| re: Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" | |
| Posted by: | broadwaybacker 12:25 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - MikeR 11:28 am EST 12/06/13 |
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| "Let the show/casting speculation begin." I'm sure it will be Spiderman, right? | |
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| Brigadoon or Superstar? | |
| Posted by: | FriendofDorothy 02:13 am EST 12/07/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - broadwaybacker 12:25 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| I've posted my suggestions elsewhere, but I would like to add 2: Brigadoon (title might not be enough of a draw, though the show is strong enough to hold up); Jesus Christ: Superstar. Superstar is a big enough title; ample opportunity for not-necessarily bad pop star casting (along with room for Broadwayites). Not the greatest show, but the score rocks. No pesky "book scenes." | |
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| re: Brigadoon or Superstar? | |
| Posted by: | MikeR 01:05 pm EST 12/07/13 |
| In reply to: | Brigadoon or Superstar? - FriendofDorothy 02:13 am EST 12/07/13 |
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| I think Superstar might prove too controversial for network TV, even after all these years. Maybe I'm wrong, but I do know there's a certain segment of Christians who find the show blasphemous. I'm not sure that NBC would want to risk offending anybody, when they appear to be going for the "family" demographic. | |
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| It would never be done, but... | |
| Posted by: | FriendofDorothy 02:30 am EST 12/07/13 |
| In reply to: | Brigadoon or Superstar? - FriendofDorothy 02:13 am EST 12/07/13 |
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| Annie Get Your Gun would make for a terrific TV musical (again). In our PC world, I don't think a gun-centered show (especially with kids in it!) would seriously be considered. Two other suggestions: 1776 (Memorial Day airing, with a rebroadcast on July 4?) or On the Town. Restore all the stuff cut from the movie. Some other time, maybe. I don't know which parts in those shows you could "star cast" effectively, but the shows could work on TV. | |
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| Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | MarkBearSF 12:33 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Bottom line from Playbill: "The Sound of Music Live! Is Ratings Smash for NBC" - broadwaybacker 12:25 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| I really think that some of the lesser-known shows listed here wouldn't get the ratings they need. Oliver! is well-loved, could draw the numbers, and perhaps the large cast could be more economical for a one-time production like this instead of a Broadway run for a revival. | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | Chromolume 02:28 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - MarkBearSF 12:33 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| If they're going to keep running these in the holiday season, Oliver! has an advantage of somehow being thought of as a "Christmas" show (lots of theatres seem to do it around the holidays, etc - I guess it must be the Dickensian thing. And of course probably because it has kids in it, so it lends itself to family fare that works for the holidays.) Someone above doubted that Hello, Dolly! would have the universal recognition to be enough of a draw - I would tend to think it might. I would love to see them try something other than another R&H show right away. (I would enjoy seeing a possible King And I for instance, but maybe a few years down the line.) | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | JohnDunlop 03:12 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - Chromolume 02:28 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| Instead of "Oliver," how about "Peter Pan." The 1960 tape/DVD version is out of print. Like "The Sound of Music" it's a beloved musical that has not been seen much lately on stage (except in regional with Cathy Rigby). Best of all, "Peter Pan" has a past history of getting high rating on television. | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | Chromolume 03:47 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - JohnDunlop 03:12 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| But there was a TV version of the Rigby production as well, which I think is out on DVD. I'd rather see a show that doesn't have a modern TV adaptation already available. (I'd prefer not to see South Pacific as an immediate choice for that reason - we had both the Glenn Close TV movie - good or not - and the telecast of the Lincoln Center revival.) | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | JohnDunlop 04:18 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - Chromolume 03:47 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| I agree. I had forgotten about the Cathy Rigby DVD. Because it's out of print the Martin version on DVD costs $119 on Amazon, the Rigby version in print is a bargain at only $5. | |
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| "Grease" or "Fiddler on the Roof" | |
| Posted by: | Greg_M 01:44 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - MarkBearSF 12:33 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| After all they aren't going with an second rate show few people have heard of outside of the theater world! Yes! "Grease" with the cast of American Idol/best singer whatever next fall's new show is...or the cast of Glee...and Dancing with he stars can play the adults - you know they'll add them! | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | lowwriter 01:30 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - MarkBearSF 12:33 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| NBC's exec behind this Sound of Music show wanted Oklahoma! originally. | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | FriendofDorothy 02:16 am EST 12/07/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - lowwriter 01:30 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| For the life of me, I don't know where you would insert commercials in Oklahoma!. | |
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| re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 01:36 pm EST 12/07/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - FriendofDorothy 02:16 am EST 12/07/13 |
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| The same places where they put them when they used to show the movie in prime time on tv. I don't agree with them, but they did them anyway. | |
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| Not with all those kids | |
| Posted by: | Major 12:40 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Oliver! is well known and loved - Next? - MarkBearSF 12:33 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| Live TV and kids don't make a good mix. Maybe as a filmed project. | |
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| re: Not with all those kids | |
| Posted by: | Thom915 (Thom915@aol.com) 01:07 pm EST 12/06/13 |
| In reply to: | Not with all those kids - Major 12:40 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| The kids last night were superb. Just don't cast someone who looks like 30 as the Artful Dodger. Also I think Mame could work and people would not be saying, Well she's no Lucille Ball." (Or if they were so much the better.) | |
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| re: Not with all those kids | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 01:56 am EST 12/07/13 |
| In reply to: | re: Not with all those kids - Thom915 01:07 pm EST 12/06/13 |
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| The Gretel last night was no Kym Karath. But one the whole they did well, especially Kurt who had some lovely high notes. | |
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