HereAndThere2 said: "What I really want to know is which actresses will play those wonderful "Pick a Little" ladies (Rosie O'Donnell is "a given," of course)."
Rosie played Mrs. Paroo @ the KC, Marian's and Winthrop's mother, not Mrs. Shinn, the mayor's wife, so her character is not a 'Pick a Little' lady. Which begs the question, who will play Mrs. Shinn? Can we clone Hermione Gingold ple
Jarethan said: "So many of the suggestions are so damned old. Mame is vivacious, and it would be a damned shame if she cant at least do the kicks that Lansbury did. How about:
-- Anne Hathaway
-- Emily Blunt
-- Don't disagree with Sutton Foster
-- Jane Krakowski is a featured performer, not astar. Mame needs a star to have any chance of success
-- Please no on Midler, Murphy, Peters, Ebersole...I love two of them, but they ar
I was privileged to see her onstage 5 times across 5 decades and she was never less than luminous. Every time, she reached out from the stage and made me feel she was there for me personally. I’ve never felt that before nor since. She leaves an indelible mark and from the outpouring of love I’ve seen across multiple platforms, she had a similar impact on many, many others. Heartfelt thanks and sincere condolences to her friends and family.
Musical Master said: "I don't know about you but looking at Box Office Mojo tells me that Mary Poppins Returns has the same box office legs that The Greatest Showman did (maybe more so) and it may out gross La La Land's 150+ million domestically. I personally thought that the movie was so beautifully made and created with such love and passion for the first film that the "Disney Live Action Remake" stink doesn't even show up throughout the enti
I thought the IndieWire review might have been a touch offbase but here’s the review title from LA Times:
“‘Mary Poppins Returns, And she really shouldn’t have”
Still, criticproof...."
What makes the LA Times review more odd is he LOVED Bumblebee. I guess the world needed yet another Transformers movie more than an old fashioned family musical.
Encores' BRIGADOON will receive a cast album this fall Dec 7
2018, 04:24:34 PM
It’s availalable for download on iTunes but didn’t show up when I searched ‘Brigadoon’. I searched ‘Kelli O’Hara’ and found it as ‘Lerner & Loewe’s Brigadoon’
MagicalMusical said: "It's true that we have Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, but that one was written for television, not the stage, soit's hardly a full show, and it doesn't have music like Andrew Lloyd Webber's."
I think Oklahoma! would definitely find an audience. When it first opened in 1943, box office was good but not great. It was WW2 and the service men and women going through New York wanted a reminder of home. It had a great score and a funny book with heroes, a villain and sexual tension. The heros win in the end and go off to live happily ever after. It resonated with audiences and became a smash. With the current state of&nb
Dollypop said: "I have the original recording on black vinyl. Miss Hepburn's voice aside, it is the worst quality cast album I have in my collection. I've said it before, but it sounds as though it was recorded in a tin can."
Absolutely agree! A simply dreadful recording that has always bewildered me. Why was it so poorly done?
I have seen the movie numerous times and onstage 3 times: one amateur high school production and two professional productions. Once with John Raitt (who was too old) and again a decade or two later with John Schneider touring in the 80s-ish revival. The latter was a gem of a production and one of my favorite theater-going experiences. Yes, it’s corny and it’s supposed to be. It has a great score and with fully integrated songs and dance, represents the birth of the modern Ame
MCfan2 said: "Well, for one thing, they plan to update the score. I can't say I'm a big fan of the idea -- I saw a stage production here in D.C. with a lot of hip-hop elements added to the score, and I didn't think the change did much for it. But I'm willing to wait and see how it turns out.
CallMeAl2 said: "ArtMan said: "I love Adele. But do they really need to remake Oliver? Leave it alone."
My thoughts exactly. The 1968 Oliver! was perfect in a way no other late 1960s musical film adaption was. The only reason to remake it I can think of is to make it darker - but that puts it at odds with the score. And for my money Oliver Reed's menacing presenceas Bill Sykes was all the darkness required."
GeorgeandDot said: "I would leave this show to regional theatre.......
It has not aged well, at all. It has no relevance nor does it have a reason to come back to NYC."
This show is solid as a rock and only needs to be helmed by someone who trusts the material, as Bart Sher did with South Pacific and The King and I. It can be corny if played that way but doesn't need to be. It's a great score and I'd love to see a Lincoln Center
