Sondheim's new musical - All Together Now...

[chewy5000]

Posted: 11/21/12 at 8:25pm

...based on David Ives' play Sure Thing

Discuss.
Updated On: 11/24/12 at 08:25 PM

[aasjb4ever]

Posted: 11/21/12 at 8:28pm

WHAT WHAT WHAT?

[Kad]

Posted: 11/21/12 at 8:29pm

The rumored collaboration with David Ives?

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 11/21/12 at 8:31pm

What's happening on Friday?

[chewy5000]

Posted: 11/21/12 at 9:57pm

He's come to Melbourne to see "Forum" with Geoffrey Rush. They're holding an 'event' with him. Though light on details, it should be insightful. I'll let you know.
I see that I forgot to attach the link.

[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

Posted: 11/21/12 at 10:13pm

People have been talking about the idea (the story of a relationship from the present back to the moment when the couple first met) and title of All Together Now as though it was something new between Sondheim and Ives, forgetting that Steve first developed this with Terrence McNally back in 1991. There are drafts of a script, and notes, stored in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

McNally's version followed Arden Scott, a 30-something female sculptor, and Daniel Nevin, a slightly younger, sexually charismatic restaurateur; one wonders if this will survive to Ives' version.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 11/23/12 at 7:33am

Direct from the horse's mouth - All Together Now is to be an adaptation of David Ives' 'notional' play Sure Thing. He tried it with several other playwrights, but none of them were quite on the same page as he.

The show has a draft script, an opening number, and half of the second. He is also searching for new excuses not to write, following his injury.

[chewy5000]

Posted: 11/24/12 at 8:42pm

Clearly cryptic subject lines don't draw attention.

[Kad]

Posted: 11/24/12 at 8:54pm

Given the lack of completion, one has to wonder if this will ever see the light of day.

[trentsketch]

Posted: 11/24/12 at 9:13pm

That's exciting. I love Sure Thing. I just wonder how they're going to expand it to sustain a full length stage production.