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After a heated argument, Mabel dresses in her best clothes and puts on make-up, then goes off not only for her appointment with Taylor, but for good, as she never wants to see Mack again ("Wherever He Ain't"). Alexandra Socha, Douglas Sills, and company in Mack & Mabel. production about a troubled silent-movie-era romance. artist: "Mack & Mabel the Musical",
Show more 1987 Tony Tribute Robert Preston.mp4. IBDB also offers historical information about theatres and various statistics and fun facts related to Broadway. To add further to the tragedy, her lover, William Desmond Taylor, is murdered, and she is the prime suspect. Twenty years earlier he'd taken a show with comparable problems,Fanny, and turned it into an undeniable commercial hit. . I Wanna Make the World Laugh (Reprise) Mack & Company8f. Scripts and rental materials are not included in this estimate. But by Mack Sennett's standards, her claim to fame is obedience, not artistry, and here he compares Mabel to Lillian Gish. [1], Mack and Mabel opened in pre-Broadway tryouts in San Francisco on June 17, 1974[2] and then Los Angeles, with brisk box office sales in both cities. The show follows the relationship between film director Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand in the roaring twenties and the early days of the Hollywood film studios. Mack tries in vain to discourage her. Look What Happened (Reprise) Mack & Mabel8c. The implication that Sennett was to blame for his partners addiction is belied by the fact that there was a secret pusher in the studio. It assumed its present name in the 1940's, has had a succession of owners and was shuttered for a time. 'Mack & Mabe'l, Starring Douglas Sills and Alexandra Socha, Begins February 19", Information from the Musical Heaven website, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mack_and_Mabel&oldid=1148051928, "Look What Happened to Mabel" Mabel and Company, "I Wanna Make the World Laugh" Mack and Company, "Hundreds of Girls" Mack and Bathing Beauties, "My Heart Leaps Up" (later replaced with "Hit 'em on the Head") Mack, "Tap Your Troubles Away" Lottie and Company. The silent film industry has been made obsolete by talkies and Mack is forced to sell his Hollywood studio. Much is omitted. He reluctantly takes part in a mock wedding ceremony, and he and Mabel sleep together, but Mack wakes up horrified and leaves in a hurry.