Finding Neverland Press Preview
Finding Neverland Press Preview
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#1Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 2:07pm
Wasn't sure where this would go in the other threads, so I just made a new thread.
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#2Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 2:08pmI'm going to the first preview on March 15, and I can't wait!
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#2Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 3:23pmI'm going on March 21! Excited! It looks amazing!
"Mr Sondheim, look: I made a hat, where there never was a hat, it's a Latin hat at that!"
#3Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 3:48pmMatthew Morrison is adorable.
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
Sunny11
Broadway Star Joined: 9/3/14
#4Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 3:53pmLoved the sensual dancing in what you mean to me.
Sunny11
Broadway Star Joined: 9/3/14
#5Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 8:44pm
Believe in full
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G4P7ME19ySo&feature=youtu.be
#6Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 8:51pmMan, this is making me wish I could go back to New York this summer!
"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
RW3
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/13
#7Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/26/15 at 9:35pmI'm actually appreciating that Broadway.com is putting full videos on the press performances on their Youtube channel.
JaglinSays
Stand-by Joined: 5/22/14
#9Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:10amHoly Christ, that **** is looking/sounding awful.
#10Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:48amThanks for these links! Wow, they are releasing a LOT lately. Very glad.
Up In One
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
#11Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:53am
They kept the man/dog (cringe) and the leading boy who was a major issue up in Boston. Morrison certainly brings a Dick Van Dyke like presence to the character but I'm not sure that was what was lacking. Believe is one of the songs that gave the show a Blues Clues feeling - just for kids. I wonder what they've done with the Hook/Producer character? I've got to imagine there's been some wholesale reworking being done for Kelsey Grammer or he is going to come up looking underused. I hope someone finds Mia Michaels a Broadway vehicle that fits her style - which I love - but in Boston for Neverland it seemed very out of place.
Up In One
Updated On: 2/27/15 at 12:53 AM
#12Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:59amUp In One, just curious, what aspects of the leading boy did you find to be an issue in Cambridge?
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#13Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:32amCheesy. Boring. Formulaic.
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Up In One
Broadway Star Joined: 5/27/04
#14Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:54am
SPOILERS
RC - he was not a great actor, stiff, line readings as if he were reading. Not sympathetic at all. Until of course were told in a very clumsy way that something major is happening in his life. How can one not feel something at that point. But we feel more for the plot and situation than for the character/actor. Hate criticizing child actors but he is the 2nd or 3 rd lead.
Up In One
#15Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 1:59amUp In One, thanks for answering. I don't disagree with you about his acting. I felt like I could see him "acting," when that's never the goal. I'd been curious whether you felt anything negative about his singing, because I did *love* his singing.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#16Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 8:22am
Kinda bummed that they changed the keys to Barrie's songs, not gonna lie.
But of course, on the "Hook/Stronger" vid, there are people still butthurt about the leading man switch.
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Updated On: 2/27/15 at 08:22 AM
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#17Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:03amI was disappointed by the sound that's resulted from the key changes as well. Hopefully the full orchestrations will help.
Stew123
Stand-by Joined: 2/17/10
#19Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 11:57amHey Harvey thanks for keeping Laura.
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
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Back Row
Leading Actor Joined: 4/14/12
#20Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:09pmMorrison certainly has a different take on the Barrie character than Jordan (more Gene Kelly and less repressed playwright), and of course it is not a surprise that he moves very gracefully on stage. It does look like they have changed a lot of things to take advantage of his strengths. Some of the changes look interesting.
JaglinSays
Stand-by Joined: 5/22/14
#21Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:15pm
But why in the **** does tortured, turn-of-the-century playwright J.M. Barrie
move like Gene Kelly?!?
Updated On: 2/27/15 at 12:15 PM
Back Row
Leading Actor Joined: 4/14/12
#23Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:24pmBecause it's a musical.
....but the world goes 'round
Sunny11
Broadway Star Joined: 9/3/14
#24Finding Neverland Press Preview
Posted: 2/27/15 at 12:35pmA plot point is that Barries bonding with the family reawakens his creative sprit. Maybe Barrie expresses that through dance ? They are singing 21st century era pop songs too though. Gene Kelly is st least closer to the era being portrayed.
