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| This is genuinely exciting. | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 01:21 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Tony Winner Ivo van Hove to Direct 'West Side Story' on Broadway - ryhog 01:02 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| And WEST SIDE STORY is by far my favorite musical. But after seeing video of the major departure in the Komishe Oper Berlin production a few years ago, which wasn't exactly my cup of tea, I'll admit, I began to crave a fresh and unique departure. The amount of DEEPLY REVERENT commentary these new artists give to Jerome Robbins and the original production is pretty stunning. It's very clear that they know full well how much pushback they're gonna get. Let's hope that they serve up something really breathtaking and beautiful. - GMB |
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| Link | Komische Oper Berlin | WEST SIDE STORY (YouTube) |
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| re: This is genuinely exciting. | |
| Posted by: Joe90 02:03 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: This is genuinely exciting. - GrumpyMorningBoy 01:21 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| The Komishe Oper production was pretty great in parts, if not entirely successful. I think that was due more to the fact that such houses - and their ensembles and orchestras - are not used to staging works that are from a popular repertoire. I recall that the spoken dialogue was in German, but then the songs were sung in English. It was a few years ago, but I recall that it had some nice directorial touches - the opening image, and the end of 'Somewhere' were particularly effective. And as potentially thrilling as a van Hove production of West Side Story may be, I'm really, *really* looking forward to see what De Keersmaeker does with the choreography. Joe. |
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| re: This is genuinely exciting. | |
| Posted by: AnnieBlack 01:26 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
| In reply to: This is genuinely exciting. - GrumpyMorningBoy 01:21 pm EDT 07/12/18 | |
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| I literally plan to buy tickets to this the minute they go on sale- can't think of a revival that I did that for recently! Exciting stuff | |
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