Rebecca on Broadway
Rebecca on Broadway
cremi
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#1Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 3:16pmVereinigte Buhnen Vienna had confirmed that they are in serious discussions about a American version of Rebecca. Hope they won't screw it up like they did with tanz der vampire
cremi
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#2re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 3:20pmand the link to a austrian paper with the newshttp://www.oe24.at/zeitung/kultur/article187841.ece
cremi
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Fabrizio2
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/20/06
#4re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 4:53pmI'm afraid this would turn out like 'The Woman in White'. Even though I was a fan of that show, that doesn't change how successful it was review wise or financially.
FranklinShepard-Inc.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/04
#5re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 5:29pm
Well. The score - to me - is crap. Plus I've listened to the demo (which was actually in English) and the English lyrics were so bland it hurt my eyes.
But let it be the next big Michael Kunze hit on Broadway...
... right next to Dance of the Vampires...
Updated On: 12/18/07 at 05:29 PM
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#6re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 6:26pm
Rebecca does not seem as original as the incredibly successful Elisabeth of the same writing team most certainly is. However, it has a rather interesting score, some thrilling scenery (the final scene is quite the picture), and a very intriguing story, featuring an incredibly cruel villian in Mrs. Danvers.
Rebecca could be hit or miss. It is originally an English-Speaking World's story, and it has great potential to the show the world that Austria and Germany are countries to be reckoned with in terms of commercial musical theatre.
By the way, read the novel the show is based on. It is the same title and was written by Daphne du Maurier.
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Updated On: 12/18/07 at 06:26 PM
FranklinShepard-Inc.
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#7re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 6:32pm
Let me tell you, as a German myself: they aren't to be reckoned with in terms of musical theatre (at least if we're talking about musicals)
At least not up to now. Maybe the next generation will do better.
Updated On: 12/18/07 at 06:32 PM
#8re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 6:40pmMy friend saw it earlier this year and loved it. He also brought the program back for me which is pretty nice.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#9re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 8:03pmI'm sorry but European musicals, particularly the French ones, have left such a bad taste in mouth that I'm TOTALLY obsessed with them.
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#10re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/18/07 at 9:01pmI thought this was going to be a thread about Rebecca Pitcher....
cremi
Swing Joined: 5/29/06
#11re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 2:29amI saw Rebecca 5 times and i thought it was great. In my opion its better then Elisabeth. Still i think it would be wonderful to see anything other then Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia, Hairpsray, Wicked. A real drama like Les mis or Phantom or Miss Saigon. I do wish it works out.
#12re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 2:33amWas not the Pirate Queen a real drama?
Well I didn't want to get into it, but he's a Satanist.
Every full moon he sacrifices 4 puppies to the Dark Lord and smears their blood on his paino.
This should help you understand the score for Wicked a little bit more.
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#13re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:55amLove "Rebecca"... I was just talking about it with a friend of mine tonight. Hope it all pans out well though!
Little-Lotte
Leading Actor Joined: 4/27/06
#14re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 5:29am
That would be so great if it does make a transfer! I think the production was wonderful! Hopefully they keep the integrity of the German production and don't try to change it like they did with Tanz.
I think it could fare pretty well here since it's a more familar property, you got the book and the Hitchcock film, as long as they don't try to completely change everything!
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#15re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:26pm
Saw Rebecca several times - - - LOVED. LOVED, LOVED it. Just wait until it
gets to BROADWAY - - - you will see how fabulous it is!
#16re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:29pm
what is Rebecca about?
And what is the one that is from the ABBA guys that they want to bring to NY?
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
kooky
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/05
#17re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:36pm
REBECCA is based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier, I have been lucky enough
to see it in Vienna, the music and story line is outstanding.
Read the book or rent the movie to learn the story..... It is a classic.
The music will haunt you---it is sooooo beautiful.
#18re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:39pmyes... but could you give someone who has four books going right now a short synopsis about the show? Maybe some of us (lazy people) would like to know
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#19re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:49pm
The ABBA guys are trying to bring Kristina Fran Duvemala to Broadway. I hope they do. The score is gorgeous. I'm curious about Rebecca. I listened to the German recording and it has some beautiful music. It doesn't sound like the French pop acrobatic spectaculars (I saw the disaster that was Notre Dame de Paris in London). While I've never been a huge fan of Elisabeth, I saw Tanz der Vampire in Berlin earlier this year and fell in love. I'd gladly welcome a German musical as long as they don't try to turn the show into something it was never meant to be (Tanz der Vampire). But I'm not holding my breath.
cremi - B3TA07 thinks being an Dick is somehow clever or witty. It's so 90s.
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#20re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:14pm
Here's a detailed synopsis of the novel.
Rebecca Wikipedia Entry
#21re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:15pm
I wish they had kept Tanz the way it was. I loved the german version.
And I hate to admit it but I kind-a like the Notre Dame show too...
Maybe I just have weird tastes.
I loved The Light in the Piazza, Side Show, Saturday Night Fever and others... I guess I just have a lot of eclectic tastes.
"Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around."
#22re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/20/07 at 3:16pmI have eclectic tastes as well and I don't mind admitting loving a show that is reviled by the theatre elites (Bombay Dreams), but I literally fell asleep during the disastrous Notre Dame de Paris. It just didn't make any sense at all. The baffling costumes and design, the acrobats, the lip-syncing chorus, the lack of dialogue and interaction between characters, the lack of book scenes and lapses in time to transition from one scene to the next, the flying dead Esmereldas (yes, plural). I wanted to enjoy it just for the spectacle. Outside a couple of songs, I just couldn't find much that was even likeable. It was honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#23re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/20/07 at 6:35pm
That was the bit where I wondered if it was all a horrible dream (though the people swinging inside bells and the priest-stalking movable pillars had already confused me). Dire English lyrics, terrible music on a backing track and everything you've already said put it at the bottom of my list as well. Based on this, Romeo et Juliette and Emport au Vent (sp?), the French just shouldn't do musicals...
ON the other hand, I quite like Elisabeth, Tanz and Rebecca - would love to see a (faithful) production of any of these in the West End :)
#24re: Rebecca on Broadway
Posted: 12/20/07 at 6:41pm
Notre Dame de Paris was awful. I saw it on DVD and fast forwarded through the second act.
Saw some clips of Rebecca and the pics in the program and the sets are just out of control fabulous.
Just give the world Love.
