Any news re War Paint transfer?
Any news re War Paint transfer?
scampsweep
Stand-by Joined: 8/25/07
#1Any news re War Paint transfer?
Posted: 8/3/16 at 10:32am
As the production in Chicago is about to end, any news of a transfer? I think audiences are predicting it unofficially, but has there been any official word? Anyone know when it is likely to transfer? I'm in New York next Easter and I'm hoping it will have transferred and be up and running by then! Is that likely or is that too soon for any transfer to have happened?
Updated On: 8/3/16 at 10:32 AM
#2Any news re War Paint transfer?
Posted: 8/3/16 at 10:39am
it's likely to happen. The producers are probably waiting for the right theater to become available.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Liza's Headband
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/13
#4Any news re War Paint transfer?
Posted: 8/3/16 at 10:45am
Went to Chicago specifically to see this, and aside from the two women, who were in wonderful voice, a total disappointment. The authors failed to mine the dynamic quality of their careers, which according to the show, were almost identical in nature and time frame, and distills any emotion down to almost nothing. Patti gets what few laughs there are because she has a "funny" accent; Christine is saddled with so much seriousness that any fun that this show might be is lost. Most of the songs were shockingly generic and not memorable, although one of their duets, "If I'd Been a Man" was moving and thoughtful. Employing Chris Gattelli, he of the Tony-winning dances in NEWSIES, to "choreograph" a show where none of the four principals can really move, had no results. Move to Broadway? Well, since the Times and most other critics have already passed judgment, it seems unlikely. So much work would have to be done to make this show dramatic, funny or tuneful...
