Happy 75th Anniversary to OKLAHOMA! Mar 30
2018, 03:11:06 PM
Speaking of Oklahoma, next month at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, OR will present the first ever LGBTQ adaptation of the show. Directed by Bill Rauch, the show has been creatively constructed to include gay and trans characters along with same sex relationships. The festival is known for taking risks, and I can’t wait to see what they do. I have my tickets for June.
Michael Curry was the puppet designer for the cruise ship and theme park productions. And was billed with the creative teams for those productions. As of yeah He has not been billed with this creative team, if I'm not mistaken?
Read the full description of the project! This will not be a fully staged live musical in the sense of NBC or FOX. This is simply a viewing of the animated film with live performances woven in via what they did last year at the Hollywood bowl. Yes, a live action adaptation will still be necessary.
I still prefer the 1994 cast recording. It was much fuller and it's a lovely balance with the Orchestra and Performers. For instance, during Put On Your Sunday Clothes it feels like the ensemble is right there performing the piece with full choreography and in costume. This recording the song feels like a high school show choir gently performing the piece on risers. Not to mention the complete "I Put My Hand In."
Kenny Leon really had no business directing Hairspray. He did a wonderful job with the wiz , but this required a director of much bigger caliber and innovation. Plus the performance by baleo were inconsistent she was not Tracy. Also, I would've much preferred if they had William Ivy long recreate his original costume design for this production. A lot of Maddy's costumes were distasteful.
This is all speculation, but yesterday Ashley Park instagrammed a rehearsal pic from Disney Theatrical yesterday with Jason Gotay could she be departing the show soon and joining the cast of Aladdin?
Ya'll do know that Harvey was a ghost writer on the original book of Hairspray......they aren't completely off in bringing him on. I'm sure Meehan didn't want to do it.
The off-off Broadway production happening at DCA is being directed by Liesl Tommy. The team at Creative entertainment is going all out for this project and if anyone saw the casting notice, it was pretty large for a theme park caliber of a show. They aren't cutting anyone out. While the two are separate endeavors, I'm interested to if the earlier has any influence on the later.
I truly hope that this is a celebration of the original material and not a hybrid of the 2007 film adaptation! Bring in Jerry Mitchell and company, and this will be Magic! I also hope they reinstate all of the material that was either cut or sugared up in the film. The film adaptation while full of heart was missing a lot of wit and charm! I hope Harvey is involved in some sort of fashion. Is Megan mullally wrong for Velma? And while too young Amber Riley could be a smashing motormo
What are you guys talking about? Miss Lynch is indeed a character in the original musical she's the English teacher instead of the principal and not nearly the size of the character portrayed by Eve Arden in the film. Who will make the cameo Penney Marshall? Michelle Pheiffer?
Overall the recoding is pretty gorgeous. I do wish the reprises or Something Wonderful and Hello young lovers were included, and the cut during the finale was bizarre it makes it sound like the show ends on a happy note. While Kelli is quite enjoyable, I do have to give all props to Ruthie Ann Miles. She completely reinvented a song that I thought we all knew and loved. I've never heard sung with such youth and struggle. While I think her chances are small, it would be quite lovely to see win
