I would love it. It seems for many years soprano ingenue roles have been closed off to people of color for the most part- Cosette, Christine, Glinda, Johanna, Maria in WSS. Les Misérables in London only this year cast a Black British Cosette (there had previously only been one u/s on Broadway). There has only been one black Christine in the 32 year history of Phantom, and only two Asian Christines outside of Japan and Korea.
ScottyDoesn'tKnow2 said: "Was PL Travers alive long enough to see a performance of Mary Poppins? I wonder if Cameron Mackintosh's product was closer to what PL Travers wanted to the film to be as we know she really disliked what Disney did with the film. I get her point, but I really do love Disney's treatment so much."
Travers died in 1996 and the first workshop (I believe) was held in 2003. I'm curious what she would think of it and the upcoming mov
Darko's last show on Broadway, Gentleman's Guide, recouped after 17 months, after costing $7.5 million for its initial capitalization. The tour recouped after a little over a year.
Anastasia I would estimate having a capitalization of way more than that, considering the larger cast and costume requirements. It also has higher running costs, with a larger ensemble and some more famous (within Broadway) names, in terms of cast, and in terms of creative team. Howeve
The reason the Mary Poppins musical is the way it is is because Cameron Mackintosh was the driving force behind it, not Disney. He was the one who got the rights to it from PL Travers before she died and she said no Americans could be involved in the creative team, the Sherman Brothers couldn't write new songs for it, and it had to be more like the books.
Every actress in Wicked wears a wig. As does every actress in Phantom, Anastasia, Aladdin, Beautiful, Carousel, Hello Dolly, Summer, etc.
Think of it this way. If Nessarose used her natural hair, she would have to spend a significant portion of her break from her exit in Act 1 to her reappearance in Act 2 getting her hair into an updo. With Glinda it's impossible because she needs to change from her curly bubble dress hairstyle to her schoolgirl hairstyle in less th
In Hamburg it was a huge flop, quite embarassing for Stage Entertainment. I didn't see Rachel as Christine but I did see her as Carlotta and she was very good in that role. Wonder if she'll join the Broadway company of the original when the tour closes.
Haven't been in a while, however Ben Crawford sounds great. Luckily the awful guy (in more ways than one) who was there before Jöback is gone. Personally the best Christine there is the understudy Elizabeth Welch. She came to be the principal Christine here in Germany for a little under a year and really should be the principal. Actually I heard she's on for every show besides the matinee this week!
Never mind the original takes place in 1881... so it's really 26 years later. Bronson has a beautiful voice but he's way to young for even original Phantom. They could at least add some age lines on his "good side"!
Is this going to Broadway this spring? When does the tour end? I would assume they would cast a bigger name for the Phantom. Can't wait to see what Brantley says.
German here- you can call out far more often here. It's very common for principal actors to list their off dates ahead of time, often for a month's worth of shows they'll have already decided to call out six times, in addition to unplanned ones. Gardar had an alternate, Mathias Edenborn here as well. Never paid much attention to this show after seeing it and disliking it so I don't know how often he called out, but he only did 6 shows there as well.
