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| Posted by: liam44 01:12 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: CAROUSEL Tonight - pagates 12:40 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| I saw the Hytner production both in London and at LC. No comparison Hytner's was a brilliant well conceive production with Bob's Crowley amazing designs. Jack O'Briens is not very good revival especially in the design elements and his overall direction. If you watch the opening scene on youtube of the Hytner production you will see the magic he brought to that production, you can also see that Santo Loquasto seem to borrow freely from Bob Crowely's design. Watch how the top of carousel descends from the files and opens up, same setup on Broadway. Of course in that production we had a complete Carousel, here on Broadway, just one horse off to the side which makes no sense. | |
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| The Hytner production .. | |
| Posted by: jdm 05:00 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: CAROUSEL Tonight - liam44 01:12 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| had one of the most amazing beginnings of a show ever, the carousel coming together during the opening waltz. I believe Crowley won two Tonys that year, also for An Inspector Calls - another "wow" production! Jim |
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| re: The Hytner production .. | |
| Posted by: chamberlain 11:49 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: The Hytner production .. - jdm 05:00 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| An Inspector Calls was designed by Ian MacNeil, designer of the current Angels in America. | |
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| re: The Hytner production .. | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 05:31 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: The Hytner production .. - jdm 05:00 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| The entire opening section of the Hytner production was amazing, but in my memory, the most breathtaking moment of it was the transition from the very beginning -- with the girls toiling away at the looms in the factory -- into the rest of it, with the girl escaping the factory at closing time and running to the fairgrounds, etc. It was as if Rodgers had written those dark opening measures specifically to depict the drudgery of the mill workers, but of course that's not how the original production opened. | |
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| re: CAROUSEL Tonight | |
| Posted by: pagates 01:46 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
| In reply to: re: CAROUSEL Tonight - liam44 01:12 pm EDT 04/05/18 | |
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| Thanks, Iliam I saw the Hytner production as well and also regard it as one of the great ones - which is why I asked Sergius for his thoughts on this. Very glad to hear yours as well. I think our views are not universally held about Hytner's. But I suppose the lack of universality is one of the reasons we have revivals. And I'm also very glad for that. | |
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