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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: jconnors 08:37 pm EDT 06/24/19 | |
| In reply to: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - T.B._Admin. 07:24 pm EDT 06/24/19 | |
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| "a weak Sondheim score" Uh, no. |
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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: barna99 10:35 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - jconnors 08:37 pm EDT 06/24/19 | |
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| I also agree that "Passion" is an exquisite score. Some of the most beautiful melodies and the OBC with Murphy is glorious. I still do not understand why it still gets bad press. I remember the bad press when it was previewing and I think some of that negativity still lingers. We need a major revival on Broadway. | |
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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: tmdonahue (tmdonahue@yahoo.com) 02:39 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - barna99 10:35 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| The revival of "Passion" at the Kennedy Center in 2002 with Judy Kuhn (Fosca), Michael Cerveris (Giorgio) and Rebecca Luker (Clara) was transporting. Having only read the NYC reviews, the effect of the Washington production was surprising. | |
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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 12:46 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - barna99 10:35 am EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| I saw the original production of Passion and loved it. But to be fair, it's a lot to ask of an audience at a commercial Broadway production to immediately embrace a score that is essentially one long song with no song list and no applause breaks. Especially attached to a story that people also had a hard time swallowing. Personally I am glad Sondheim wrote what he was inspired to write. You could see him heading in that direction for a long time, moving farther away from "songs" and more into extended musical scenes/sequences. I think Passion was the culmination of that. But I am not at all surprised that it wasn't popular. I think a (normal, non-John Doyle-ized) revival might be revealing. I saw Passion in Chicago about 10 years after Broadway and it seemed like the audience had caught up to it a bit. Or at the very least knew what to expect. The absence of song buttons and applause points created such intensity and focus. The energy I felt that night was like the audience was really with it. It was like you could hear a pin drop for two hours. |
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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: Ann 12:49 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - EvFoDr 12:46 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| The recent Signature (Arlington) production seemed to be well received - I thought it was enthralling start to finish. And I enjoyed the first production I saw (regional) - the music kind of washed over me and didn't register as songs. But it all worked. |
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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: dczoo 01:16 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
| In reply to: re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - Ann 12:49 pm EDT 06/25/19 | |
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| I liked the Signature production quite a bit. The night we saw it, there were a couple of guys in the front row who laughed boisterously throughout some of Fosca's more dramatic scenes. During the curtain call, Natascia Diaz left the cast and approached them. I couldn't hear what she said, but it looked like she was letting them have it. | |
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| re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 09:33 pm EDT 06/24/19 | |
| In reply to: re: TB REGIONAL REVIEW: "PASSION" in SAN FRANCISCO - jconnors 08:37 pm EDT 06/24/19 | |
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| I'm with you, jconnors. PASSION, like Fosca, is not an easy score (or show) to love, but it has layers of complexity, both musically and in the piercing lyrics. I find it much stronger than INTO THE WOODS. Laura |
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