Surprised to see "Summer: The Donna Summer Musical" was no listed, but it still got my write-in vote. As a lifelong fan of Summer, this was an insult to her legendary career. She deserved much better, in every sense of the word.
Favorite Stephen Sondheim Musical... Dec 18
2019, 10:24:27 PM
A Little Night Music - which really needs a revival with better costumes and stage sets than the last time. And a movie remake!
Interview with Alan Cambell / 'Sunset Boulevard' Dec 18
2019, 10:19:10 PM
So happy you got to work with him and spend time with him. Did he say much more about his time with SB? Anything we don’t know? Do tell...lol
And as we discussed a few months ago, Mason is the actress who took over for Glenn Close when she was on vacation most of March, 1995. ALW inflated the box office while she took over the role, and praised her performances every night. Close was not happy with that praise for her (or the box office inflation).
The OLIVER! project does sound odd, at best. Maybe the plan is indeed to send it to Disney+ with no theatrical release ?
I also noticed 'Drowsy Chaperone' is no where on the list. Five years ago, this was talked about with Streisand , Jackman, and Anne Hathaway all lined up as 'interested'. And then....?
I found this article on-line, which covers the status of many Broadway musicals headed to Hollywood for the 'silver screen'. Some of the titles are familiar, some were very new to me - this may be of interest to many here who are keeping score.
I'm not sure if this was posted here a few weeks ago, when Alan Campbell did this interview. If it was - sorry! I didn't catch it. I thought I'd share this, especially for 'Sunset Boulevard' fans - there's quite a bit of discussion on the musical from 25 years ago and the movie adaptation.
Within days of each other, actress Linda Lavin lost her first husband (1969-81) and her TV son (actor Philip McKeon passed away on December 10 ar the age of 55 - he played her son 'Tommy' from 1976-85).
Call_me_jorge said: "I think it was The Producers effect. They started too big and couldn’t achieve the same success with anyone after Midler. I wonder how long it would’ve lasted had Bernadette or Donna had started with the production and then they went on with bigger names."
And years before that, it was the 'Sunset Boulevard' effect. That musical was closely associated with Glenn Close - both in LA and NY. Once she left LA, it closed (aft
SNUB: “Cats” The Hollywood Foreign Press Association loves musicals so much, they once nominated “Burlesque” for best picture. But “Cats,” which has been plagued by bad buzz, didn’t win over this group. The organization, which was the first to see the big-screen adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s stage hit, only granted the film with a single nomination: best
Ron Leibman has died at 82. Dec 9
2019, 02:25:35 AM
He was first married to Linda Lavin until they divorced in 1981. Did they ever perform together ?
robbyshishkabobby said: "Shocked to have gotten that PPAC email this early! Not mad though :)"
PPACs schedule is also listed in the Providence Sunday Journal today, which is where I saw it. So much earlier than their usual March announcement!
Dec 6
2019, 11:20:11 AM
yankeefan7 said: "Just curious why anybody would care what the ladies of "The View" think about any movie."
That could be said about anyone reviewing a movie, play, tv show, book, etc.
Dec 6
2019, 11:11:42 AM
hayleyann said: "Your headline is false. The Cats movie didn't get a thumbs down. The Cats trailer got a thumbs down. They have not seen the movie."
They all said - except for one - they won’t be seeing the movie based on the trailer. Not exactly a thumbs up for the movie.
Dec 5
2019, 10:30:26 PM
uncageg said: "And all this based on the trailer. It is not my favorite show and I don't plan to a theater to see the movie but this was ridiculous. They tore it down just to tear it down.Wondering if Farrow saw the show to have made the comment he did or did he just comment on the trailer. Glad Sunny stood up to the rest of them."
None of them saw the movie, just based their opinions on the trailer. Ronan sounded like he had seen the stage musical
VernonGersch said: "They knew that they wouldn't be getting ANY of the Cats cast because its ABC affiliated and decided to crap all over it/
Never saw the show - and don't think it would be for me - I'm allergic to Cats. "
Bouncing off of what you mention - I wonder if they were so disparaging of the movie (so early) because it is not a Disney movie, and it's actually competition for Disney this Christmas season (with their release of
