#BroadwayBloodbath Aug 10
2019, 09:19:07 AM
I understand that the intent was harmless and under different circumstances the dark joke could work. But at this moment in American life, it sounds at best tone deaf in context and at worst actually alarming out of context.
Your Dream Production Aug 7
2019, 03:44:29 PM
Cate Blanchett and Julie Andrews in A Little Night Music, please.
What an event that would be.
CATS Film Adaptation Thread Jul 19
2019, 05:54:47 PM
The designs of the cats look flat out bad and this trailer is a public laughing stock. There were probably some very serious meetings at Universal today.
I’ve watched the trailer several times because I find it mesmerizing. The sets look great, the dancing looks really terrific, the music sounds beautiful— but those “cats”!
CATS Film Adaptation Thread Jul 18
2019, 05:52:49 PM
Is this how it felt hearing Lucy trill the first notes of “It’s Today” in 1974?
Jul 5
2019, 02:50:36 PM
I always love these posts. Reminds me of when I was in grade school and was trying to guess the spring musical.
Live Action Little Mermaid- Ariel Jul 4
2019, 06:15:36 PM
The Little Mermaid is my favorite animated Disney film. I agree that these remakes are pointless, but there’s nothing to stop them until people stop going to the movie theaters to see them.
I’m optimistic for this film. “Chicago” is one of the best musicals to enter cinemas in the last twenty years and “Mary Poppins Returns” was well done if too derivative. I like Awkwafina and I can live with Melissa McCarthy even though I don’t believe she’s an ideal choice for this role— I love her i
May 28
2019, 08:18:12 PM
Well, I liked it. It goes with “The Jungle Book” and “Cinderella” in the “good” pile.
May 27
2019, 07:23:33 AM
This is the first Disney remake that has appealed to me based on its trailers. Today’s my birthday but tomorrow’s discount day at the movie theatre so I think I’ll go see it then.
When I watch biopics, I tend to think of what Helen Mirren said of her approach to portraying Elizabeth II in The Queen, she thought of herself as a "portrait painter." A portrait may be imbued with as much of the artist as with the artist's subject. I don't expect every portrayal of a real person to be transformational, in fact, too often those performances can come across as somewhat gimmicky. Meryl Streep looks and sounds just like Margaret Th
Will we ever see a second Julie Andrews memoir? May 1
2019, 07:53:27 AM
I’m so curious to read this memoir. Her early years in Hollywood were fairly turbulent and it seems her marriage to Blake Edwards had its own pressures, as well. How deep down the well will Julie go? In her last autobiography, she only just revealed the truth of her paternity to her siblings before publishing the book. She’s always been a very private star, so it’s especially fascinating to see her draw back the curtain.
I’m most excited to read about her experiences filming STAR!. It i
With that said, MP is my favorite film of all time and I have been skeptical about this entire project.... but man oh man, was that trailer magical. This is going to be the movie event of the year. I cannot wait!
Laura Benanti to replace Lauren Ambrose in MY FAIR LADY Aug 23
2018, 10:49:39 AM
How exciting!! I don’t know if I’ll be able to see this performance but I am going to try!!! If not, I really hope she gets filmed in the role!!!
SomethingPeculiar said: "I wonder if Andrews was ever offered Sally in FOLLIES (in the 1985 concert version or in another revival)? She would have been 50 at the time of the live recording-- the perfect age, and still in good voice."
I think Julie is much more of a Phyllis than a Sally. She performed “Could I Leave You” in the original off-Broadway production of “Putting it Together.”
