If I had the money, I'd record A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, I MARRIED AN ANGEL, and PAL JOEY for Emily Skinner t play the Vivienne Segal roles. She was doing one number yesterday, and I thought, OMG, she's so wonderful and funny, she'd be perfect. All these revivals of PAL JOEY go for fierce broads (Lupone) or actresses singing flat (Stockard Channing), and the role's actually sophisticated comedy.
So, back to Emily: she was really wonderful, but so were the other two ladies, whose names I do not recall, and Jason can do little wrong in my book. From the reviews I'd read earlier, I'd expected the fashion show to be embarrassing. I thought it was funny and silly.