OP, how was the presentation of the film...just wondering how it looked? Sometimes the Fathom events look great, other times they look like they’re running VHS tape.
I would just advise that if you see an actor on stage with a weapon, there’s a good chance he or she might use it in the context of the show. Are we really at a place now where we need to know about these things in advance of seeing a performance? I hope not.
Three, four or more decades ago, the Broadway Divas were nationally recognized names in many instances. Ethel, Carol, Liza, Barbra, Bernadette, Angela and more.
Today, the names Sutton, Cynthia, Jessie, etc. don’t trigger that same recognition. It has nothing to do with their respective talents.. Times and tastes have changed and gone are the days when a Broadway cast album could dominate the charts for weeks, months or even years. National television exp
I saw the final performance of the original production of PARADE at Lincoln Center. It was very powerful and moving as the audience was more than peppered with devotees of the show. I still love this show and that performance cemented my love of it.
So far, I think the best recollection in this thread was from the poster who recalled the final performance of FOLLIES; the original Broadway production. I saw it during previews in Boston...
OP, you’re certainly entitled to your opinion. The fact that the show is approaching it’s 22nd anniversary on Broadway indicates that you are probably in the minority.
It’s not my favorite show, but I would never call it bad...at least not with the productions that I’ve seen on Broadway and in the West End.
Perhaps the production is getting tired. I don’t know as I saw it early on in New York and when it opened in London. I did see a
CATSNYrevival wrote: I kind of love this album and I wasn’t sure I would. It makes me want to seek out a cast recording of Evita in Spanish or Les Miserables in French.
There are recordings of both shows in the languages you’re interested in.
For those of us completely familiar with the score, listening to it in Yiddish is no problem at all. I love that so much additional music is included, too. Physically, this will be a 2 CD release which is why the price is higher than most cast recordings on Amazon.
What a beautifully performed and engineered recording!
Poisonivy2 wrote: The latest A Star is Born. It already has a strong set of songs written by a respected singer/songwriter (Lady Gaga) and a fanbase from the movie.
This past weekend, I got together with 8 friends that had seen the most recent Cooper / Gaga version of the story. About half of them had never seen the 1954 version. That’s the one we watched.
When the movie was over, it was pretty unanimous (6 to 2) that the Garland version was a def
Zion44 wrote: i get a kick out of all these posts describing how they saw Oklahoma! at such and such point, and it wasn't dark, and it wasn't creepy, and the sheer ugliness of the plot didnt "hit them over the head"
In my earlier post, which you replied to, I stated that the dark side of the show was apparent. This latest revival believes the audience needs to be hit over the head with, what to me, was always obvious.
I first saw OKLAHOMA! in 1979, as a teenager, at the Palace on Broadway. I also saw the revival at the Gershwin in 2002. Even as a teenager, I saw the dark underbelly of this show. I also saw it in the magnificent revival of CAROUSEL at the Vivian Beaumont in 1994.
I, as I believe many of you here, did not have to have the darkness hit me over the head...or have Curly and Laurie spattered with blood at the end of the show to get the point across.
I commented on this film a while back in another posting. I was able to read the script last year...right before they went into production. I liked that, in the version I read, all of the characters were based on real people...no composites, etc.
I also saw END OF THE RAINBOW, with Tracie Bennett, and while this film covers the same period in Judy's life, it is no END OF THE RAINBOW. It's not as over the top as all that.
Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely look into this. I saw the original production in New York. Jason Robert Brown was "conducting" the night I saw it...and it was a little distracting.
Bernadette puts on a great show. I've seen her in concert a few times. A tour of the UK is, I think, somewhat ill-advised. Could you see Elaine Paige trying to pull off a U.S tour?
Who knows, maybe Elaine has done that, but the comparison was the first thing that came to mind as I was reading through this string...
There are a lot of great photos with this article. Worth a look for sure...
Jun 8
2019, 01:28:14 AM
I just went through this entire thread. Someone said they were glad that the tracks were coming out in batches...so that time was taken to get them “right”... This sort of made me laugh as some of the greatest Broadway cast albums of all time were recorded in one whole-day session, edited, mastered and replicated on vinyl and shipped to stores in approximately 10 days...give or take. I’m referring to, in particular, the spectacular recordings produced by Goddard Liebers
