High Fidelity changes?
High Fidelity changes?
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#0High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/10/06 at 1:36pm
Anyone know if they have yet made any changes to the show? I know they are planning on making some after the Boston run, but have they done any in Boston? I'm interested in the transformation it makes.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
Updated On: 10/10/06 at 01:36 PM
Katie2
Chorus Member Joined: 4/10/06
#1re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 1:20am
I've seen it twice so far and haven't noticed any changes (although the first time I went was opening night... they may have made changes during previews).
However, they did fire Katy Mixon (Liz/Jackie) and moved up her stand-by, Rachel Stern. Rachel is fabulous in the role.
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 3:46am
What was the deal with Katy Mixon then? Why she get fired?
Her standby (now principal) was good though.
"We like to snark around here. Sometimes we actually talk about theater...but we try not to let that get in our way." - dramamama611
ashley0139
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/3/05
#3re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 8:31amYeah I was wondering about that too.
"This table, he is over one hundred years old. If I could, I would take an old gramophone needle and run it along the surface of the wood. To hear the music of the voices. All that was said." - Doug Wright, I Am My Own Wife
#4re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/11/06 at 1:37pm
maybe it was like a Jack Noseworthy thing. no one mentions her attitude and then call it "creative differences" instead.
at least thats how Jack was.
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#5re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/23/06 at 4:20pmI saw the final performance last night, and I am pleased to inform everyone that this show is ready for Broadway. It was excellent. The lyrics were clever and funny, the book was outstanding, and the actors seem to have grown into their parts since the first reviews on this board. The show ran smoothly and in my opinion, it could open on Broadway today and do great. However, at the stagedoor Jenn Collela (sp?) said they're most likely cutting "Wonderful Love" and re-adding the very first song written for this show. I forgot what it's called and who it's written for however. I wish this show the best of luck on Broadway, and everyone should go and see it because you won't regret it.
#6re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/23/06 at 4:21pmJust wrote a review of last night if anyone's interested :)
curly120
Stand-by Joined: 7/2/06
#7re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/23/06 at 10:50pmI really wanted to go to the stagedoor after I saw it last week, but I couldn't find it...where is it? I'm planning to see a few other shows at that theater in the near future and I'd love to stay after if I could find the door!
tmz814
Broadway Star Joined: 8/21/03
#8re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/23/06 at 10:54pmThe stage door is in a little alley around the corner. Exit the theater and take a right. Turn right when you get to the dunkin donuts (at the end of the block). About half way down the block is an alley. That is where the stage door is.
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jennafan
Broadway Star Joined: 6/15/06
#9re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 1:01amI loved this show. Will Chase is amazing. I can't wait for the CD.
ElFantasma14
Broadway Star Joined: 9/26/06
#10re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 3:39pmTo clarify on the stage door directions, its a couple feet in front of the marquee for the Cutler Majestic theatre.
curly120
Stand-by Joined: 7/2/06
#11re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 3:52pmThanks for the stagedoor info! I wish I would have asked before I saw it...but I'm pretty sure Altar Boyz is playing there in a week or so. Totally off topic, but is stagedooring okay for touring shows or do the actors just think you're weird if you wait?
#12re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:12pmI saw the show in Boston on Saturday. I thought it was really great, full of energy, but I do think that Jen Collela was VERY boring. They might have to make a change there....
#13re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:49pm
during the boston run, they changed the show A LOT. I know when I saw the show on thurs 10/19, they performed a brand new opening number that they learned that day. And the night before, Jen Cotella performed the song "Let's Order In" for the first time, which she had also learned either that day or the day before. There were also other changes, but isnt' it insane how the actors, stagehands, and everyone involved in the production can learn a new number and perform it less than a day later?
By the way, the show is awesome... the set is incredible and Will Chase is outstanding!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#14re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 4:55pmYeah, my hats off to them for their hard work. I hope it pays off. I guess when you spend 8 hrs a day learning a single song, it tends to stick with you quick.
curly120
Stand-by Joined: 7/2/06
#15re: High Fidelity changes?
Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:13pmThey really do work hard. I was talking to the guys in the orchestra the night after they made all the changes to the first act. They had been there all day practicing and they were deciding whether to be there the next morning for practice at 7:30 or 8 a.m. The show didn't even end until 10ish that night.
