I overheard one of the vendors at Chaplin Friday night. Someone apparently asked about a cast album. All I heard was November. No idea if that is when it is expected to be released or recorded.He seemed to be saying it would happen.
Great show by the way. The score was better than expected & Meehans book was, IMO, strong. Mc Clure was fantastic & will probably walk off with a Tony . Unfortunately Noll is horribly underused but that has to do with her part . Jenn Colella was great as Hedda Hopper & has a show stopper "All Falls Down" The finale "This Man" at his receiving of an honorary oscar was touching & before the song ended the audience was up and applauding loudly. The use of black & white footage with McClure as Chaplin was spot on.
Hopefully it will enjoy a healthy run & word of mouth should be good.
Lysistrata Jones recorded theirs after they closed. I don't completely understand why, and I really LIKED the show, but when it was open for like 2 months in a relatively small venue, it ain't like that many of us even saw it.
Almost all shows that are not massacred both critically AND financially try to record.
No recording typically equals no regionals, and it's regionals, schools and community that are the true moneymakers for every show that isn't a Wicked or a Phantom. (And eventually, theoretically, even for them!)
I saw Lysistrata Jones in it's short 2 month run, and I absolutely adored it. I purchased the cast recording the second it was released, because I adore supporting things like that even more! It is a truly special thing for the cast, crew, and especially creative team when their show is preserved.
I really hope Chaplin gets the opportunity to record their show. I personally think the score is gorgeous, and would sound stunning on a recording! Fingers crossed.
I found the score hit or miss. Sometimes it was kind of awful. It was just like the same chorus over and over again. And some of the rhymes were a little jarring. But overall, it wasn't bad. Just kind of dull.
I thought the idea of bringing mother back every like 5 seconds to be a little repetitive. It honestly didn't seem like Chaplin had that dramatic of a life until the end.
Do the writers get a percentage of regional show grosses?
"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
Not really a percentage, per se, but they get a royalty when regional theatres negotiate the rights to the show, which I believe is typically based on how much the theatre projects they'll gross.
based on it's grosses for the past week, it probably broke even that week. if it has a decent advance for the holidays, the cast recording should happen. soon.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
I found the music to Chaplin interesting and would relish a second listening. I think critics were harder on the music than they needed to be. When there is blood (as in the book) they tend to go after other things.
Would love to hear a recreation of McClure and Collela's find performances.
I saw Chaplin and found the problem to be the book which tried to do 80 plus years in 2 hours. It was like watching the Wikipedia version of a person's life. Hardly involving.
It had some wonderful moments but overall proved a dull evening due largely to the book although it is eons better than Spiderman, Then again, what isnt?
I vote (if i have a vote which I don't) for a recording.