report Share Posted December 3, 2016 I think I've posted this before, but I love this interview with Ann, Ethel Merman, Dolores Gray, and Karen Morrow. Ann is in top form! https://youtu.be/s3bBAIdlVcA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 4, 2016 Report Share Posted December 4, 2016 I don't think I've seen this one before, but it is solid gold! Thanks for posting. I like the part around the 57:00 mark where Miss Grey touches Ann's arm and Star Lady swiftly but subtly moves it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted December 18, 2016 Report Share Posted December 18, 2016 Sweetheart of the South Ann Miller guest stars on Love American Style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg2p9lDBi08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Take a trip to Funky Street in honor of Ann's birthday today. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Take a trip to Funky Street in honor of Ann's birthday today. Wow, what a find!! Her hair actually MOVED!!! Who would ever have thunk it??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 Take a trip to Funky Street in honor of Ann's birthday today. "I don't even know where that IS!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted February 1, 2018 Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted April 7, 2018 Report Share Posted April 7, 2018 Ann Miller presents the news on Laugh-In: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 That needed some Rice is Nice razzle dazzle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 Ann on The Dick Cavett Show with Otto Preminger and her astro-twin, Mr. Tiny Tim. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted May 14, 2018 Report Share Posted May 14, 2018 This has made my day, Mr. Tiny. Or is it Mr. Tim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted September 18, 2018 Report Share Posted September 18, 2018 Star Lady being adorable: https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/video/ann-miller-interview-thank-you-very-much-its-great-to-be-news-footage/823354064 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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