I'm seeing this on Thursday. I love Laura Donnelly, so I'm excited. I paid the $59 Today Tix price, which seems pretty enticing before they hit you with the $15 service charge...
I've been on a Glenn Close kick lately, but, given that I sat through the Public's last abysmal venture into the Joan of Arc story, I think I'll wait for the reviews.
For anyone who's been, what's the choreography like? I'm thinking specifically of The Farmer and The Cowman.
I'm usually all for revitalizing classics, but it just seems to me that Oklahoma! is so hopelessly old-timey that a reinterpretation wouldn't work very well.
Ahrens and Flaherty have posted the following on their FB page:
hey will be dimmed on Wednesday, Sept. 19th at 6:45, at the theaters where she performed.
Gershwin (Theater Hall of Fame) Nederlander (Pretty Woman - for Jason) Broadhurst (Enron) digital marquis with her photo Shoenfeld (Passion) St. James (Bullets over Broadway) Hirschfield (Kiss Me Kate or Man of La Mancha)
I had to leave work as soon as I heard this news, but I think I've collected my thoughts a bit. I was lucky enough to see her only once, in Carrie, but I loved her so very much.
I just keep thinking of that part in Journey On - "I salute you. God be with you. I will miss you in the darkness of the dawn. Journey on."
For my money, her version of Losing My Mind is the best interpretation anyone's ever done of a Sondheim song.
What do you think? I'd love to see Marin Mazzie take on Little Edie, but, given the financial flop of the original, they'd probably need a major name for any producers to take that risk.
I'm not down with Jane Krakowski as Rose - I don't really feel she can tone down the sexpot vibe. Of course I also thought of Viola Davis as Caroline, but ran up against the problem of her being a non-singer. However, it seems to me that most of the vocal heavy lifting in the show doesn't fall on Caroline - the Moon, Bus, Washer, etc have most of the aria-like stuff. Or maybe I'm just desperate to see her take it on. :)
I think we should have an unknown as Emme. Of cour
So I've been watching all the clips I could find on this production, and I'm as struck as I was years ago on just how incredibly smart this creative team is. Tony surprised me in one of the videos - said that out of all his work, Caroline is his favorite. I'm not sure I think it's better than Angels, or if they're apples and oranges. But he was also saying that this musical (like Angels) is fundamentally about how we deal with change, and how prescient and relevant that is
I was just listening to the score again and my God, what a gem. I actually didn't know that it's currently running in the West End (with Lauren Ward as Rose!). Have there been any rumblings about bringing it across the pond? Maybe not Broadway, but I could see this working well somewhere like St Ann's.
I've only been there once, and I think the experience totally depends on who you go with - I took a friend who's not into theatre and she was bored and thought it was annoying. I can't remember the night of the week, but it was very crowded (we had to stand) and people were waiting to go in. The bartender did make a joke about my not ordering my martini correctly, but, as adam mentioned above, it's very much in line with the "sassy gay" stereotype.
On Saturday I got back from a two week trip to Russia commemorating the 100th anniversary of the murders. The last imperial family have in many ways been my life's work - years of research, etc etc. None of that would have happened if not for the 1997 movie. I was only four when it came out, but it constitutes many of my first memories.
When Anastasia first came to Broadway everyone kept asking me if I would see it, and I insisted that I wouldn't, since I refused to give money
I was just browsing the boards and saw an ad for Jason Daniely at 54 Below - looks like his Heart to Heart concert with Marin has been rebranded to "Jason Daniely: Romantic Notions."
I checked the ticket website and it looks like the same deal - Marin is no longer on the billing. Does anybody have any further info? I really hope her health is OK.
