Beth Malone just posted a picture on Instagram of a rehearsal space sign with the caption "Molly takes Manhattan", which leads be to believe that Roundabout is developing/work shopping the show for a New York run. Anyone have any other details about this?
BroadwayConcierge said: "Why would it necessarily be Roundabout? I feel like they’d be allocating all their resources toward KISS ME, KATE at this point."
Roundabout has been involved in developing the show for years.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
I have mixed feelings. I love Beth. I love Roundabout. I don't really love the show nor do I think it needs a revival. Maybe they've overhauled it and it'll be great.
It's a supposedly totally new version with a new book and a bunch of added Willson trunk songs (with altered lyrics).
It's been kicking around for years and years, with mixed-to-apathetic reactions. Sutton Foster was connected at one time, and (I think) Meg Hilty at another.
I guess they feel that they'll turn it into a hit if they just workshop it enough times.
GeorgeandDot said: "I have mixed feelings. I love Beth. I love Roundabout. I don't really love the show nor do I think it needs a revival. Maybe they've overhauled it and it'll be great."
Well Kiss Me, Kate is a great classic musical at least. It isn't begging for a revival, but at least it's a classic. Molly Brown's just kind of an old clunker that isn't really on anyone's radar.
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Having suffered through the original version years ago, all I can say is that this show indeed needs a complete book rewrite to be enjoyable to modern audiences under the age of 60. Hope they’re on to something, as I know it’s been a labor of love...
Mister Matt said: "I'd actually prefer Half a Sixpence over this."
I agree with you. I would LOVE to see a revival of Half a Sixpence. I don't want to think about how long it has been since I saw it, but I remember it much better than a lot of shows I have seen since then, because I loved it so much.
Have to admit, however, that I would rather see a revised version of Molly Brown than Kiss Me Kate. I just can't warm up to KMK because I hate every number in the show within a show. And there are a lot of them.
I saw this about 8 years ago at the New Play Summit in Denver. It does have a new book and music. I enjoyed it more than I expected. Kathleen Marshall directed it and Marc Kudish was in it. Dick Scanlan wrote the book.
Ben Platt is famous now.... Anna Kendrick wouldn’t be a bad pairing
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Ben Platt is famous now.... Anna Kendrick wouldn’t be a bad pairing"
Platt is wrong for Leo Frank for a multitude of reasons, starting with the fact that he’s far too young.
Anna Kendrick has a pleasant enough voice, but she could never sing Lucille Frank.
Are you remotely familiar with the show at all? It’s not a pop score and requires strong singers. Anna Kendrick could never sing that score the way Carolee Carmello did.