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The Wild Party: Directed by James Ivory. With James Coco, Raquel Welch, Perry King, Tiffany Bolling. With the arrival of talking pictures, a silent film comedian (a Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle-type) throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career.
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Unfortunately for that production, and quite coincidentally, another version of The Wild Party, with music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa, opened on April 13, 2000, leaving critics confused over the merits of both versions and theatergoers wondering which one to see. That one didn’t fare any better and closed after playing 68 performances.
An aging silent movie comic star tries for a comeback by staging a wild party that turns into a free-for-all
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Where to watch The Wild Party (1975) starring James Coco, Raquel Welch, Perry King and directed by James Ivory. In a world transitioning to talkies, an iconic silent film star hosts a raucous party, hoping to revive his fading fame.
A steamy prohibition tale, steamrolling and roaring its way across the stage, Andrew Lippa's Wild Party was an Off-Broadway gem that garnered an array of industry accolades, including Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Obie awards. Based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name, this darkly brilliant show features one of the most exciting, pulse-racing scores ever written.
The combination of director James Ivory and his producing partner Ismail Merchant with sensual star Raquel Welch should have resulted in a dynamic art-house hit, but "The Wild Party" is a series of missed opportunities (you're more acutely aware of all the possibilities that went unrealized than you are gripped by what made it to the screen).
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