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What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
chrisampm2
Broadway Star Joined: 5/26/07
#100What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/18/14 at 7:00pmGolden Boy, I agree with you about Gypsy's climax. And I imagine that the the first time you saw it, when Rose realizes she did it all for herself you didn't think, "Wow. I didn't see that coming."
#101What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/18/14 at 8:05pmgoldenboy, you do realize that The Visit is based on a classic play of the same name?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#102What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/18/14 at 8:28pm
If KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN could be a success on Broadway, so could this.
There is room on Broadway for the dark stuff. Not everything has to be pitched to children, the mentally infantilized, lazy-minded Boomers and people who only respond to the tried-and-true.
"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.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#103What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/18/14 at 8:44pm
Not everything has to be pitched to children, the mentally infantilized, lazy-minded Boomers and people who only respond to the tried-and-true.
Exactly.
Glitter
Understudy Joined: 4/27/07
#104What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/18/14 at 9:27pmhistorical context: Cabaret (not popular with audiences until the reviews came out), Chicago (and we all know how THAT turned out), and Spider Woman were all supposed to be dark, unpleasant stories that couldn't possibly be successful on Broadway, because of the storyline.
Glitter
Understudy Joined: 4/27/07
#105What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 1:59pm
one more review....mine!
http://www.crewmagazine.com/article/review-chita-rivera-roger-rees-visit/
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#106What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 2:06pm
Cast member Jason Daniely put a link to a article on his Facebook mentioning the closing this past weekend... following with his words.. "Watch this space..."
Can't wait to see it.
HUSSY POWER!
------ HUSSY POWER!
#107What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 3:20pmI wonder if this transfers if Judy Kuhn will do this or Fun Home.
#108What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 3:42pm
I would assume that her role in FUN HOME is better. She basically has a speaking role in THE VISIT, with only a few sung lines. Out of the supporting cast, Jason Danieley makes out the best, given that he has a full (and pivotal) solo. David Garrison is also very good as the mayor.
Updated On: 8/19/14 at 03:42 PM
#109What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 5:41pm
Judy Kuhn has a show-stopping solo in FUN HOME...it seems likely she would do FUN HOME if she was forced to choose.
"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
Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#110What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 11:18pm
Excellent!
I LOVE "Yellow Shoes"!
#111What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/19/14 at 11:29pmYELLOW SHOES is easily a modern K&E classic. Reminiscent of showstoppers in Cabaret and Chicago.
Timmer
Broadway Star Joined: 2/21/06
#112What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/20/14 at 4:03pmAbsolutely, ljay889. More people need to hear (and see) it.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#113What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/20/14 at 4:16pmI preferred "You, You, You". That was the only timeless song for me. "Yellow Shoes" is cute but "You, You, You" had me CRYING.
#114What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/20/14 at 4:32pm
I wonder if this transfers if Judy Kuhn will do this or Fun Home.
She's been with Fun Home for years, and I can't imagine she would bail now that the show is going to Broadway.
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
#115What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/20/14 at 6:08pmWhen I saw the show at the Goodman, Yellow Shoes was a standout mainly because it was really the only big production number. It was cute and the only song I considered "catchy", but when mentioning classic Kander & Ebb, it's practically forgettable by comparison with the likes of Cabaret, Chicago, Zorba, Flora the Red Menace, The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman or 70, Girls, 70.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#116What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/24/14 at 5:16amI hope they announce something soon. News of a cast recording has also been surprisingly very quiet.
"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
#117What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/24/14 at 8:19amYeah, now that it is done at Williamstown, I hope they announce the Broadway transfer!
#118What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/24/14 at 11:29amI assume we will hear about a cast recording once it transfers, if it does. "Original Broadway Cast Recording" is likely the title they'd want for the recording.
#119What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/29/14 at 7:24am
Someone on ATC claims that the Roundabout is soon going to announce two more shows this season. Could one of them be THE VISIT?
Not sure where it could go though.
"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
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#120What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/29/14 at 9:33amI believe the American Airlines Theater has a winter slot open. (There's also the Laura Pels.)
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#121What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/29/14 at 9:38amPerson on ATC is wrong. Roundabout only has one more show, and that's the Pels slot. No more Broadway to announce.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#122What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/29/14 at 9:43amI thought they HAD to do 2 more shows for the subscribers. (Aren't they supposed to do a certain number of shows per season?)
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#123What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/29/14 at 9:55amSubscribers will be able to get tickets to Noises Off in place of an additional show this year.
dreaming
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/24/09
#124What are the chances of THE VISIT transferring?
Posted: 8/29/14 at 10:12amThat's interesting. OK.
