Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
#1Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 1:34am
Just finished listening to the OBC recording of this underrated musical, I really, really like it. I'm surprised that neither ENCORES! or Reprise have done a concert staging of this show. I would like to see what they would do with the material. It would also be interesting to see who they would cast.
Updated On: 7/23/10 at 01:34 AM
#2Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 3:15am
I saw the original with Michelle Lee and worked on the tour with Lucie Arnaz and John Gavin. The show is a mess and the ending is, frankly, so depressing. Nice score, though.
Ps, I never liked "Two for the Seesaw."
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husk_charmer
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#2Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 10:56amI would love to see them do this. I think Idina Menzel would make a very good Geittel. My big fear is who do we have, male dancer wise, that could play David?
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#3Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 11:17amMenzel did come to mind when I was thinking about an actress who could play "Geittel".
#4Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 11:23amShe does seem the obvious choice. I listened to the cast recording the other day and was thinking how nice it would be also if Encores did the show
#5Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 11:29am
@ allofmylife: I love "Two for the Seesaw".
@ Jordan Catalano: Yes she does seem the obvious choice. Mandy Gonzalez also came to mind as well.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#6Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 11:38amBut is there a nice, WASP-y leading man around?
#7Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:22pmI think the score has its moments. I like the finale, despite its sadness. Perhaps. I'd rather see them tackle an obscure Kander and Ebb show first though.
#8Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:32pm
I am a huge lover of Cy Coleman and would love for this to get a staging. The score is a little uneven imo, but the good far outweighs the mediocre. And I consider "Nobody Does It Like Me" to be a bona fide classic.
....but the world goes 'round
Borstalboy
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#9Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:36pmIf they can do APPLAUSE, the can do SEESAW.
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#10Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:38pmYes! I'd also like them to do "Raisin".
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Borstalboy
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#11Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 12:58pmBTW, I'm thinking the Kritzer and Patrick Wilson for SEESAW.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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#12Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 1:07pm^^^That's brilliant casting, BB.^^^
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#13Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 3:59pmI also agree with Borstalboy! (What is this world coming to?)
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#14Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 5:06pm
Kritzer and Patrick Wilson for SEESAW
That deserves a Facebook group.
#15Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 5:41pmYes it does, but not until Encores does The Golden Apple.
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DAME
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#16Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 5:48pmYuck. Awful show.
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#17Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 7:08pm
I say an Encores! season of Seesaw, The Golden Apple, and The Grand Tour.
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#18Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/23/10 at 7:14pmI'm almost tempted to start a facebook campaign to get this going...
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/24/10 at 8:56amI swear to God, there has to be some kind of rights f**kery going on with THE GOLDEN APPLE...there's no reason why no one has tried to do a concert of it yet.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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alterego
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#20Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/24/10 at 10:28amSEESAW - Another sweetly charitable view of New York. (The New Yorker).
#21Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/24/10 at 4:05pmSEESAW was the first broadway show I ever saw....I admit, I don't remember all that much safe for Michelle Lee and Tommy Tune...sat in the VERY last row of the then Uris Theatre.....it'd be great for Encores to do it. Someone needs to revive shows that never get revived...not just the same old same old. (Don't get me wrong, I like the same old's as much as anyone does...but lets see something else that we can rediscover)
#22Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/24/10 at 6:59pm
The people who run Encores are snobs.
They should do fun but flawed shows like Seesaw, Golden Rainbow, I Had a Ball, etc., with STARS. I am not paying good money for C-level stars.
I want Seth MacFarlane and Anne Hathaway in a show, not Leslie Kritzer, whom 16 people know and care about.
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bryan2
Broadway Star Joined: 12/19/06
#23Isn't it time that ENCORES! does SEESAW?
Posted: 7/26/10 at 12:22pm
i like the score from Seasaw but if you listen
all the songs sung by Michelle Lee sound almost identical
strange to me her voice does not change at all during any song
always the same very bland sound mostly
..I do like it but the show is kind of
"dated"
