Maybe they'll film it with one of the Charlie u/s? Not really thrilled with who's playing the role next.
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.
Original West End cast members Killian Donnelly and Matt Henry will return to play the roles of Charlie and Lola respectively from Monday 26 - Wednesday 28 November 2018 whilst filming takes place
Question for the masses----I notice that more West End productions are filmed for theatrical release than Broadway productions. Is this economical or union reasons?
I had a werid dream on KB getting filmed the other night but it being closing night of the bway production like with RENT. Saw it on Broadway for the 3rd time with Mark Ballas the other day and I'm going to miss that show so much when it closes! Wish they would have filmed it when David Cook was in the Broadway show. He was the real deal with J. Harrison Ghee (Mark was really good too though )
I'm assuming this was done for economical reasons, but maybe also because the cast has more natural accents?
That being said, how I would've loved for Brendan Urie to be filmed (if they wanted like, a huge audience for this), or Stark and Billy to reprise their roles one final time, as that duo deserves to be immortalized.
Oh well, nothing we can do now. Excited this show will be widely available to all sorts of audiences.
OKBroadwayFan said: "Question for the masses----I notice that more West End productions are filmed for theatrical release than Broadway productions. Is this economical or union reasons?"
Lots of factors, but the UK unions are less restrictive, making it easier (and more financially feasible) to film a stage production. I would guess that nearly every "hit" Broadway show goes through the motions of trying to get filmed, and it fizzles out for a variety of reasons (authors/rightsholders, actors, theatre owners, other unions, and of course funding). That's why some "Broadway" shows get filmed after Broadway: Paper Mill's Crazy For You, Cathy Rigby's Peter Pan, Leguizamo's most recent show, Lady Day, Newsies, etc.
SomethingPeculiar said: "OKBroadwayFan said: "Question for the masses----I notice that more West End productions are filmed for theatrical release than Broadway productions. Is this economical or union reasons?"
Lots of factors, but the UK unions are less restrictive, making it easier (and more financially feasible)to film a stage production. I would guessthat nearly every "hit" Broadwayshowgoes through the motions oftryingto get filmed, and it fizzles out for a variety of reasons (authors/rightsholders,actors, theatre owners, other unions, and of course funding). That's why some "Broadway" shows get filmed after Broadway:Paper Mill'sCrazy For You,Cathy Rigby'sPeter Pan,Leguizamo's most recent show,Lady Day, Newsies,etc."
The show closed nearly a month ago; has anyone heard of any updates as to where this film is going to end up?
I *really* hope it makes its way through theatres and onto streaming services. This had me so excited and I’m suprised there hasn’t been much talk of it at all.
DiscoCrows said: "The show closed nearly a month ago; has anyone heard of any updates as to where this film is going to end up?
I *really* hope it makes its way through theatres and onto streaming services. This had me so excited and I’m suprised there hasn’t been much talk of it at all."
No news so far - I think they might be waiting for both the Broadway production and the UK tour to close first
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