That would be the biggest "Why?" question if this theoretical event should happen. What is there really in the role of the Narrator to attract Gaga at this current point in her career? It's not like it's a huge acting challenge. It's not a role that would help springboard her into a new direction (unless she's really looking to leap into bubblegum fluff at this point).
And staging a live event in the round would just be odd, unless you don't mind seeing a
I hope to god that the first thing Kushner did when sitting down to start his screenplay is drop ALL of the made up gang slang. Let Laurents spin in his grave for eternity for daring to "desecrate" his ever so important contribution to the show's legacy.
I'm just foreseeing it being the same issue that High Fidelity had where they took a story that had a very specific soundtrack woven tightly into its fabric and expected it to hold up when they pulled that thread out.
quizking101 said: They would never lump in a musical with the plays. They split the revival categories decades ago.
I think they wouldn’t actually give out the award because there is no competitor. Didn’t they not give out Leading Actor/Actress in a Musical In 1985 for a lack of viable nominees?"
According to the current rules they would indeed do a single Revival category if there are not enough revivals in each to warrant the award.
As of now (unless I missed something this past week) it is currently the only confirmed musical revival for this season. It's still possible for some of the other ones that have been rumored or in development to still happen (Crazy for You, Dreamgirls, Secret Garden), of course, but none of them seem to be moving along very quickly at this point.
The images on PlaybillVault.com appear to be from the opening night Playbill (though the site header says opening at the Minskoff, it's clear based on the cast list that it was from the opening at the New Amsterdam). In that one "Rafiki Mourns" is not listed, so I'm guessing it's never been included as a song in the
msmp said: "Fosse76 said: "Just be aware that in at least the Shubert houses, there is no bar or merchandise sales on opening nights. There have been few exceptions, but it's a rarity."
Do you know why this is the case?"
I can't speak for the bar, but for merchandise it often depends on the location of the booths. In some of the houses with limited front of house space they need every inch they can get for photographers and other
As haterobics said, typically seats will be made available for purchase a few days out from the performance. This is once the production has a finalized guest list and knows how many seats will still be available. There's no way of predicting whether tickets will be available for any particular show, as there are of course many, many factors as to who will get invites and how many tickets they allocate to those invited.
GiantsInTheSky2 said: "This is just as unnecessary as his Wizard of Oz revisal. RSC’s Oz is perfectly fine, as is R&H’s Cinderella. Why can’t he come up with something actually new?
If it’s not broke, don’t fix it."
I would say it's different than his Wizard of Oz revisal in that he's not writing new songs to supplement an existing score. It sounds like they are creating an entirely new show. Thi
Bwayfan292 said: "Yeah. I dont think anytime soon, was the original production well recieved?"
The original production ran for over 2.5 years, racking up over 1100 performances (which I believe is the long-run record for Circle in the Square). Even without the Tony win it spent much of its first summer completely sold out and pulling in over 100% of its gross potential. The show certainly did well enough with both audiences and critics during its Broadway run, and ha
If the show were to come back to NY I would hope that it would be Off-Broadway. A huge part of what makes it work is the intimacy of it and the best productions almost always have that gritty, slightly under-funded feel to them. The Broadway production from the early 2000s showed that a slick, big, expensive production saps the heart right out of the show.
labellaragazza1 said: "I also don't know if it was specific to the South Korean production or if it is standard, but I'm never a huge fan of the "Christine looks like Erik's mother" plot point."
That idea is written into the show so you'll find it in all productions of it.
The funny thing is when I saw it many years ago (a college production) the director had a lengthy "Notes from the Director" in their program where h
