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| Posted by: kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 04:46 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I mainly know the show from the 1995 Encores cast recording, which I really love! I didn't find the Roundabout revivial memorable. | |
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| re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:08 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - EvFoDr 04:46 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I have no idea what the revisal will be like, apart from what is in the press release, but I think the show doesn't hold up very well, at least on the page. It's too dark and advanced to be enjoyed as a piece of fluff not meant to make sense, but it's not well integrated and coherent enough to work as we expect modern musicals to work. I am doubtful revisions will make it work (especially revisions taking it this far from the original), but I guess we'll see. |
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| re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 07:34 am EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - AlanScott 07:08 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I've only seen two stage productions of Pal Joey. The 2008 Broadway revival was disappointing, although I did like the performances of Stockard Channing and Martha Plimpton. I thought the interpolation of 2 Rodgers & Hart songs (from other musicals, I assume) was pointless. Matthew Risch was competent, incredibly good looking, and sexy, but lacked the star quality necessary to make the character work, just IMO of course. However, in 2013 I saw the truly outstanding production at Porchlight Music Theatre in Chicago. Adrian Aguilar really nailed Joey Evans and was well supported by Susie McMonagle (Vera), Matt Orlando (Ludlow), Laura Savage (Linda), and Sharriese Hamilton (Gladys). As in the 1940 original, Ludlow and Gladys sang "Plant You Now, Dig You Later" and "Do It the Hard Way". Porchlight's production team was an embarrassment of riches with direction by Mike Weber, Music Direction by Doug Peck, and Choreography by Brenda Didier. I can't imagine I will ever see a better staging of Pal Joey, but I'll keep hoping. |
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| re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 01:23 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - BroadwayTonyJ 07:34 am EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Glad to hear that you've seen a good production of Pal Joey, and that it seems to have stuck closely to the original version. Sometimes smallish local theatres really are better than the big theatres. |
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| re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 03:41 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 03:37 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - AlanScott 01:23 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Well, there's also the legality issue, though in the past that hasn't stopped regional/local theatres from making unauthorized changes, but it's harder to do than it used to be. Broadway productions can often get the kind of support from writers/estates that others can't. But even then, I do agree that changes that are made in the materials don't always work well at all. Trusting that a show will still work as written, without the lure of that big shiny "NEW AND IMPROVED" banner all around it, is often tougher than it should be. |
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| re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 03:50 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - Chromolume 03:37 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| What is interesting to me is that Porchlight seems to have done the 1940 version (really, 1941 version since I would guess they did "What Is a Man?" rather than "Love Is My Friend") when for so long only the 1952 version was available. I don't know if the 1940-1941 version is now generally available or if (now that the 1940-1941 version has been published) Porchlight was given special permission to do the 1940-1941 version. Another factor that I think weighs in some local theatres' decisions is that revised versions, when licensed, generally have orchestrations for fewer players. (I know that's not what you were talking about.) And now I'm wondering if Porchlight was given the original Spialek orchestrations or the 1952 Walker orchestrations. Or if perhaps they simply worked from a piano-vocal score. Anyway, yes, it is now harder for local theatres to get away with revisions and cuts. |
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| Hasn't this African-American rewrite been bruited around since pre-pandemic? (re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey?) | |
| Last Edit: Marlo*Manners 05:11 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| Posted by: Marlo*Manners 05:06 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - AlanScott 03:50 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| I seem to remember that names like Corbin Bleu as Joey and Vanessa Williams as Vera were being thrown out there. Also wasn't there another rewrite being talked about very long ago with Lena Horne as Vera - maybe Ben Vereen as Joey???? I think a black Joey and a white Vera would be provocative and interesting - Vera really taking a walk on the wild side for that 20th century time period. There was a big hullabaloo about it here and some producers were pushing it for Broadway - this might be a tryout of the new book/revision? Also was the book of the original "Pal Joey" that bad? What I do know is that certain once popular musicals fall out of the repertory due to changes in public taste and fashion. The rights holders then decide to maybe punch up the book (usually) and change stuff to bring it up to date - revisals. The hope is that the revisal will take off and give the show new currency - for example the Lincoln Center revival of "Anything Goes" in the 80's really spurred interest in an old show and is now the standard performing version. It even was the text for the Sutton Foster revivals in New York and London. Also the once popular and often revived "Unsinkable Molly Brown" was reworked in a chamber version off Broadway with Beth Malone and kind of came and went. Then there are the beloved flops with great scores everyone is trying to "fix" - usually a failed hope. I think the estate of Rodgers and Hart have similar hopes. Also that revival of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" with Ashley Park I think was designed to quell criticism of Asian stereotypes in the book with the Chinese white slavers led by Mrs. Meers. Encores was probably working with the rights holders as a launching pad for the new version which hopefully might spur and revival and lead to more regional/amateur productions of a show that was becoming politically incorrect and racially insensitive. Marlo Manners (Lady Barrington) |
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| re: Hasn't this African-American rewrite been bruited around since pre-pandemic? (re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey?) | |
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| Posted by: AlanScott 05:41 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: Hasn't this African-American rewrite been bruited around since pre-pandemic? (re: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey?) - Marlo*Manners 05:06 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Lena Horne and Clifton Davis starred in what was called Pal Joey '78. The much-troubled production played in Los Angeles and San Francisco to negative reviews. Link to more info. [EDIT: ovrtur seems to have gone down for a bit but I imagine the link will be working again in a while.] You are probably right about this new version having been announced as being in the works a few years ago. There have been so many reworkings of Pal Joey that it's hard for me to remember them all. The original book (or at least the 1952 book) has good stuff and, IMO, not-so-good stuff. But it doesn't have much plot, it just sort of meanders around. |
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| I've never seen a production that worked | |
| Posted by: aleck 06:42 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: What do people know about the "rework" of Pal Joey? - EvFoDr 04:46 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| But when asked what show of the past that I would most like to see, it would be Bob Fosse in Pal Joey at City Center. What a cast! For reasons I do not understand, that City Center production, which ran 15 performances, was considered a Broadway production, with Fosse nominated for a Tony. (It's listed as "Broadway" on IBDB.com.) | |
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| re: I've never seen a production that worked | |
| Posted by: henny 10:15 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: I've never seen a production that worked - aleck 06:42 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| A wise choice. I saw it. An even better choice is the 1961 production which is not listed on IBDB. On the New York Times Machine, there is an article by Louis Calta dated June 2, 1961, telling about the three-week extension of the show. After 62 years the night I first saw "Pal Joey" with Bob Fosse is one of my great memories. | |
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| re: I've never seen a production that worked | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:01 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: I've never seen a production that worked - aleck 06:42 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| A number of City Center productions received Tony nominations. The theatre certainly is big enough to be Broadway, and the shows at City Center were done on Broadway contracts. There is no good reason, as far I'm concerned, that ibdb lists only some rather than all City Center productions, especially since they list some New York City Opera productions produced there in the 1940s. | |
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| A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 05:58 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: I've never seen a production that worked - AlanScott 07:01 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| ibdb lists two productions that were unquestionably Off-Broadway, just because they were nominated for Tonys (or at least that seems to be the reason). One is the Theatre de Lys Threepenny Opera (ibdb lists both its 1954 and 1955 incarnations) and Streamers. It may be that when the former was nominated there was no prohibition on awarding Off-Broadway shows. No one seems to know. As for the latter, Joe Papp somehow managed to get it declared eligible for the Tonys. | |
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| re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys | |
| Posted by: bowtie7 06:51 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys - AlanScott 05:58 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Didn't the original Grease get Tony nominations while it was still playing at the Entermedia Theatre. The recent book on the show (grease Tell me more, tell me more--I loved the book) talks about them convincing the Tony's to allow them to be nominated (the cast was on a Broadway contract). The show moved to a regular Broadway theatre soon after. | |
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| re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:21 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys - bowtie7 06:51 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| The theatre was called the Eden then. While they may have had to persuade the Tonys, the situation was basically the same as with Man of La Mancha a few years earlier, which moved to the Eden for a couple of months not long before Grease. The Eden was a Broadway-sized house, although some productions cordoned off much of the house in order for it to qualify as Off-Broadway. And, yeah, the show was on Broadway contracts. You say that the book says that the actors were on Broadway contracts? Does it specifically say that musicians, stagehands, etc., were not on Broadway contracts or does it just not say anything about the other unions? I have been under the impression that everyone was paid under Broadway contracts. So I doubt there was much of a question, even if the Tonys had not originally planned to consider Grease eligible. They had a very good case that the show should be eligible. Best Plays, btw, lists it as Broadway from the opening at the Eden. |
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| re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys | |
| Posted by: bowtie7 09:21 am EDT 06/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys - AlanScott 07:21 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| I always get the different names of that theatre confused. I don't think the book is specific about any of the other contracts, but I would assume they were all Broadway contracts. (I got the book as an e-book, which was great to take along to read on a cruise but not good to be able to shuffle though pages for something specific.) I had forgot about Man of La Mancha. | |
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| re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 04:25 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: A bit more on ibdb and the Tonys - bowtie7 09:21 am EDT 06/02/23 | |
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| Yesterday, after posting, I looked to see what I could find in Variety about Grease and the Tonys. Variety simply said that the show was on Broadway contracts, so I imagine that means everyone, not just the actors. | |
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| No Love Life | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 03:37 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Perhaps if I hadn't seen the original productions of Jelly's Last Jam and Titanic, this would seem less incredibly boring to me. And does Once Upon a Mattress really need a rewrite? | |
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| re: No Love Life | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 09:36 am EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: No Love Life - AlanScott 03:37 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I'm with you, Alan. But LEar was up front when she took over that her agenda would be different. My 3 top musicals that Encores! has ignored are: LOVE LIFE (I saw a Lost Musicals concert of his in London aeons ago); REDHEAD (a apersonl afavoriet of mine), and KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY (I saw the L.A. production starring Burt Lancaster!) | |
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| re: No Love Life | |
| Posted by: den 08:40 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - NewtonUK 09:36 am EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Wait, what? The great Burt Lancaster onstage and in a musical, no less? When was this? Tell me more! | |
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| Posted by: AlanScott 09:52 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - den 08:40 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| It was in 1971 in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Linking more info. ovrtur has been wonky today so you may have to try several times over a while. | |
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| Posted by: den 03:16 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - AlanScott 09:52 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Thank you! Lancaster is, I think, the best of his generation’s American film actors and I would love to have seen him on stage. | |
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| re: No Love Life | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 04:29 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - den 03:16 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
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| Certainly one of the best, and with a wider range than people perhaps always realized. He also did that play about middle-aged Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, The Boys in Autumn, out in L.A. | |
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| re: No Love Life | |
| Posted by: den 07:11 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - AlanScott 04:29 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
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| Ah, yes, now that you mention it, I remember reading about it — maybe in the late70s? — hoping it would come to New York though I thought it was a lousy concept. I’m recalling that Kirk Douglas was Lancaster’s co-star, but I may be misremembering. It eventually did come East, I recall, with George C Scott and John Cullum, but I passed on it. | |
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| re: No Love Life | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:33 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - den 07:11 pm EDT 06/02/23 | |
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| You are not misremembering. It was done in San Francisco in 1981 with Lancaster as Huck, and Douglas as Tom. And, yes, eventually it was produced at Circle in the Square with Scott and Cullum to generally unenthusiastic reviews. | |
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| re: No Love Life | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 10:14 am EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - NewtonUK 09:36 am EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| It's not really fair to call a production that was announced, cast, and rehearsed, but scuttled by a global pandeminc "ignored". Although it is a shame they have elected to not re-program Love Life. | |
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| Last I heard they were waiting for Victoria Clark | |
| Posted by: FrenchDip 08:43 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: No Love Life - AlanScott 03:37 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| It seems safe to assume she'd be available for at least the February/June slots next year, but maybe she wanted more time off after ending her run with Kimberly Akimbo. | |
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| re: Last I heard they were waiting for Victoria Clark | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 08:48 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Last I heard they were waiting for Victoria Clark - FrenchDip 08:43 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I thought of that, but I am assuming, as you say, that she will be available. And for two weeks of rehearsal for Love Life, which she has already essentially done, how much time off would she need? | |
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| Posted by: TheatreGuy 04:37 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: No Love Life - AlanScott 03:37 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Over 25 years since both those shows were produced in NY. Jelly's Last Jam is not a show that is produced much, though now they have announced two productions within a week of each other, oddly enough. I am looking forward to that one. The other two? Eh. | |
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| re: No Love Life/....... i'm glad i caught GOLDEN APPLE | |
| Posted by: bmc 08:08 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: No Love Life - TheatreGuy 04:37 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| before they abandoned their original mission. i scheduled a special trip to NYC for it( And lucked out seeing DOLLY and GREAT COMET the same week. | |
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| Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: dramedy 01:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Does that mean a toy ship that hits iceberg—-as I recall there was a toy ship in the original also so it needs to be even less of a set. | |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: charles1055 09:20 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Titanic pared down to its essence - dramedy 01:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I adore Titanic despite it's cheesiness. The reunion concert at Lincoln Center was "pared down" and absolutely exquisite. I also seem to recall a concert version on the UWS in a room with awful acoustics that was equally wonderful. I'm excited! |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: larry13 10:59 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Titanic pared down to its essence - charles1055 09:20 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| That concert version on the Upper West Side was almost exactly 13 years ago at the Society for Ethical Culture on Central Park West. Yes, dreadful acoustics(and very uncomfortable seating)but a great cast--and a great score. | |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: EvFoDr 04:43 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Titanic pared down to its essence - dramedy 01:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Seriously though I wonder what it DOES mean. For goodness sake the show is set aboard "the largest moving object in the world" so its essence doesn't seem to call for pared down. And also, it's an Encores concert so they don't have to make any excuses for not having a massive production. And since they emphasize musicians and orchestra one assume THAT is not what is going to be pared down. Truly mystifying statement. Also the link says "pairing the show down" which is not the correct word. It's "paring the show down". So maybe they just have no idea what they are talking about! (said with humor) In other news I had heard rumblings of a Broadway revivial of Titianic and even some unofficial casting, shortly before covid. I wonder if that is off the table, or somehow now affiliated with the Encores production. |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 10:55 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Titanic pared down to its essence - EvFoDr 04:43 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Presumably, it means they're doing the smaller cast version, which still sounds glorious, but feels a bit anemic if you know the original. | |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: richmurphy 03:07 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Titanic pared down to its essence - dramedy 01:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Virginia's Signature Theatre staged TITANIC during the 2016-2017 holiday season, without tilting sets or toy boats, although it kept the large cast and orchestra. With its emphasis on the characters and the lovely score, i think I preferred it to the Broadway original. I am looking forward to the Encores! version. | |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: SCH 05:31 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Titanic pared down to its essence - richmurphy 03:07 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I loved that production at the Signature in Virginia. Very effectively done. Wonderful set, too! And it sounded glorious. I had heard talk of that production moving to NYC. Sadly, I would imagine that covid put an end to those plans. |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: Ann 07:58 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Titanic pared down to its essence - SCH 05:31 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| It was a wonderful production (I was particularly thrilled to be in the presence of Florence Lacey). For me, I don't know if it would work in a larger theater (in the same form - without spoiling, you know, those people ...). I feel lucky to have seen it. | |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: kidmanboy 02:43 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Titanic pared down to its essence - dramedy 01:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I’ve never heard anyone criticize titanic for not having a set. As the first Broadway show I saw, I was amazed by the tilting multi-level set. As I recall, at the time, the set was thought of as too complex as it broke down frequently early in the run. | |
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| re: Titanic pared down to its essence | |
| Posted by: PlazaBoy 02:28 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I loved the set for the original production, except the use of that miniature ship. It had a visually simple elegance, but was still somehow grand and sweeping. Sounds like a contradiction, but that was the impression it left on me. I have to imagine it was very technically complex. I remember the revival of Oklahoma years back that also used miniatures, but in a more effective way. |
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| I guess June is now an official Encores! month | |
| Posted by: Ann 12:39 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Although Piazza was moved from February. | |
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| re: I guess June is now an official Encores! month | |
| Last Edit: mikem 07:02 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| Posted by: mikem 07:01 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: I guess June is now an official Encores! month - Ann 12:39 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| The June timing is a bit odd, because it starts just a few days after when the Tony Awards ceremony will presumably be. That makes me wonder whether they are targeting a star who either is going to be Tony-eligible for next season, or who has a TV show commitment and wouldn't be available until June-ish. I am interested in potentially seeing all four shows this season, although as others have said, it really seems Encores's mission has changed. Pal Joey was on Broadway 15 years ago, and Once Upon a Mattress and Titanic are not lying in the forgotten corners of history. Once Upon a Mattress is having 9 community productions in the US in the next 2 months alone. I know they need to make money, particularly nowadays, but throw Love Life in there, for goodness' sake! |
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| re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. | |
| Posted by: DistantDrumming 12:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Gosh, I'm jealous of NYers who get to see all of these productions. If I'm lucky, I might be able to time one NY visit around one of them. I wonder if Jelly's Last Jam would be ripe for a transfer/full revival? I only know it from (the wonderful) original cast recording. | |
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| re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. | |
| Posted by: Theatergoer1978 12:30 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - kieran 12:24 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| What's Sutton Foster's next role going to be - Annie? I know she looks young, but she's almost 50, and it's ridiculous for a 50 yr old - no matter how they look from the audience - to be playing a young person falling in love for the first time. Which also describes Marian in Music Man, even though she's considered an "old maid" by the other townspeople. I really hate this casting of people at least 20 yrs older than the role was written/intended | |
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| re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. | |
| Posted by: WWriter 11:01 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - Theatergoer1978 12:30 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I'd love to see Lauren Molina in the role. | |
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| Facts don’t matter | |
| Last Edit: dramedy 01:26 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| Posted by: dramedy 01:25 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - Theatergoer1978 12:30 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I agree she is too old for that part. It was rather ridiculous that Mariam’s brother was 30 years younger. Her mother had a miracle birth. I liked her in the part so I guess that is all that matters. I’m one of the few that liked Sarah Jessica Parker as Winifred. I guess mrs meers can play Juliet on a broadway stage and theater doesn’t need to be that large. (Thoroughly modern Millie reference). |
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| re: Facts don’t matter | |
| Posted by: kieran 01:41 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Facts don’t matter - dramedy 01:25 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Jackie Hoffman played Winifred in the 2015 Transport Group production of “Mattress.” | |
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| No wonder why the queen objects to the match. | |
| Posted by: dramedy 02:14 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Facts don’t matter - kieran 01:41 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| No heir to be made in that union. | |
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| re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. | |
| Posted by: lowwriter 12:48 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - Theatergoer1978 12:30 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Remember when Ashley Park was going to star in Thoroughly Modern Millie? Ashley Park might have been good for the lead of Once. | |
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| Once Upon a Mattress | |
| Posted by: standingO 12:45 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: The Encores! 2024 schedule. - Theatergoer1978 12:30 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I’m excited for Sutton in Once Upon a Mattress. Her “Shy” should be worth the price of admission alone. “Normandy” is a hidden gem of a song. |
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| re: Once Upon a Mattress | |
| Posted by: Showtunegal 01:45 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: Once Upon a Mattress - standingO 12:45 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Normandy is my favorite song in the show, too. But I have seen this staged professionally twice, and also on TV. and I wonder, is it really better as a high school show? I've been kind of bored seeing it in the theater--not sure why the magic just doesn't happen. | |
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| re: Once Upon a Mattress | |
| Last Edit: Delvino 09:11 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| Posted by: Delvino 09:09 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Once Upon a Mattress - Showtunegal 01:45 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| Agree about the score. It’s a gem. But didn’t Foster cover this genre in Shrek? She will likely be solid, a given, but we could’ve used something with a surprise factor. Bridgett Everett? It’s just a predictable piece of casting (unlike, say, Foster trying Charity, daring; this is not anti Foster.) |
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| re: Once Upon a Mattress | |
| Posted by: Showtunegal 01:16 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Once Upon a Mattress - Delvino 09:09 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| I agree about Sutton and I love the idea of Bridget Everett! I saw the show with Jackie Hoffman, and with John Epperson as Aggravain. Hoffman was adorable (I'm sorry I don't remember the actor they cast opposite her, but he looked like a cuddly geek and made an adorable Dauntless) but as much as I like Lypsinka, every time Aggravain had a scene the energy of the show kind of changed, so I didn't think it worked. I guess Encores' thing is that they can get legit Broadway stars because the runs are short, but I'd love to see more creative casting. Still, as Mary Rodgers points out in Shy, the show has a lot of interesting supporting parts because she had to write for all those featured players at the summer camp where she was working. Maybe oh maybe Encores will cast someone interesting! | |
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| re: Once Upon a Mattress | |
| Posted by: bowtie7 06:53 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Once Upon a Mattress - Showtunegal 01:16 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| Leslie Kritzer did a great "Shy" on the final episode of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. | |
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| Sutton as Aggravain? (re: Once Upon a Mattress) | |
| Posted by: Marlo*Manners 01:37 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Once Upon a Mattress - Showtunegal 01:16 pm EDT 06/01/23 | |
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| I think Sutton has it in her to be a great bitch onstage. Another idea - Billy Porter as Aggravain. The part was originally done by Jane White. Or even more against type - Kristin Chenoweth as Aggravain? Lots of possibilities for having fun, casting wise. Marlo Manners (Lady Barrington) |
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| It's fun. Once. | |
| Posted by: aleck 06:35 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
| In reply to: re: Once Upon a Mattress - Showtunegal 01:45 pm EDT 05/31/23 | |
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| It does not amuse on repeat viewings. Although I wish I had seen Buster Keaton in the first national tour production. He would have been perfect. |
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