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| Posted by: Delvino 10:56 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: DIANA the Musical in quarantine - Amiens 10:49 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| This seems the new model for television. Handmaid's Tale is among the first to go back into production, everyone yoked to the set and location, no travel to and from. Bradley Whitford commented in an interview over the weekend. It's the only way they can resume. One wonders what version of this -- already tried with the much discussed Godspell -- will inform earliest theater, post pandemic. Can a quarantined cast perform for a variety of audiences? If there's enough space? | |
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| Unlike Godspell in the Berkshires... | |
| Posted by: Amiens 01:05 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine - Delvino 10:56 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| I'm guessing the final result of this film will give no indication of masks or even social distancing in the staging even if they were employed in the shooting. It will probably be very slick and highly edited with lots of camera angles and takes. And probably far more interesting than it ever was on stage. | |
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| re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine | |
| Last Edit: Ann 11:14 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
| Posted by: Ann 11:13 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine - Delvino 10:56 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| Maybe tweaks in previews aren't so big anymore, but I wonder if putting it out there, in a permanent record, after seeing nine previews is premature (not saying they really had a choice, except to not do it). | |
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| re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine | |
| Posted by: dlevy 11:18 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine - Ann 11:13 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| I believe they've done some work on the show between the last preview in front of an audience and when the cameras start rolling. (But is this all that different from releasing a concept album, or even a cast album recorded before previews? Or, for that matter, the film of Love Never Dies, which preserves a version of a show that was subsequently rewritten?) | |
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| I think it was in San Diego a year before broadway | |
| Posted by: dramedy 12:20 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine - dlevy 11:18 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| So this isnt like flying over sunset that really had no audience tryout. And Scarlett pimpernel famously revised the show during the broadway run a year or so after opening. | |
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| re: I think it was in San Diego a year before broadway | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 01:57 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: I think it was in San Diego a year before broadway - dramedy 12:20 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| There were 2 very different versions of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Version #1 ran over 5 months but never officially opened. I saw both. I found #2 pretty enjoyable. I saw the original version of Pimpernel on Broadway. The book was a little clunky, but it's still my favorite Wildhorn show, especially the score. |
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| But Spider-Man V1 didn’t actually open. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:54 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: I think it was in San Diego a year before broadway - BroadwayTonyJ 01:57 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| I only saw the first version. I still think it should have been a 90 minute show. After the battle above the audience occurred, there was really nothing compelling to keep the show going. | |
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| re: But Spider-Man V1 didn’t actually open. | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 03:05 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: But Spider-Man V1 didn’t actually open. - dramedy 02:54 pm EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| Some of my New York friends kept telling me, "Don't go, it's terrible", regarding version #1. But after 5 months, I had to see for myself what it was like before it was revised. I bought a $30 rush ticket, which was easy to get, and was seated on the main floor in something like the 15th row or so. Act 1 was pretty good, but I couldn't figure out exactly what was going on in Act 2. Even though it never officially opened, a lot of critics finally reviewed it. The actors at the stage door told me some pretty funny stuff. |
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| re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine | |
| Posted by: Ann 11:21 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
| In reply to: re: DIANA the Musical in quarantine - dlevy 11:18 am EDT 09/01/20 | |
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| I think it's bigger than a concept album. If you want to compare it to Love Never Dies ... | |
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