I posted this in the “Kiss Me, Kate” preview thread earlier today. Posting it here, too, for anyone interested.
When the last revival went to the West End, the production was taped. In London, the show starred Brent Barrett and Rachel York. Sets and all of the rest were the same...
This London production is available on Blu-ray and it's very enjoyable. I would've loved to have this with Brian and Marin, but this London edition is a lot of fun.
When the last revival went to the West End, the production was taped. In London, the show starred Brent Barrett and Rachel York. Sets and all of the rest were the same...
This London production is available on Blu-ray and it's very enjoyable. I would've loved to have this with Brian and Marin, but this London edition is a lot of fun.
oncemorewithfeeling2 wrote: Pull an Oscars and go hostless
The Oscars have enough nationally recognizable talent present to allow them to go without a host. The Tony Awards rely on a personality that has gone mainstream in order to attract viewers.
I think the Tony Awards will always need a "name" host to find an audience big enough to warrant the broadcast.
This piece names all of the past Tony hosts. There have been shows with no hosts,
Slightly off topic, I just wanted to let any “Sweet Charity” movie fans know that a Blu-Ray has been released in France. It’s available from Amazon’s French site and it is All Region. It plays perfectly on all Blu-ray players here...and looks and sounds fantastic!
The segment used to be about people we'd lost the previous year...the same year as the films being honored during the ceremony.
I've seen comments here and elsewhere about Stanley Donen's omission. He died the day before the ceremony; not a lot of time to wedge him into an already produced segment. I really think that they should just focus on losses between January 1 - December 31 of the previous year.
So the 2020 Oscars should celebrate the people we lost in 2
I really enjoyed Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE BEAUTIFUL GAME when I saw it in London. It had some great melodies (some of which ended up in other ALW shows or programs). I think the show was too UK-centric to catch on over here.
I also enjoyed SPEND SPEND SPEND (1999) with Barbara Dickson. It was a lot of fun, but the subject matter was too British; true story of Viv Nicholson...who won the pools. Nobody here knows about the pools...sort of a British lottery.
I’m glad I have this latest recording, but it will never replace the 2011 version or Bruce Kimmel’s remastering of the Original Broadway Cast Recording.
I love playing the Original Broadway Cast recording of APPLAUSE once or twice a year...it's a not-so-great musical based on a GREAT movie. I remember being sort of intrigued, as a kid, when Both Katharine Hepburn and Lauren Bacall were both Tony nominated for Best Actress in a Musical... I still listen to COCO, too...but it's a horrendously produced recording; sound is really bad. Too bad Columbia didn't record this with someone like Goddard Lieberson producing.
