CATSNYrevival said: "What was wrong with "Another Hundred People?""
i saw COMPANY the very first week of previews and ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE to me was very clunky...it was not a smooth choreographed number...the song seemed to stop and start...now maybe my memory from the original production inn 1970 has dimmed, and maybe i have listened to the OBC album way too may times, but the way this number was that very first week diminished the song's power...
god this board is not to be believed...i say one thing and someone else says another, then the flood gates open...yes GETTING MARRIED is a song that creates a lot of buzz when performed, but seeing Bailey in London, and discovering this new young man singing at a fever pitch, myself and the audience were cheering HIM on, as well as the song...and there were only 2 stopped musical numbers the night i saw this wonderful production...Getting Married and Ladies Who Lunch...to say that a
The opening set piece for the recent revival at Lincoln center of The King & I with the ship coming into harbor...breathtaking...and the opening transition in An American In Paris, which went from one of the leading male performers along on stage to transitoning into post war Paris with huge backdrops of the French flag and the city...also breathtaking and it won a Tony for sets as well that year!
Jonathan truly stopped the show the night i saw it in the West End...he was so exciting...and it is a true shame he won't be on Broadway stopping the show there as well...they better cast someone truly exceptional in this role!!
1 question to everyone here...has there been any word if Sondheim will write a new song for this movie?...composers always seem to add a new song for Oscar consideration...just curious...
i for one, and i know nobody here cares what i think about Katrina playing Bobbie..will wait and read about this new revival production when it plays a few performances before i commit to spend any monies to come see it on Broadway...on the other hand if all the main players from the West End had been brought over, i would have already purchased my flight and hotel stays!...just saying...
Oy Vey...i will be 91 in 20 years if i live so long (my mother lived to 101)...but i do hope it will be filmed AS IF 20 years goes backward...Ben is certainly the right current age as is Beanie...this has my favorite Sondheim score so i am hoping this is something that happens...sooner of course than later!
QueenAlice said: "Lenk would be an extraordinary choice. I hope it’s true."
WRONG WRONG WRONG!!!...Lenk is ABSOLUTELY THE WORST CHOICE for a role that is written for a very New York City man/woman!!...i know you all loved Katrina's work in The Bands Visit, but honestly is she right for this role?...NO NO NO...please stop these rumors and pure speculation...let's just wait and see who is REALLY going to play Bobbie...Lenk as Bobbie would not get me to fl
i am just waking up to this sad news...R.I.P. MR. PRINCE...the memories you gave me with all the shows i saw that you were involved with are too many to list here...others here have done a great service by listing them all...you sir where Broadway!!
ok I'm going to post this theory...what if the whole movie is a real cats catnip infused dream?...that way nothing makes sense and all is possible on screen...
let's just say the cat is watching a movie musical with its' owner and for some reason has too much catnip and falls asleep to dream what we end up seeing as the movie...
just a crazy idea to make everything we see on screen work!
Tom Hooper's CATS trailer has us all talking...which is the point of a trailer anyway isn't it?...when the movie comes out all our questions should and will be answered...now 7 million views on Youtube!
CT2NYC said: "bryan2 said: "The trailer has been released, ok now haters go...………………………….."
The trailer was released on Thursday, and people have been posting about it since then."
and so far YOUTUBE has recorded OVER 5 million views of this trailer...so i would say interest is very high...we shall see in December if this translates to box-office $$$
why does almost everyone on here who posts hate so much?...IT'S ONLY A TRAILER!!...let's all wait for the final film to be shown and then we can hate or not...speaking of trailers...the trailer for the BENJAMIN BUTTON movie with Brad Pitt, a few years ago looked to me like the greatest movie ever made...then i saw the movie...HATED IT...a friend of mine called that movie BENJAMIN BUTTHOLE...my point being trailers are not the whole movie...
Well i DID see the original Broadway production in 1982 and i hated it....but this trailer looks fabulous as a movie and i will be first in line when it comes out later this year!...as much as Tom Hooper was vilified for LES MIZ, but won an Oscar for The Kings Speech, the man clearly has a vision when he makes a movie and i will wait until i see this upcoming event film to pass any judgement.
steven22 said: "Jonathan Bailey was excellent in London. Would really like him to come over with the production..."
the night i saw this production in London, Johnathan Bailey stopped the show with one of the longest ovations that night!...he must be brought over as well as Patti...i was not a big fan of R. Craig, but she was just starting out in her Company journey...with that said i would love Ann Hathaway in that role!!
i know that...what i meant was HADESTOWN won all those Tonys much like THE BAND'S VISIT did last year, and i really did not like THE BAND'S VISIT...different shows but i do not want to be so disappointed like i was last year in seeing a Best Musical
