What is the plot, exactly? Rumor is they're hoping the audience is too high to notice such trivialities...
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
Looks like somebody watched Hair when they designed this...
Well actually the "hair" itself doesn't look all that authentic. But the giant LBJ puppet has to be an homage to that film.
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
I saw the trailer at the movies today. They certainly go out of their way to NOT let people know it's a musical. There is tons of Beatles music in the trailer but I think there is ONE shot (About 2 seconds long) where someone is actually shown singing. It looked interesting, but I still cringe everytime I hear the characters name "Jude" because I will spend the whole film dreading the moment when someone FINALLY sings "Hey, Jude."
My Boyfriend (Who knew nothing of the film) saw the ad and said "So they remade Hair?"
"Rumor is they're hoping the audience is too high to notice such trivialities..."
"I mean, sitting side by side with another man watching Patti LuPone play Rose in GYPSY on Broadway is essentially the equivalent of having hardcore sex." -Wanna Be A Foster.
"Say 'Goody.' Say 'Bubbi.'" ... "That's it. Exactly as if it were 'Goody.' Now I know you're gonna sing 'Goody' this time, but nevertheless..."
The movie looks a bit stupid to me. But I'm probably not part of the "right audience" for it: people who won't cringe when they hear "Hey Jude" refer to an actual character (as JoeKV99 mentioned).
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
I'm excited for the project, but worried about it at the same time. It's had a lot of conflict between Taymor at the studios, which doesn't bode well. I've got my fingers crossed.
I am really, really excited for this film- it looks very different, and potentially incredible I don't know, but the story and look of the movie seems amazing. But yeah, I agree...as soon as my sister and I saw the trailer, we were like "Well of COURSE someone needs to be named Jude...". Haha, oh well :P
My 2007/2008 Season:
Grey Gardens (7/5)
110 in the Shade (7/6)
Mary Poppins (7/7)
Xanadu (7/7)
Deuce (7/8)
Spamalot (7/8)
Jersey Boys (8/25)
The Year of Magical Thinking (8/25)
Mauritius (11/2)
Young Frankenstein (11/3)
Rock 'N' Roll (11/3)
Pygmalion (11/4)
Mauritius (11/10)
Mauritius (11/21) Mauritius (11/21)
Sunday in the Park with George (3/6)
South Pacific (3/7)
Gypsy (3/8)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (3/9)
I really hope this turns out well. I know people who worked on it, and I've been hearing about its progress for months and months and months!
"I thought that that was just going to be a like one shot deal for me, you know, but they kept talking about it like, 'when we do the production, when we do the production', and I was like, 'yes, yes, when you do the production, cool, I will come and see it'". - John Gallagher Jr. on SA
Complete agree. It definitely reminds me of Hair and Moulin Rouge, but I love both of those. I'm really looking forward to seeing this movie.
Although...shouldn't this be on the off-topic board?
So, that was the Drowsy Chaperone. Oh, I love it so much. I know it's not a perfect show...but it does what a musical is supposed to do. It takes you to another world, and it gives you a little tune to carry with you in your head for when you're feeling blue. Ya know?