Questions about benefit/staged concerts... Dec 17
2020, 01:27:50 AM
Double post
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Questions about benefit/staged concerts... Dec 17
2020, 01:27:45 AM
Have you see this documentary of how the Dreamgirls concert came to be from Seth Rudetsky? He doesn't get into the nitty gritty business side of things, but it's an incredibly fun and wonderfully illuminating look back on a very special moment of time.
https://youtu.be/z434H6tVYRs
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Hadestown Holiday Album Nov 20
2020, 12:39:39 PM
Very nice.
SiriusXM's On Broadway station has been playing it fairly frequently throughout the day. Each track is very well done, and I hate Christmas music.
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Broadway Cast moral code? Nov 1
2020, 05:55:53 PM
fosterfan2 said: "I remember reading that Sandra Church was Jules Styne's girlfriend at the time Gypsy was being cast,and that was how she got the title role. But after Gypsy,not much was heard about her. I only know what I read,because I wasn't born yet and I discovered Gypsy as an adult in the '90s."
I read a pretty recent interview she did, and she didn't mention that. She said it was between her and another well-known actress, and th
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Encores 2021 Season Sep 19
2020, 08:54:59 PM
Shoot, I'm only going off the clips I've seen and the character breakdowns, but Lilias would probably be even more appropriate for Sonja now then she was in the nineties! (Though there are some fabulous actresses who could take on the role.)
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Chad Kimball Sep 18
2020, 11:21:51 AM
The framing of QAnon conspiracy belief and full adoption of "Only Trump can save us!!!!" rhetoric as "a difference of political beliefs" and not as the utterly and completely deranged and dangerous thought that it is all in the aim to feel better about liking a particular artist is... Ridiculous and shameful.
I would think that most on this board would be less ignorant, but I would suggest some of you educate yourselves quite a bit.
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Time For A Gypsy Revival Sep 5
2020, 02:21:42 PM
TotallyEffed said: "I adore Audra but I know she won’t belt it. And Patti belted to the damn rafters. Unbelievably thrilling. I am fine with my Patti memories for now.
If only Judy and Liza could have done it together."
Gypsy is a lot of belting for the lead actress, but it's not a high belt. The C/C# top notes are right in Audra's sweet spot. (See: Down with L
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“The Hours” at The Met - Renée Fleming, Kelli O’Hara, & Joyce DiDonato Jul 30
2020, 08:08:45 PM
VintageSnarker said: "I wish Fleming wasn't involved. Didn't she say that she retired from opera?"
No.
https://www.npr.org/sections/deceptivecadence/2017/04/06/522876028/hold-up-ren-e-fleming-is-not-retiring-from-opera
She was just tired of doing her stalwart roles.
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Disney+ developing Once on this Island film adaptation Jul 30
2020, 08:02:32 PM
sparksatmidnight said:
As for casting, I'm gonna throw Zendaya in and see what might come of it"
...Would make for a wonderful Andrea as described by the book and the libretto.
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No stage door now how will people get an autograph Jul 24
2020, 01:07:48 AM
Jordan Levinson said: "Before the pandemic, I used to meet conductors/MD's by the pit when applicable and strike up a convo. Easy for me to say, because I've had less and less interest in meeting actors every year and I had avoided mostlyrowdy stage doors more recently.
I asked someone I've gotten close with if MD's/conductorswouldn't mindconnecting post-shows via Skype, Zoom, and email in the future, which garnered a yes. The same person will also prob
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IATSE Releases COVID Safety Guidelines For Broadway Return Jul 22
2020, 07:39:44 PM
HogansHero said: "Sutton Ross said: "Actually, it is up to the state to decide if and when temp checks and masks etc are required. Where did you get the idea that theatres have any role in this?"
"Venues must have a written COVID-19 safety plan in place that specifies necessary policies, practices and procedures. In multi-employer venues there must be a process for coordinating activities related to prevention and control of COVID-19."
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Rosie/Gaga lead Funny Girl to reopen the Palace! Jul 20
2020, 09:29:42 PM
QueenAlice said: "You know I hate to say it, but I think I've kind ofcome to the conclusion that this score just...doesn't sound that great without Streisand. Why is it these songs sound thrilling in her voice and basically sound...I don't know, kind of like shriek-belting whenever anyone else performs them?
Any star big enough to headline a Broadway revival of FUNNY GIRL deserves (and would do better) having an original new musical written expressly for their
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Broadway Musicals with a Solo Piano Orchestration Jul 18
2020, 01:48:18 PM
The American Federation of Musicians has rules that dictate the minimum amount of musicians that can play in a house set by the size of said house. I think the smallest number is three on Broadway.
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Actors With Unhealthy Singing Technique? Jul 14
2020, 02:17:27 PM
davp said: "Every time I listen to Harvey Fierstein sing, I wonder how he could possibly not be destroying his voice."
He has done plenty external damage to his instrument, but what we hear as the gravel and buzz in his voice is from overgrown vestibular folds. So if someone writes a script where ethnic Tuvans teach a white man how to throat sing, we know who to call.
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Actors With Unhealthy Singing Technique? Jul 7
2020, 05:50:56 PM
VintageSnarker said: "latitudex1 said: "I'm not sure technique played as much of a factor as much as him singing through injury and/or illness and the fact that he is very much a classic B'way baritone that was very much screaming (for effect) some of the top notes of songs written by and for a pop tenor."
Just curious. Any examples of Steve Kazee singing a song intended for a baritone range?"
Kate Shindle is mad at Bway World Jul 6
2020, 09:45:45 PM
Lousy said: "A representative from one organisation tells another private organisation what they are and aren't allowed to publish. I don't agree the theatre in question skirting current guidelines and putting their performers and audiences at risk, however Shindle's dramatic callout at a media outlet reporting it is a little "old man yells at cloud"."
Broadway World is free to publish whatever they want.
Kate is also free to lambast them
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Actors With Unhealthy Singing Technique? Jul 6
2020, 02:11:59 PM
RippedMan said: "I think there is def. truth to that. Take something like "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" - which is a show I've done - the amount of singing for the leads is insane. I didn't go on vocal rest, but to ask someone to do that 8x a week is pretty insane. Composers need to understand the limitations, etc.
Didn't Steve Kazee ruin his voice doing "Once?""
His voice seems to be back from what little public singing he&
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Kate Shindle is mad at Bway World Jul 5
2020, 08:03:22 PM
They've done deleted the article in her tweet? I assume so, as the link goes to the homepage.
Great! Great job, Kate!
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Question about all the GYPSY revivals Jun 23
2020, 10:17:01 PM
NOWaWarning said: "Glenn Close could never sing the role!
It’s all speculation at this point, but would she really have been weaker than Daly orStaunton?
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No. It's a roughly 1.5 octave role that goes up to a belted C in Ethel Merman's vocal arrangement.
After tinkering with the key signatures, it could have been no more demanding of a belt than what her Norma Desmond asked of her.
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Aunt Jemima in the 1927 SHOWBOAT Jun 17
2020, 01:08:12 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tess_Gardella
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