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Posted: 4/4/05 at 6:25pmi was watching the movie the other night and it reminded me that there was a musical. did anyone see it and if so, was it any good? was it like the movie? thanks!
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
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#1re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 6:30pm
I saw it, and had a lot of fun. But I was kind of young, and don't remember many details. It's funny to look in my playbill, though, at the cast list and see who was in it. Aside from Jeremy Kushnier, I think I saw Hunter Foster in the ensemble, for example. There were more people like that, but I can't remember off the top of my head.
Anyway, in retrospect, I saw the movie for the first time about a year ago, and hated it. I saw a regional production that was essentially the same as the Broadway one had been. It wasn't abysmal, but I found myself wondering what I had liked so much about it, aside from the music being kind of fun. I read stuff about it, and people really seemed not to like it at all. *shrug*
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#3re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 7:12pmWhat was the critical reaction to this show? Anyone know how many stars the Post gave it?
sassypanz
Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/05
#5re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 7:27pmAfter doing the musical I hate the movie.
"You know just because you put a smiley face after it doesn't change the fact that it was an a-hole comment." ~ Sumofallthings
#6re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 8:43pmI've seen this shows many times regionally and it is a fun show. Nothing that is spectacular, but it is fun.
David walked into the valley
With a stone clutched in his hand
He was only a boy
But he knew someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
-Into the Fire
Scarlet Pimpernel
#7re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:23pmDee Hoty was in the show! And Jennifer Laura Thompson! They're pretty famous, at least I'd say! Jennifer Laura Thompson's got a Tony nod, and Dee Hoty's done plenty!
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#8re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:25pmIt's a pretty bad show, but it's a LOT of fun.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#9re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:36pm
I like Chris Jarvis. He played Ren in the UK tour. hottie. also the UK tour replaced "Let's Make Believe We're in Love" with "Still Rockin'" which was an awesome choice.
http://www.footloosethemusical.co.uk/
Updated On: 4/4/05 at 10:36 PM
#10re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:36pm
When I saw the show, the musical arrangements were BRILLIANT, and the songs and the performers were so energetic. The script had mountains of flaws and false moments, but I was having so much fun that I didn't care.
If someone could give the book a makeover, the musical would make a great movie. I've posted my cast list for THAT many times.
musicnmath
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/13/05
#11re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:36pm
I just loved the show in that guilty pleasure kind of way. I've never seen the movie all the way through. I've since tried to watch it, but the fact that they don't actually sing the songs drives me nuts.
:)
#12re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:42pm
Ok, Jennifer Laura Thompson didn't get a Tony nod for Footloose, if that is what you are saying BroadwayNick? Actually, Dee Hoty got a nod for Footloose, and Jen would go on to get one for Urinetown. I was a big fan of the movie as a child, and I remember seeing the musical and loving every waking moment of it. Jeremy was out the day I saw, but a little unknown guy named Hunter Foster u/s him, and he was wonderful.
I was already in the height of my JLT amazement by this point, so Footloose was always a favorite. After doing the show a summer or two ago, and being reintroduced to the book, I realize how campy and silly it was, but it will still hold a place in my heart.
I love Footloose.
BwayTheatre11
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/25/03
#13re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:44pm
Footloose was my first professional Broadway production. I saw the first stop of the first national tour in Cleveland, OH December of 1998. It was also my first cast recording. So, this show will always have a special place in my heart. 
I also saw the tour with our very own Natalie Buster.
CCM '10!
renthead2005z
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/2/05
#14re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 10:49pmGreat show...one of my first broadway cds, so i have a little spot for it.
"Why do we play with fire?-Why do we run our fingers through the flame?"
broadwaybelter
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/26/04
#15re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 11:52pmi know i hated the movie...i saw a local production and loved it!!
erinrebecca
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/29/04
#16re: footloose
Posted: 4/4/05 at 11:59pm
Footloose was a fun show. I saw it a few times on Broadway and there were a lot of talented performers in that cast, Jeremy, Tom Plotkin, Orfeh, Jennifer, Stacy Francis.
Bwaytheatre11, are you sure you saw a tour in Dec. '98? It's surprising that a tour would have started so soon after the Broadway opening.
#17re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 12:14am
oh my god.
i finally got a paying job, as chuck cranston in footloose, in new hampshire, after a year of not working. footloose was the first show i saw on broadway, i had seen annie on tour and other shows but that show truly made me want to do this for a living. that entire cast was so full of talent.
yes there are some flaws with the book and story. but it really is an uplifting show.
well i don't know if i should divulge but i know some actors from the obc and they said that there was some major usage of "up lifting" substanses during that run. if you saw the show then you would know why. the choreo was INFING SANE. there were also some kids who quite theatre after doing the first national because there bodys were shot.
anyway i think the show is fun and it is great to be doing the show that i first saw on broadway
Updated On: 4/5/05 at 12:14 AM
#18re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 12:40amI saw the show a few times on Broadway, absolutely loved it. And recently, I got Jeremy Kushnier and JLT to sign the playbills when I stopped by Rent and Wicked.
#19re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 5:27pm
Orfeh was a fantastic RUSTY!!!! It's why I've come to love those little white slips that fall out of the playbill...
#20re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 5:36pm
I recently played Williard in Footloose and I LOVE the show; yes, the script needs a lot of editing, but it's a great show for community theater and I LOVED it when I saw it on Broadway. I thought the choreography and cast were amazing.
I really think it's the energy that makes this show. The cast on Broadway was so great; all youthful and energetic and they just made you want to dance.
#21re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 5:49pmthe show is GREAT. the community theatre that i'm involved in is doing it this summer...so i'm hoping to get a decent part in it!!
"It is a curious thought, but it's only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them."
#22re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 5:54pmthanks so much you guys. I wish i saw it. Oh well.
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#23re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 5:56pmth tour, starring the wonderful joe machota, started a month after the broadway production opened.
#24re: footloose
Posted: 4/5/05 at 7:09pmis it me or is Jeremy rapping on the recording?
"At the opening night party, they had clowns on stilts, jugglers, a chocolate fountain, popcorn, hot dogs. [My son] looked at me like I had been holding back. Like, 'This is what you do?' I had to tell him, 'No, no, darling. Opening nights don't usually look like this.' It's usually a dark bar with a bottle of vodka." ?Chitty Chitty Bang Bang's Jan Maxwell
plus i proudly share the title of the shortest member over the age of 10 with wickedrentq!
