I won lottery seats for tomorrow night, as did my partner. There must not be much demand for this show.
I try to see all of the tryouts in Chicago, but I don't really have high hopes for this one. I'm not a big fan of any of Yazbeck's other scores. I love the source movie, though. I'm not thrilled to hear that the timeline has been updated and the setting changed.
We'll see . . . maybe the lower expectations will elevate my opinion :)<
I saw the original with Ebersole, and it was an incredible evening of theatre. I hear so many people dog on the first act, as if it is boring. I think it's a glorious pastiche musical with tuneful melodies and a strong plot. The laughs really come in the second act, and I think the whole piece works wonderfully together.
I just got my tickets for the 15th of August. I too am nervous about weather problems, as I'm only going to be in Atlanta for two days, so I only have one shot at this.
It looks incredible, and I've always wanted to see Yeston's Titanic staged. I feel very fortunate that I'm going to be in town for this :)
I really wish they would put the "All I Really Wanna Do" scene back in the beginning. Without it, Sonny and Cher's relationship moves too quickly, and it ruins Babe's joke about "Sonny's on a schedule.. A tight schedule.."
It also takes one of Emily Skinner's scenes away, and I'm all for more of her. Although, they could stand to tighten up the scenes at Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
They wrote three new short jokes for Lady in th
The Cher Show Jun 29
2018, 12:23:57 PM
I thought Teal Wicks was the weakest of the three the first time I saw the show, but she's really growing on me.
I think she has a thankless job. She gets the best costumes but the transitional Cher. She has to be tougher than Babe, but more vulnerable than Star.
I watched a lot of clips of Cher's show on YouTube recently, and I actually think Ms. Wicks is doing the most accurate Cher impression of the three.
The Cher Show Jun 29
2018, 11:51:50 AM
I hear a lot of people saying they don't remember "If I Could Turn Back Time" being used in the show.
Which is weird because I think it's a very memorable part of the show. The three Chers sing for the first time by harmonizing on it. Then there's a big scene with the choreo "turning back time" from Star to Lady to Babe.
The Cher Show Jun 28
2018, 12:27:51 AM
Also, they changed Georgia's repeated line from "You may not be the prettiest, or the smartest, or the most talented" to "You may not look like everyone else, or be the smartest or the most talented."
The line didn't get the awkward laughter from the audience it did before.
The Cher Show Jun 27
2018, 04:13:09 PM
WGN had a short interview with Stephanie J Block and Jarrod Spector today.
