Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
#2re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 6:26pmYou know, Emma Zaks is going to make an adorable dalmation...
#2re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 6:32pmOr Cruella.
popular_elphie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/05
#3re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 6:47pmThe picture of who I'm assuming to be Cruella and the "dogs" just looks odd. And they're using real dogs, too. This just looks like a disaster.
eatlasagna
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#4re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 7:15pmi think we're getting the tour here in san diego... they just announced the shows... interesting...
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#5re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 7:19pmCan we see a show of hands? Does ANYONE think this is a good idea?
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ifuweregay93
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/19/06
#6re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 7:32pmMTF3 does.
WishingOnlyWounds2
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#7re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:43pmThere's going to be more dogs than people in the show.
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#8re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:45pmSo, is Emma going to be playing wizzer?
#9re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 9:51pm... WHY?!
AfterTheSky
Swing Joined: 1/15/09
#10re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:02pmI try to give EVERYTHING a chance until I've at least heard the music, but this just sounds ridiculous. I have to admit, though, the whole "from a dog's point of view" seems sort of neat and cute.
#11re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/16/09 at 11:06pm
"Typically," he points out, "stage productions present animals or exotic creatures using some form of puppetry (as in The Lion King) or dressing actors in animal costumes (Cats). But here, given that our premise is inside-out, we invert the equation: The animals are human and the humans are exotic."
"Thus, we present the humans in a heightened form of dress and scale so as to appear larger than life - as they would seem from a dog's point of view," says Director Jerry Zaks. As for the lovable Dalmatians, they will have "No ears, no paws - but, rather, a clever use of costumes in the black-and-white palette that will immediately set them apart from the human characters. This represents a technical solution to the question, ‘How do we present dogs and humans on stage simultaneously?'"
The article made it a bit confusing, but I'm pretty sure they are going with humans playing the dogs.
I mean if the show is all about the dogs then wouldn't you want them to talk and sing? Have a voice?
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"If artists were machines, then I'm just a different kind of machine...I'd probably be a toaster. Actually, I'd be a toaster oven because they're more versatile. And I like making grilled cheese" -Regina Spektor
"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
Brick
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#12re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 1:09amI thought this thread was a joke and I liked it better when it was.
TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
#13re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 1:25amew ew ewwwww
#14re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 4:50amI hope they capture the brilliance of the source material, as both the cartoon and the Glenn Close film failed to do.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#15re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 9:40amYea, kind of how they first announced how Shrek was going to be closer to the source material and darker and more adult than the films?
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#16re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 4:06pmWhat might happen is that the original musical "Cruella" will be cast aside by the director, due to indifferent reviews, will receive a million dollar settlement and be replaced by Glenn Close. hmmm from RC in Austin, Texas
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#17re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 6:27pm???? What at all justified that erroneous prediction?
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SueleenGay
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#18re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 6:35pmSince the whole show will be to scale of the dog's POV, won't we just see the humans from the waist down? I actually think Harvey would be an incredible Cruella!
PEACE.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#19re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 7:39pm
I can hear the critics now. "This is the biggest dog of all"
To think, musical theater once meant South Pacific & Annie Get Your Gun. From Bob Fosse & Michael Bennett to a musical about spotted dogs - Oy Vey.
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RentBoy86
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#20re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 10:31pm
True dat Roxy. Everyone wants money nowadays.
I'm going to guess that the costumes are going to be the guys in like white suits with black ties, or something "clever" like that.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#21re: Zaks Helmed 101 DALAMATIANS: THE MUSICAL Tour 'Unleashes' in Fall '09
Posted: 1/17/09 at 10:43pmLoretta Swit is in talks to play Cruella.
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