Maybe I'm in the monority but I think the film of WHITE CHRISTMAS has a dreadful screenplay and one number, "Choreography," that I find appalling. When I was a kid, I loved the film, which I saw in its first release, but 50 years later, which is when I caught it again, I think it really stinks. I like the cast, especially Rosemary Clooney - I know her son Rafael - who was always very sweet and funny when I'd run into her, and some of the songs but the film leaves no great impression with me. I look forward to seeing the stage version for several reasons - I know the orchestrator Larry Blank, vocal arranger Bruce Pomahac, choreographer Randy Skinner, book writer David Ives, and Steve Bogardus - and I think it will be silly holiday fun.
I also would like to see NUTCRACKER at City Ballet again before I leave for Ohio, because it's the best thing in Manhattan to put me in a holiday mood.