MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
#1MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:44pmhttp://www.playbill.com/news/article/137975-EXCLUSIVE-FOXs-Glee-in-Talks-for-Stage-Development
Genius lasts longer than beauty.
#2MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:52pmKill. Me. Now.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#3MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/18/10 at 9:55pmAs much as I LOVE Glee I am totally against 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
rmusic11322
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/07
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#5MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/19/10 at 12:10amWow, they are really hell bent on watering down the market with their own product, aren't they?
#6MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/19/10 at 12:26amThank god I didn't decide to become a High School theatre teacher.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#8MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 3:40pmFrank Loesser must be spinning in his grave. He founded MTI for better things than this.
"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from."
~ Charles M. Schulz
jacobsnchz14
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#9MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 3:41pmThis was just a rumor and was denied by FOX.
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#10MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 4:30pmWhy can't this show just disappear?
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#11MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 4:43pmBecause gads of folks love it. (I am not one of them...but in a very small minority.)
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#12MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 5:25pmI wonder why MTI announced it if it wasn't true. Perhaps it WAS true, but for once logic prevailed with the Glee powers that be and they pulled the plug.
Will O'Donnell
Understudy Joined: 11/21/09
#13MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 5:47pmI know this is a HORRIBLE idea, but I can't help but get a little excited anyways. Still, a horrible idea, along with whatever Avenue G is.
#14MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 8:11pmThe thought of an "Avenue G" actually coming to fruition makes me want to kill someone.
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
#15MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/21/10 at 8:12pm
To be fair, the stage versions of High School Musical are MUCH better than the films they were inspired by, as the stage shows are played with a much-more tongue in cheek sense of satire towards the material than the somewhat serious films.
Plus, the music is reorchestrated in sort of a "retro pop" style rather than the techno/hip-hop sounds of the film. This is mild in HSM 1 Live, and almost jarring in HSM 2 Live, which seems to be set more than 20 years before the film.
romgitsean
Broadway Star Joined: 4/7/08
#16MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/22/10 at 9:58am
Please tell me this is all a bad dream...
God, I hate MTI. Always have, always will.
Recent Broadway and Off-Broadway:: Carrie, Merrily, Ionescopade
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
Next On The List :: Clybourne Park, Once, Streetcar, BOM
#17MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:03amThese are the people who give the rights to perform HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2. All of my friends, theatre nerd or not, hate this idea. Even my hardcore Gleeks/friends loathe the idea. Just do a summer tour each year and we're done.
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#18MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:07amAn absolutely horrible idea. Glad this was debunked. Talk about saturating the market...
"You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" - Betty Parris to Abigail Williams in Arthur Miller's The Crucible
#19MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/22/10 at 3:53pmYou have no idea how glad I was when this was proven false. This is the worst idea ever. I love the show and would hate for it to be ruined by a terrible stage version.
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#20MTI to work on Glee for the Stage
Posted: 3/22/10 at 10:03pm
romgitssean-
What do you have against MTI? I've always found them to be a fairly good company to work with, and a lot of their advances (rehearsascores, etc) have really helped school and community productions.
Besides, aren't you 17? How much have you actually dealt with MTI?
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