Julie & Carol: Together Again

Julie & Carol: Together Again is a 1989 TV special performed by Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett. It aired on US television on 13 December 1989. it was a music special directed by Jeff Margolis.^[1]

Background

This event marked "25 years after Andrews' and Burnett's first music and comedy special in Carnegie Hall, 18 years since their last at Lincoln Center".^[2] Many of the crew had worked with the two on some of their previous projects, including producer-writers Ken and Mitzie Welch, costumer Bob Mackie, and musician-arranger Peter Matz.^[3]

Andrews said "The thought over the years, is that we would love to do a series of shows, starting here and then going on to 'Julie & Carol in London,' 'Julie and Carol in Paris,' maybe even in Moscow or at the Great Wall of China."^[4]

Contents

The show featured "reminiscences, a rap, an unconventional comic tea party, a medley, and a country-style "Phantom of the Opry." No dancers. No other singers. Just the two of them on stage together performing with a full orchestra."^[5]

One of the main themes is growing older. The Morning Call noted: "Now in their mid-fifties, the women sensibly - and they are both sensible women - deal with middle age up front. No longer the young and adored toasts of Broadway as they were when they met - Andrews in "My Fair Lady" and Burnett in "Once Upon a Mattress" - they address motherhood and the other changes that time has brought."^[6]

Critical reception

The show has received highly positive reviews.

Awards

References