JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR 50th Anniversary Tour Dec 23
2019, 01:13:01 AM
There are no cuts. The original concept album clocks in slightly under 90 minutes and this production does move quickly from song to song with little opportunity for applause. Personally, I still would have preferred an intermission though.
Worst Broadway Show of the Decade? Dec 22
2019, 11:48:13 PM
I’m going to be positive and shout out my appreciation for Spider-Man, Wonderland, Scandalous, Bullets Over Broadway, Amazing Grace, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Beetlejuice.
Globefan said: "I wish they hadn't cast Sir John Mills as Gus in the 1998 version so they would've been able to film Growltiger's Last Stand, and hadn't cut songs down in the editing room."
It also would have been nice if they had captured it with better film. My understanding is they filmed on 16mm stock and that’s not the most ideal format for HD video. Still, if they had performed a high resolution scan of the original 16m
Bettyboy72 said: "A European woman next to me at Moulin Rouge was filming from the bun in her hair. No lie. She was completely stealth and disrupted no one. I did tell an usher but she left too quickly."
I've often wondered why these people who film shows don't get more creative like that. It's 2019. You can buy pens, binoculars and glasses on amazon.com that film HD video and you wouldn't disturb anyone around you. Not that I've looked into this
Little Shop Cast Recording Dec 20
2019, 12:22:40 PM
Jonathan Groff is probably the best singer I’ve ever heard sing the role. Lee Wilkof and Rick Moranis are actors with passable vocal chops. Groff is more than passable. That’s all I meant by over qualified.
Little Shop Cast Recording Dec 20
2019, 10:25:16 AM
I’m enjoying the new album. Groff is obviously vocally over qualified but he does some fun riffs and is very charming overall. I think it works. I appreciate Tammy Blanchard for resisting the urge to do an Ellen Greene impression and Christian Borle is just unbelievable. I never would have thought of him for this role but I’m so glad someone did!
rattleNwoolypenguin said: "Nobody else thinks that if they had made it just a CGI animated film with adorable and beautiful looking Pixar like cats this could’ve been a winner?"
I would agree with this except T.S. Eliot turned down Walt Disney because he didn't want his cats turned into cartoon cats. There's no way of knowing how he would have felt about this creepy looking film, but we can at least be sure he didn't want them to be animated.
SouthernCakes said: "Agreed. It needed something special. But I think there’s some pretty music! Much like Martin Guerre"
I adore Martin Guerrre. I don’t understand all the revisions. I like the original London cast recording better than the revisal cast album. It’s practically unrecognizable save for a few melodies.
I like The Pirate Queen a lot and it certainly had a lot of the elements it needed to be a hit had it premiered in the late 80s or early 90s. The only thing it lacked was that classic 80s Cameron Mackintosh special effect sequence, which might have been achievable with the act one finale, though short of setting an actual boat ablaze on stage I'm not sure how else they could have achieved that effect to give it the same allure as the chandelier or helicopter effects.
poisonivy2 said: "I know at least five MAJOR leading men who are gay but have not come out because of the rampant homophobia in the business as well as some major directors and industry figures who are extremely right-wing."
You know them or do you know only of the unverified rumor and speculation that follows them?
itsshowtime2 said: "The part I don't understand is why it appears to be such a big deal for BJ to move theaters. Touring productions around the country move every week. How hard would it be to pack up the set and haul it a few blocks away? I can't imagine it should cost more than 10-20 thousand dollars. Would appreciate if someone knows and could explain. Thanks in advance!"
For starters, the set at the Winter Garden was not designed or built to tour.
