Passing Strange filmed for TV
Passing Strange filmed for TV
#1Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:21pm
Great Idea
http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/07/spike-lee.html
#2re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:23pmYay! I can't wait to see it.
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#2re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:28pmI think they should do the same for In The Heights
#3re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:39pm
Both would probably bring a lot of appeal on MTV.
Maybe VH1 for "Grease"...
-Benjamin
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#4re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:44pmNice plan. Any idea when it will be filmed?
broadwayman17
Broadway Star Joined: 10/27/07
#5re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 6:49pmsometime in July according to the article
Yes, but sometimes people have a third deeper layer thats the same as the first. Like pie. Dr. Horrible
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
mll85
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/18/06
#8re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 9:15pmThis is great to hear. Hope they're able to find distribution deal soon.
#9re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 9:17pmnot surprising that spike lee is involved
#10re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 9:23pmYes and No...Y'all know I LOVE this show, but I think a lot of it's appeal is in the raw, LIVE theatrical experience. Hopefully it will be filmed with panache, but somehow, filmed versions of live shows never really capture the "spirit" and PS does NOT depend on fancy scenery or costumes for it's inherent power. Anyway, good luck!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#11re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 9:52pmI would rather In The Heights, A Catered Affair or 1 or 2 recently closed shows.
Poster Emeritus
#12re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:08pmGreat! I'm hoping a recording of Gypsy.
Broadway Shows I've Seen: Hairspray, Chicago, Little Shop of Horrors (2003), The Wedding Singer, Spamalot, Riverdance, Rent, Beauty and the Beast, Spring Awakening, Wicked, Legally Blonde, Phantom of the Opera, Sweet Charity (revival), Drowsy Chaperone, The Lion King, Dreamgirls(2010 Tour).
#13re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:10pmThat is basically the way they filmed Legally Blonde, right? Like with/without audiences?
"I told you, NO Rodgers and Hammerstein!"- Bart Simpson
#14re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:18pmI'm looking forward to this.
Rant, Wickud, Rant, Wickud, Rant! We're not gonna pay Rant! 'Cause everythink is Wickud!
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
"Leave Walt Disney Theatricals new sparkling production of The Little Mermaid on Broadway alone!!!"
lakezurich will be played by Paul Groves in the BWW musical
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#15re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:43pm
Really?
Grey Gardens isn't filmed.
Sunday in the Park With George isn't filmed.
Hell, Wicked hasn't been filmed.
But THIS? Oy vey.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#16re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/3/08 at 11:46pm
This is fabulous.
LuPone Gypsy next, please.
Stews Bitch
Swing Joined: 7/3/08
#18re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/4/08 at 12:37amyou know, Gyspy should be recorded....
#19re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:40amSpike Lee has experience directing live performances for film, so I can't imagine he'll have any trouble doing Passing Strange justice. It'll be great to have a record of the show to keep its spirit alive.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
gustof777
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/8/04
#20re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/4/08 at 1:56am
THANK. GOD.
I cannot believe there are people groaning on the board about this. Let's be honest, the show's days are numbered and this recording HOPEFULLY might boost some more life in the run and introduce this amazing show to a whole new crowd.
RIP Natasha Richardson. ~You were a light on this earth ~
TooDarnHot
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/08
#22re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/4/08 at 2:48am
"Really?
Grey Gardens isn't filmed.
Sunday in the Park With George isn't filmed.
Hell, Wicked hasn't been filmed.
But THIS? Oy vey."
Neither of the first two have half the commercial appeal, and the third caught on well enough to not necessitate a filming.
-Benjamin
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#23re: Passing Strange filmed for TV
Posted: 7/4/08 at 2:51am
BT, why the necessity of cutting and pasting your exact same post from hours ago? We get it, we get it...now, find a movie camera and film your own damn show
