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| re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Posted by: Seth Christenfeld (tabula-rasa@verizon.net) 09:53 pm EST 02/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - Pokernight 07:20 pm EST 02/16/22 | |
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| But, you have to consider........if Encores hadn't done CHICAGO..................? Chicago is only ubiquitous now because Encores! did it. At the time, it was underappreciated, if not wholly forgotten. (And not even old enough to drink.) Seth, unless that's what you were saying and it was unclear |
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| re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Posted by: keikekaze 04:18 pm EST 02/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - Seth Christenfeld 09:53 pm EST 02/16/22 | |
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| Underappreciated, yes; forgotten, no. Nobody who knew anything about musical theater had forgotten Chicago by the Nineties. And nobody who doesn't know anything about musical theater had ever possessed any information to forget. | |
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| re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 04:58 pm EST 02/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - keikekaze 04:18 pm EST 02/17/22 | |
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| I don't know what their written or commonly understood mission statement was in the early/mid 90s, but I think underappreciated is enough for it to fall into their purview... and I don't blame them if they were able to get such key players involved creatively to honor/celebrate Fosse's least known major work (in that there's no film or filmed staged production, at the time, but was maybe the most Fosse of the Fosse works)... and if they thought it might have a chance to be a hit (not sure if they thought that way then). But any show as good as Chicago, by such massively major musical theater writers, that was so sadly overshadowed by the biggest blockbuster and critical success Broadway had ever seen up to that point... and met with mixed critical reception, deserved a spot at Encores even if it wasn't a forgotten gem from 20+ years prior. If you ask me (which no one did. :) ) |
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| re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:26 am EST 02/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - Seth Christenfeld 09:53 pm EST 02/16/22 | |
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| I don't have a long list of productions handy, but I would not say that it was forgotten, although a bit underappreciated. But it was definitely showing up in productions. Not as much as the standard-rep shows, but it was getting done in community theatres, dinner theatres, and so on, after the tours based on the original production that continued into 1982 or so. There was a London concert Crusaid benefit in 1990, and the famous Long Beach production mentioned by KingSpeed. It certainly was not forgotten in New York or the Encores! would not have been completely sold out in advance, the first time that had happened (and it hasn't happened much since). |
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| re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Posted by: ChattaMatta 01:54 pm EST 02/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - AlanScott 12:26 am EST 02/17/22 | |
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| But Chicago was not a household musical they way it is now, despite sporadic productions. I remember in college in the 90s, our musical theater professor introduced us to "All That Jazz." He presented it as a rare musical appreciated by insiders, but not widely known. This felt correct because none of us young rabid fans had heard of it. There wasn't even a CD, I believe, because a year or so later, they issued a CD and I recall being thrilled to FINALLY hear this full score. Then the '96 production hit and the rest is history. |
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| I recall that a student production of CHICAGO was done at my college in 1991... | |
| Posted by: MeredithChandler1973 07:25 am EST 02/17/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - AlanScott 12:26 am EST 02/17/22 | |
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| Everyone thought, "What's CHICAGO?" | |
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| re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. | |
| Posted by: KingSpeed 11:33 pm EST 02/16/22 | |
| In reply to: re: Amen. Yeah, Encores! is a terminal case right now. - Seth Christenfeld 09:53 pm EST 02/16/22 | |
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| I believe there was a bus and truck tour of Chicago in 1993ish and a SoCal production with Bebe in 1995ish. | |
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