Borle sings "Pure Imagination" from CHARLIE...
Borle sings "Pure Imagination" from CHARLIE...
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
broadwayguy91
Broadway Star Joined: 12/23/15
#4Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 1:10pm
He's great and all, but maybe he should keep his focus on the show that he's actually in before perfecting other roles.
Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#5Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 2:13pm
littlemouse921 said: "He's great and all, but maybe he should keep his focus on the show that he's actually in before perfecting other roles."
Who knew a performance of a single number out of context was an accurate reflection of where a person's focus lies.
#6Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 2:23pm
Well, considering he was doing workshops of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as recently as this summer, I don't really think singing a song for a website really caused him much distraction.
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LarryD2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/1/14
#7Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 2:29pm
littlemouse921 said: "He's great and all, but maybe he should keep his focus on the show that he's actually in before perfecting other roles.
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Because actors apparently cannot multitask. Darling, do you have any idea how many actors pull double-duty (or more) while doing 8 shows a week? He performed one song.
#8Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 2:41pm
He also sang the candy man. It's at the end of this video https://www.facebook.com/BroadwaydotcomGroups/videos/10153877627502703/
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#9Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 3:03pm
The first line's melody in Candy Man really sounds like a direct rip from "Children Will Listen". It's not even a nod, just a blatant steal.
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Cupid Boy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/5/13
#10Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 3:12pm
Candy Man was in the Gene Wilder film, which precedes Into the Woods.
Fosse76
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/21/05
#11Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 3:48pm
Valentina3 said: "The first line's melody in Candy Man really sounds like a direct rip from "Children Will Listen". It's not even a nod, just a blatant steal."
I agree. Stephen Sondheim is a thief!
brian1973
Leading Actor Joined: 2/1/14
#12Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 4:14pm
Wow he sings Candy Man reaaaallly good. (Forgetfulness aside).. excited now
belrowley
Understudy Joined: 5/14/16
#13Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 8:22pm
omg I love the part when he forgets the lyrics. I'm so excited to see him both in Falsettos and this.
#14Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 9:55pm
looks like it's been taken down.
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JaglinSays
Stand-by Joined: 5/22/14
#15Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 10:34pm
The Candy Man = No One Is Alone, not Children Will LIsten.
JaglinSays
Stand-by Joined: 5/22/14
#16Borle sings
Posted: 10/14/16 at 10:34pm
The Candy Man = No One Is Alone, not Children Will LIsten.
#17Borle sings
Posted: 10/15/16 at 1:40am
Pissed i missed these : (
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mikey2573
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/28/10
#18Borle sings
Posted: 10/15/16 at 10:37am
I wonder if they will change the lyrics to "Candy Man" for this production since Wonka is singing them and the lyrics seem to be very "un-Wonka". Lyrics like "Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew?" or "Who can take a rainbow, wrap it in a sigh?", or even worse, "The Candy Man can 'Cause he mixes it with love And makes the world taste good". I am not knocking the lyrics as sung by the candy shop owner in the film, but put those same words into Wonka and they seem completely out of character. Even some of the lyrics to "Pure Imagination" were a bit "sugary" (no pun intended), but the staging in the film, with Wonka coming close to whipping the kids with his cane and then pulling out a strand of Mike Teevee's hair (plus Wilder's somewhat ironic delivery) made it work.
O'Brien is right about one thing; the loud, obnoxious, charmless production in the UK would NEVER work on Broadway.
#19Borle sings
Posted: 10/15/16 at 10:51am
I think wonka will be disguised as the Candyman similar to how wonka was disguised as a homeless man in the London production. So that's why it sounds like it's not wonka.
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Broadway Star Joined: 12/28/15
#20Borle sings
Posted: 10/15/16 at 12:26pm
Anyone have any updated links that haven't been taken down?
#21Borle sings
Posted: 10/15/16 at 2:26pm
I saw a video of the London production, didn't realize the only known song would be Pure Imagination. Is the broadway version being shaped more like the movie?
#22Borle sings
Posted: 10/15/16 at 4:39pm
^ Yes. The Broadway production is going to have more elements from the movie. The book, score, and design are being reworked for Broadway.
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