This thread reminds me of a certain attitude. A certain mindset.

I'm certain it does. But which one?

This is the post I was thinking of writing.

Not going to work (for me) unless they have someone who can channel Wally Boag. He MADE that show (IMHO)

I was too young to remember that show (I must have seen it before I was 5), but I've seen it on film. I think it would be good to see it just to get an idea of what it was like to see it live, even if it is different actors. I would hope they got someone who could do Wally reasonably well before considering this.

Right??

:rolleyes:

Sh!tting on Disney for attempting to bring this back for those who have never seen it? Really?

Sure, I'll bite.

I grew up with The Golden Horseshoe Revue. Of all the things that have passed by the wayside over the years at Disneyland, this show vastly outshines all else on my list of things I'd like to see returned.

Disney is capable of recreating the original show down to the last thread on the last can-can girl's skirt. Why did they promote the return of the Golden Horseshoe Revue, when, in fact, they were planning on creating a tribute version? On the official blog they claim the inability to do this because of the passing of Betty Taylor and Wally Boag. The show ran for nearly 40 years, Wally and Betty were often covered by understudies. By the logic used in the blog, no one could ever do a decent production of "Gypsy" because Ethel Merman is dead! Disney isn't a local theatre group trying to recreate a show by listening to a cast album and looking at some old photos. They don't need to "attempt" anything. They can just do the thing.

I'm not sh!tting on Disney. Have you met me? Big fan! I'm criticizing them for letting some show director make a cut-rate effort that stinks of milking the nostalgia market, instead of providing their very loyal, very long-time audience with a show they miss and remember. This should be an extravaganza of every number, every comedy bit, every sly wink at the audience that was ever cut and replaced from the original evolving show. The Revue ran about a half hour, with about ten minutes pre-show inside the Horseshoe. Reservations, which you'd pick up at the door first thing upon entering Disneyland in the morning, were required. People didn't walk in and out of the saloon while the show was performing. The doors were closed, just like real grown-up theatre. I'm predicting that we're getting a 10 to 15 minute version of the show, doors propped open, ins and outs allowed.

Here's where I veer into wild conjecture: Disney can say they put on the show, people complained, therefore people don't really want the show. The Billies continue to perform at the repurposed und underthemed Festival Arena, and the Golden Horseshoe becomes strictly a dining location with a player piano, just like its sister, the Diamond Horseshoe, at Walt Disney World.

I really hope I'm wrong.

I understand that they should do it as well as possible. However, I'd see it first before deciding that they didn't.

But then you miss out on all the curmudgeonly fun of pre-judging it!

So revivals of any Broadway show where the original cast is not available, due to ANYTHING, much less, um, DEATH, is verboten? That's absurd.

I loved the Golden Horseshoe Revue more than most. In fact, I never had the heart to go see Billy Hill or anything else playing in that saloon because I could only associate it with the zillion times I enjoyed the Revue. My loss. But also my obsession.


So I will go to this "salute" and give it the benefit of the doubt, as if it's a revival - which it IS.

Sheesh.


Anyone in for one of those few weekend dates?

They've added more details.

And here are the details on the dinner. $35/person.