As Art has said, Donna seemed to have done about as much as she could do to deny what was reported about her having said anti-gay things. I got into trouble in the off-topic forum here a few years back for supporting her, but I stand by what I said there. I think she probably did make the comments--in the early 80s she was extremely religious. By the time of her death she had been going to a church which was extremely gay friendly (a family friend of mine got married--same s
Thanks for all of the reports. I'm a massive Donna Summer fan, so this project has interested me, and made me nervous. It sounds like they are getting it right, aside from a few WTF elements like casting women in some male roles. I am happy to see that they are using some of my fave album tracks (ones written by Donna herself) like Faster and Faster to Nowhere and On My Honour.
I like a lot about the 1982 album, but I do wish we had gotten a finalized versio
richsmo said: "Brutal New Yorker review. Not even sure what to say. John Simon is probably smiling wherever he is.
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There has been some kickback against this review as being "sexist". Which I think is completely ridiculous--it's a bad review, but I doubt that Als, a critic who I only agree with sometimes, thought that Fun Home was well directed because it had a man and not a woman at the helm. SWEET CHARITY Revival Nov 15
2016, 02:25:49 AM
darquegk said: "There's another thread on this board that tracked all the endings- I believe the earliest, Fosse ending was one where Charity kills herself, or ponders it at the end. This was allegedly the ending that inspired the "we need a happier ending" intervention that led to the Good Fairy.
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I know that suicide ending was brought up on this board before, but I refuse to believe it was ever used in any staged version--preview
Which is a bit frustrating if you really get into Tolstoy and discover his supremely weird and conflicting ideas about the place of women (I find War and Peace's first epilogue worth ignoring, where Natasha suddenly loses all her personality and acts as a mouth piece for Tolstoy , denouncing the fight for women's rights)
Yeah--awful. But I didn't have a huge prob with the cast one way or the other (except for the miscasting question)--it was just the overall tone that was so constantly completely off. Jumping on the bed during Touch Me? Is it meant to be more for kids or not--cuz from scene to scene I sure couldn't tell. The whole half assed concept--so they go to the actual theatre we see at the start? Or not? It's kinda half staged that way and then not (I won
I haven't seen the musical yet, but love the cast album. I am failing to understand why some don't get why Natasha's involvement with Anatole would "ruin" her. Just because other female characters are shown as sexually wild? Then again I love the novel and thanks to several classes have read it several times. Maybe anyone unsure should at the least rent the recent War and Peace miniseries (which covers this part better than some other adaptations) before watching i
While I do actually like a lot of ALW's score, what makes Phantom work so well is that nearly perfect original Hal Prince/Maria Bjornson production. Frankly, I wouldn't bother with the tour.
What seems ages ago, Baz spoke about wanting to adapt this to the stage himself. I can only assume he's washed his hands of it because he found no way to make it work on stage...
I love the film, but as others have said, the actual plot is like an even less fleshed out La Traviata and a HUGE part of the appeal is the design, seeing those actors, and the way it's filmed (like Baz's technique or not, I think that can't be denied). It's such style over substance that it becomes style as substance--I admit I find it moving in the end. But NONE of that will carry over to the stage. Maybe they can find some sort of stage equivalent/re-imagi
Galati is no slouch and I suspect directed most of it with Andrews offering input for the recreation. I am a sucker for recreations and that set is gorgeous to me--I wish they'd show one of the famous scene changes--in the Wouldn't it be Loverly clip you can clearly see it uses the two revolves. Though I wonder how much bigger the stage must be.
Huss417 said: "I actually saw The Knife. I remember picking up my tickets at the box office and asking the guy if it was as bad as I heard. He said "Deplorable, Enjoy your Evening" :)
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And what did you think? Lol some of the reviews are actually not completely terrible lol (though I knew of the show, I actually didn't realize till now that it was by David Hare). Question about touring productions Aug 31
2016, 12:53:14 PM
I somehow was not aware of this for years, until I saw the equity tour of the Chorus Line revival in Van where the orchestra sounded great, but of course as is usual with the show, is hidden with a scrim over the pit. So I was shocked to see four orchestra members listed in the program and not more until a friend who worked at the theatre explained. (It was a ten day or so stop over.)
