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| re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG | |
| Posted by: Ann 03:28 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - carolinaguy 03:21 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I hope I live to see it. And understand it. | |
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| Linklater is 59 now | |
| Posted by: TheHarveyBoy 04:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Ann 03:28 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| And will be 79 in 20 years (duh). Sure, there are still some filmmakers making films at that age, but... | |
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| re: Linklater is 59 now | |
| Posted by: MockingbirdGirl 06:38 pm EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: Linklater is 59 now - TheHarveyBoy 04:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Scorsese is 76. Ridley Scott is 81. Woody Allen is 83. Roman Polanski is 86. Clint Eastwood is 89. There's really no reason for him to presume he won't be working. |
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| "Well I hear" he's done the same thing with Sunday in the Park... | |
| Last Edit: keywslt 05:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| Posted by: keywslt 05:31 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Linklater is 59 now - TheHarveyBoy 04:53 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Act one filming was completed decades ago and they are waiting for Bernadette to age into Marie for Act 2. She's 71 now. In 20 years she'll be 72. |
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| Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein reportedly starring in film version of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG - Ann 03:28 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I note that the article described Merrily as the "acclaimed Stephen Sondheim musical..." While I agree it's a masterwork and a beautiful one, it has only 16 original performances; so do we now look forward to the "acclaimed" Anyone Can Whistle? (Was it nine days?) And, a bit further afield, from Hal Prince, the "acclaimed" A Doll's Life? (4 days?) Anyway, good on them! A film would be fabulous. |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: musicaldirny 04:22 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| "Candide" is another example of a big flop whose reputation improved with time and revision. "Anyone Can Whistle" is just too dated. The score will always be there, and a handful of songs from "Whistle" will always be performed. |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:03 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - musicaldirny 04:22 am EDT 08/31/19 | |
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| Candide ran rather longer than Merrily did, although if you include the Broadway previews of both shows, the difference was only 18 performances. But an important difference is that Candide got generally much better reviews, including raves from several of the major critics. While Merrily's reviews were not quite as thoroughly negative as legend and some books have it, Candide's were unquestionably much better. As with Merrily, legend and some books (including Look, I Made a Hat, where Sondheim described it as "a critical disaster," which is seriously inaccurate) say misleading things about the Candide reviews. The score easily won both for music and lyrics in the Variety poll of New York drama critics. It won three votes in the New York Drama Critics Circle voting for best musical, coming in second, although well behind winner The Most Happy Fella, which got nine votes. (The Most Happy Fella was not competition for Candide in the Variety poll as it had been eligible for that the year before. Back then, the Drama Critics Circle award was given in April, more than a month before the season was officially over. And since the Tonys were usually given earlier still, it all gets very confusing sometimes.) Variety tallied the Candide reviews as "four affirmative, one negative, and two yes-no." Lots of hits have not gotten as good reviews. I hope I'm not being too nitpicky but I think there is a really big difference between Candide and Merrily in terms of their initial critical reception. Anyone Can Whistle actually got several favorable and even rave reviews, but they didn't come from the three critics with the most influence, all of whom seriously panned it. |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 04:37 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| The word acclaimed has nothing to do with the length of the run. | |
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| re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 03:43 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - peter3053 03:36 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Oy. Merrily has reached a much more "acclaimed" status over the years, due to revisions to the piece and a number of high profile productions, and even a documentary on the original production. "Whistle" has not gone there, nor has"A Doll's Life." | |
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| "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: Indavidzopinion 06:45 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: Merrily now described as "acclaimed" - Chromolume 03:43 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| 1.] Reinstate the graduation song, "Behold the Hills of Tomorrow." 2.] Reinstate the Party song, "Rich and Happy." 3.] Do not start the film off by having Gussie blind her husband's mistress with iodine. |
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| re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Indavidzopinion 06:45 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Well, if we're going to ask for all of that, then I want the "Cream Of Wheat" lyric back in. ;-) | |
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| "I want it the way that it was" | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:24 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I also want them to put back Frank's wonderfully weird lines about how when he sees the word award, he sees it as "a ward. Something you must take care of." Cut early in previews. :) And I'd love to see Frank's brother, who never even made previews (I don't think he made rehearsals) put back. :) And that would mean that they'd have to put back the original Gussie. And, of course, I'd love to see them put back the original Gussie. And the high-school frame. And giving "It's everybody's" back to Mary. And so much else that they cut or changed. |
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| re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: showtunetrivia 10:14 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| Oh, Chromolume, that was beyond awesome. I am still laughing. Laura, who agrees completely |
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| re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... | |
| Posted by: JLagow (JLagow@aol.com) 09:51 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - Chromolume 08:04 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| I want “Now You Know” completed restores to the original lyrics. The music is obviously still wonderful but some of the new lyrics to the song are preposterous. | |
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| One so seldom get what one wants | |
| Posted by: jconnors 07:15 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: re: "Merrily"movie / Please, Oh Please.... - JLagow 09:51 pm EDT 08/29/19 | |
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| “One wants to move through life with elegance and grace, blossoming infrequently but with exquisite taste, and perfect timing, like a rare bloom, a zebra orchid... One wants... But one so seldom gets what one wants, does one?” ― Tony Kushner, Angels in America |
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| Fredrika to Madame Armfeldt | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:57 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
| In reply to: One so seldom get what one wants - jconnors 07:15 am EDT 08/30/19 | |
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| "[T]o hope for something too much is childish because what you want so rarely happens." | |
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