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For reel NYC fans of cinema and theater: Of Sondheim, Sands & singing vampires

Posted by: WaymanWong 10:43 am EST 12/07/13

* ''Six by Sondheim'': If you can't wait until Monday night to see it on HBO, the Quad Cinema (34 W. 13th St.) is screening it at 1 and 3 p.m. Does HBO usually do this? It seems odd, yet there it is listed at www.quadcinema.com.

* ''Live at the Foxes Den'': Stephen Moyer (''True Blood'') isn't the only singing vampire around. There's Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale in the ''Twilight'' saga, and he's opening in this movie he co-wrote. He stars as a lawyer who moonlights as a lounge singer. Broadway pros Elliot Gould and Bob Gunton play a gay couple. Also at the Quad.

* ''What He Did for Love: Marvin Hamlisch'': PBS' ''American Masters'' documentary about the multi-award-winning composer is now playing for a week at Lincoln Center's Bunin Film Center. It features interviews with Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Carly Simon, Carly Simon, Lucie Arnaz, Joe Torre and many more. PBS will air it on Dec. 27. filmlinc.com.

* ''Inside Llewyn Davis'': Public Theater and MTC alum Oscar Isaac stars as a struggling folk singer in the '60s in this new Coen brothers movie, and it's chock-full of N.Y. actors, including Stark Sands, Adam Driver, F. Murray Abraham, etc. If you see it at Regal Union Square Stadium 14 this weeeknd, they give you a free CD of the soundtrack with your ticket.

URL: Trailer: ''Live at the Foxes Den''

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Just saw HBO’s “Six by Sondheim”-- a few comments

Posted by: jesse21 06:06 pm EST 12/07/13
In reply to: For reel NYC fans of cinema and theater: Of Sondheim, Sands & singing vampires - WaymanWong 10:43 am EST 12/07/13

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Manhattan’s Quad Cinema on 13th Street is currently screening SIX BY SONDHEIM twice daily at 1:00pm and 3:00pm through Thursday. The HBO documentary will be seen for the first time on the cable channel Monday evening at 9:00pm.

Those who have followed Stephen Sondheim’s career over the years probably won’t come away with any new information, but will be entertained by the film/video archival material of interviews with Mr. Sondheim conducted over the last fifty years or so. The various segments are well edited and assembled, each to make a point about songwriting, the Broadway musical, art, or about the subject himself.

While the documentary uses familiar performance material from the past -- such as Dean Jones singing “Being Alive” in the documentary about the recording session -- there are three new staged numbers.

“Opening Doors” is performed by Jeremy Jordan (Charlie), Darren Criss (Frank) and America Ferrera (Mary) in two parts, one early in the program and the other later. That part two is the highlight of the entire documentary. It opens with Frank and Charlie auditioning for the producer who is played by none other than Mr. Sondheim (a treat); and then goes on from there to the nightclub audition (Jackie Hoffman doesn’t get the part, but Laura Osnes does) and back to the rooftop. Would this ever be a terrific cast for a revival! (Or too bad “Merrily” has already been done at Encores!)

After a montage (from YouTube) of famous women singing “Send in the Clowns,” Audra McDonald picks up and finishes the song (superbly), while Will Swenson (in shadow) accompanies on the guitar.

There is a bizarre staging of “I’m Still Here” in a nightclub where Jarvis Cocker of the rock band Pulp sings to an audience mostly of “women of a certain age” whom we see in closeup. They often look like subjects Diane Arbus was fond of photographing. Well, at least, the number demonstrates “I’m Still Here” can be explored in unusual and unconventional ways.

“Six by Sondheim” has a running time of 1 hour, 25 minutes.

Click here for more information, per the HBO website.




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re: For reel NYC fans of cinema and theater: Of Sondheim, Sands & singing vampires

Posted by: TheOtherOne 10:48 am EST 12/07/13
In reply to: For reel NYC fans of cinema and theater: Of Sondheim, Sands & singing vampires - WaymanWong 10:43 am EST 12/07/13

Wayman, regarding "Six by Sondheim" and "What He Did For Love", I believe that documentaries are eligible for Oscars if they are shown in theaters, however briefly, before they are aired on television.

Good tip on the "Inside Llewyn Davis" soundtrack giveaway! Well worth it, people. The movie is wonderful.


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