My favorite musical is "Singing in the Rain!" It always makes me happy! The dance numbers are amazing. Gene Kelly to me is the greatest dancer and choreographer. How he incorporates ballet in the musical is beautiful. I think the sexiest dance ever his him and Cyd Cherise in the speakeasy. Gershwin's music is interpreted completely without abandon. Donald O'Conner's "Makem Laugh" was a tribute to old vaudville numbers. I read in a book about this musical that O'conner had to rest a week after shooting this number. When he came back they asked him to reshoot because there was a technical problem. Can you imagine! I love Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen is so funny! "I can't stand him!" Moses Supposes and the signature song make it for me! I have seen this probably at least 500 times in my life! Also, a personal trivia that in the scene after Royal Cavalier bombs and they are at Don's house. They get the idea to remake it as musical and Don say's his lucky day is March 23rd and Cosmo says it's 1 o'clock March 24th is your lucky day. March 24th is my lucky day too because that's my husbands birthday. It was an omen!
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My favorite musical is "Singing in the Rain!" It always makes me happy! The dance numbers are amazing. Gene Kelly to me is the greatest dancer and choreographer. How he incorporates ballet in the musical is beautiful. I think the sexiest dance ever his him and Cyd Cherise in the speakeasy. Gershwin's music is interpreted completely without abandon. Donald O'Conner's "Makem Laugh" was a tribute to old vaudville numbers. I read in a book about this musical that O'conner had to rest a week after shooting this number. When he came back they asked him to reshoot because there was a technical problem. Can you imagine! I love Debbie Reynolds and Jean Hagen is so funny! "I can't stand him!" Moses Supposes and the signature song make it for me! I have seen this probably at least 500 times in my life! Also, a personal trivia that in the scene after Royal Cavalier bombs and they are at Don's house. They get the idea to remake it as musical and Don say's his lucky day is March 23rd and Cosmo says it's 1 o'clock March 24th is your lucky day. March 24th is my lucky day too because that's my husbands birthday. It was an omen!