I finished the documentary today and I found it upsetting. There's no damning evidence provided beyond their words, but if he did it it's upsetting and if he didn't do it and they're lying it's also upsetting. We may never know. The slumber parties, and the faxes and phone messages which are documented are all very unusual and highly unsettling. How any of this will effect the musical remains to be seen.
Cruel Intentions the Musical Mar 8
2019, 02:14:44 PM
The cast album is available digitally now. I didn’t get to see the show but it’s a fun album. I’m surprised how many songs I knew considering I was mostly listening to Broadway cast albums in the 90s. I do remember the movie and it sounds like the majority of the dialogue on the album is lifted straight from the film.
I think Chris Pine for Joe is just perfect. He's got the voice, he's got the look and nearing 40 himself he won't look too young next to Glenn but still passable for 35 perhaps. I still don't see how they'll manage to make Glenn look 50 without that Michael Douglas CGI from Ant Man.
Sunset Blvd Movie Adaptation Casting Ideas Mar 4
2019, 03:28:52 AM
I actually really like the Chris Pine suggestion. He’s perfect for Joe. Now I’m going to be disappointed if it’s anyone else.
Shows Without Recordings Mar 3
2019, 02:50:07 AM
I forgot about Lestat. Elton needs to get over it. It’s not making money sitting on a shelf.
I know I'm probably one of only 5 people who wanted it, but I still wish the original Broadway cast of Dracula had been able to record a cast album. There were of course demos, and a studio cast album that was eventually released as well as a German language cast recording but I wanted a complete original Broadway cast recording with Tom Hewitt, Melissa Errico, Kelli O'Hara and Doug Besterman's superior orchestrations compared to the more rock oriented orchestr
Mister Matt said: "Would this be a restaging or a full on revival?
New staging is the only way I could sit through it again. The original staging was one of the silliest messes I've ever seen."
I really enjoyed Bob Crowley's work on this, but I'm a fan in general. I thought there were moments of camp in the design like Amneris' closet and the costumes in the runway sequence, but I felt like it was appropriate for the camp aspect&nb
I think there may also be enough relationship drama between Hamilton, Eliza and Angelica and the love/hate friendship between Hamilton and Burr, outside of the Revolutionary War aspects of the story, to potentially keep audiences interested who aren't as familiar with U.S. history. It may work in the same way the article describes Wicked appealing to German audiences but for different reasons than it does here.
Hamilton: Das Musical! Mar 1
2019, 03:55:53 AM
I didn’t think Hamilton would be as popular in London and it seems to be doing just fine. I think American politics have become more of a hot topic around the world thanks in no small part to the current administration.
Magnolia/Kim Feb 27
2019, 01:12:12 AM
I really liked the recent New York Philharmonic concert adaptation. I’d love to see a full staging of that version.
Obviously someone wrote it and put their heart and soul into it. It's not fair to say no one wants it. It may not be 9 people's favorite thing but it might be 1 or 2 people's favorite thing.
It might have worked in the 90s had they done an out of town tryout, made the necessary changes between 1.0 and 2.0 out of town, and opened on Broadway with the reviews they got from version 2.0. If you go back and read the two reviews, The New York Times did a complete turn around and it went from a mixed "not spectacularly bad" to "Finally, a Dandy of a Pimpernel." but at that point it was too late for a rave from the Times to offer the help it might have had i
Was the 1.0 ending basically the same just staged without a working guillotine or was it completely different?
Manhattan Concert Productions to do Feb 19
2019, 06:22:43 PM
I’ve been curious to know more about 1.0. I’ve always assumed the book was mostly the same and they just moved some songs around, cut some, and added others but it seems the book changed a great deal too. I can’t speak for the new finale and I’ll miss “I’ll Forget You,” but I’m glad Nan put “Believe” and “You Are My Home” back in their original slots.
If ticket sales are good and they have a performer in mind like when Laura Osnes came in between Kelli's engagements in South Pacific, someone like Laura or Stephanie J. Block could possibly keep the show going for a few weeks while Kelli is doing King and I. I don't know if she has any concert engagements or if other cast members have gigs preventing an extension, but if not the show could potentially extend and survive a few weeks without her.
