It'll be interesting to see if there are any similarities to the reimagine being done in the Broadway production, or if it'll be more similar to the original. I'm super excited for Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose as Maria and Anita!
MollyJeanneMusic said: "It'll be interesting to see if there are any similarities to the reimagine being done in the Broadway production, or if it'll be more similar to the original. I'm super excited for Rachel Zegler and Ariana DeBose as Maria and Anita!"
Tony Kushner says his screenplay with be closer to the Arthur Laurents book than the 1961 film. I love that Rachel is playing Maria. It'll be set in 1957 like the original.
I'm just hoping Spielberg manages to get some grit into it that's believable. He's become so slick and "Hollywood" in how he makes his films and if he gives in to those tendencies I worry that the tone may be way off.
AADA81 said: "I'm just hoping Spielberg manages to get some grit into it that's believable. He's become so slick and "Hollywood" in how he makes his films and if he gives in to those tendencies I worry that the tone may be way off."
He spent years trying to get the rights to WSS. This is a passion project for him.
Very cool, thank you. I saw the show when I was a child, but never again. However, I listen to the soaring San Francisco Symphony's score of the show on a monthly basis.
I hope they do the original film’s version of America. The stage version completely pales in comparison. While the film’s America feels like an all out battle of squeals, the stage version feels like a bunch of bullies picking on someone for feeling differently than they do. I also hope that this team doesn’t undo some of the original film’s changes to the story, as most of them worked better from a narrative standpoint, like switching the placements of Gee, Officer Krupke and Cool, and having I Feel Pretty take place before The Rumble.
Hot Pants said: "I hope they do the original film’s version of America. The stage version completely pales in comparison. While the film’s America feels like an all out battle of squeals, the stage version feels like a bunch of bullies picking on someone for feeling differently than they do. I also hope that this team doesn’t undo some of the original film’s changes to the story, as most of them worked better from a narrative standpoint, like switching the placements of Gee, Officer Krupke and Cool, and having I Feel Pretty take place before The Rumble."
I'm not sure about the placing of songs, but I do know that America has a bigger scope and scale than the original. They go out into the Puerto Rican community during America
Globefan said: "I'm not sure about the placing of songs, but I do know that America has a bigger scope and scale than the original. They go out into the Puerto Rican community during America"
Interesting. Do you know if this new version includes the guys along with the girls?
Hot Pants said: "Globefan said: "I'm not sure about the placing of songs, but I do know that America has a bigger scope and scale than the original. They go out into the Puerto Rican community during America"
Interesting. Do you know if this new version includes the guys along with the girls?"
America has the guys too. And I'd love for the first poster to be Rachel and Ansel recreating the Carol Lawrence and Larry Kert run down the street.
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