New Conservatory Theatre's ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER

[Jeffrey Karasarides]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 3:02pm

New Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco is getting ready to present their production of the revised version of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever. It'll be the first production of the revised version since the recent Broadway revival starring Harry Connick, Jr. and Jessie Mueller (in her Broadway debut).

In this article, producer Liza Lerner and director Michael Mayer talk about their original approach for the revised version as well as what went wrong.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/VIDEO-San-Franciscos-New-Conservatory-Theatre-Brings-Intimacy-Back-To-Revised-ON-A-CLEAR-DAY-YOU-CAN-SEE-FOREVER-20160518

Updated On: 5/18/16 at 03:02 PM

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 3:08pm

*San Francisco

[fashionguru_23]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 3:12pm

Can anyone lead me to a copy of the script for this/revival production?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 5:22pm

I'm happy to see this version is getting a new life. I still think the revised concept is great and the show had potential. It just maybe wasn't the right show for Harry Connick Jr. and the design on Broadway was less than beautiful. It's a shame we didn't get a cast album though. Jessie Mueller and David Turner were breathtaking.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 5:55pm

I always thought this had more potential. I saw it at Powerhouse with Brian d'Arcy James & Anika Noni Rose and found it to be a brilliant reimagining.   

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 7:11pm

The original version had to make more sense than the Connick revival. Cannot see more tinkering so if and when this comes to Broadway will pass  . Was not a fan of the film either as the score was gutted like a fish.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 5/18/16 at 9:54pm

I think a version mixing the "Present" from the original and the "Past" from the revival would be ideal.

[SweetLips]

Posted: 5/19/16 at 12:01am

Oh my Lord !

That clip would not get me anywhere near that show no matter what time line it was in.

 

Tacky, and those 50s cardigans--no thanks.

Community theatre though is a great learning ground so I don't knock that.

[JayG 2]

Posted: 5/19/16 at 7:46am

This revisal made absolutely no sense. As dumb as the original book was, this was worse. Talk about Dumb and Dumber. And the ugly B'way design and a sleep-walking Connick were no help.

 

[jayinchelsea]

Posted: 5/19/16 at 11:43am

Saw the initial revisal at Vassar, it was a total mess, made no sense. In the early 90s Burton Lane gave us the chance to do the original show, with some book changes, as part of our Opening Doors season on Theatre Row, with the brilliant Jennifer Prescott as Daily/Melinda. What the show has going for it is the duality of Daisy/Melinda, and the amazing score. The changes to the book in this new version are far worse than the original, imo.

[newintown]

Posted: 5/19/16 at 11:54am

The revisal was not only stupid, it was unbearably boring. Melinda had absolutely no story at all, and her songs were irrelevant interpolations. The faux-wacky-60s-a-la-Laugh-In sets, costumes, and staging were DOA. There was, ultimately, no point to the gay storyline, as the shrink showed no attraction whatsoever to Davy (even though logic would indicate that what he physically saw during the love scenes was Davy, not Melinda-in-Davy). 

The only thing I found breathtaking were my yawns of ennui.