Singing in the Rain
Singing in the Rain
AllThatJazz2
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/17
#1Singing in the Rain
Posted: 8/15/17 at 12:18pm
What ever happened to the production of Singing in the Rain that was supposed to star Derek Hough? Someone was asking me about it the other day and the last news I'd heard was back in December. Is it still moving forward? Or pretty much DOA?
MCfan2
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/06
#2Singing in the Rain
Posted: 8/15/17 at 1:21pm
The most recent reports I can find, from last summer, say that the show was postponed because there weren't any available theaters. Here's one such report: http://www.playbill.com/article/derek-hough-responds-to-singin-in-the-rain-broadway-delay
coreman009
Stand-by Joined: 11/30/13
#3Singing in the Rain
Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:15pm
I really hope it makes its way to Broadway with Derek Hough. He's such a brilliant performer in every way.
Now he's got World Of Dance which is a big gig, but it's just once a year and I imagine it doesn't take up a ton of his time (it's pre-taped). Besides that, his schedule seems fairly open.
I'm afraid there's a chance producers have just moved on from this. Outta sight, outta mind.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
#4Singing in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 1:29am
According to Derek on the WWHL After Show tonight, this is still in the works.
I'd much prefer a Robbie Fairchild helmed version.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#5Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 11:33am
Considering Harvey Weinstein was producing --- I very much doubt it's happening. Harvey's a little busy with other things at the moment.
Tag
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/19/05
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#7Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 12:00pm
Do I live under a rock or is Hough an actual star? I just can't see his 2 million instagram followers translating into Broadway ticketbuyers for a sustained run... this is an "I'll believe it when I see it" scenario, if other producers have indeed picked up the rights to SITR as he implies in the interview.
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#8Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 12:38pm
Tag said: "^Did you even watch the clip??
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Nope -- no time to watch a clip. Please summarize.
#9Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 1:21pmDoes singin in the rain” even need a star?
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#10Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 1:28pmI'd actually prefer Tony Yazbeck or Tyler Hanes as the lead in this over Hough.
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.
SomethingPeculiar
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/15/14
#11Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 1:55pm
Call_me_jorge said: "Does singin in the rain” even need a star?"
The stage adaptation is...soggy. It never quite works in the productions I've seen (though I've only seen clips of the Théâtre du Châtelet version that Weinstein was transferring). I think the magic of the film is in the three stars' performances, Kelly & Donen's choreography, and the cinematic "meta" elements, all of which are lost onstage. To say nothing of the songs, which are decorative but don't really drive the plot.
I adore the film, but I'd love to see a fully reimagined/revised Singin' for the stage. Maybe by Ivo Van Hove, and instead of rain, it's blood!
#12Singin' in the Rain
Posted: 3/1/19 at 2:38pm
SomethingPeculiar said: I think the magic of the film is in the three stars' performances,Kelly & Donen's choreography, and the cinematic "meta" elements, all of which are lost onstage. "
Four stars - Jean Hagen steals every scene she is in as Lina Lamont and basically walks away with the movie without doing a full musical number.
