Schickaneder
Schickaneder
SharksVsJets
Stand-by Joined: 4/22/17
#3Schickaneder
Posted: 7/17/17 at 7:43pm
It ran for 9 months in Vienna and closed a couple of weeks ago just as it was supposed to do.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#4Schickaneder
Posted: 7/18/17 at 7:37pm
There's already a thread about this.
the music I have heard is friggin amazing! Hope it comes to NYC!
Willie4316
Leading Actor Joined: 9/12/16
#5Schickaneder
Posted: 7/18/17 at 9:48pm
They've released a cast album on ITunes and CD. I bought Träum Gross and it is stunning to hear.
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#6Schickaneder
Posted: 7/18/17 at 11:22pm
Hugh Jackman saw the show and met the cast and director in January 2017 --
https://www.musicalvienna.at/en/news/261/Hollywood-star-Hugh-Jackman-as-guest-in-the-Raimund-Theater
Trevor Nunn has expressed interest in casting him, but nothing has been heard since then.
Feldzieg
Chorus Member Joined: 4/19/11
#7Schickaneder
Posted: 7/19/17 at 6:33am
I saw Schikaneder recently in Vienna before it closed. The book is a hot mess. It should never see a Broadway stage.
Wildcard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#8Schickaneder
Posted: 7/19/17 at 1:33pm
The book could use some work but the music was good and I was never bored during the show. If it does transfer, they better make sure the set is the same and not cheapen out like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory did.
Feldzieg
Chorus Member Joined: 4/19/11
#9Schickaneder
Posted: 7/20/17 at 6:00am
The set is nice and quite inventive - I'll give you that. I appreciated what Schwartz was trying to do with the music, although I wasn't blown away either. But the book. That must have been the most boring, nonsensical and utterly uncompelling love story I had to ever sit through. They should have emphasized the Magic Flute origins much more.
Also, it's a super Viennese show that did not even succeed in Vienna. I really don't see any commercial viability in the U.S.
