Originally Posted By cstephens On the outside of where "Lestat" is being performed, it says it's based on Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles but doesn't mention specific books. /cs
Originally Posted By LadyKluck The website says that its based on characters and incidents from "Interview with the Vampire" and "The Vampire Lestat".
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA From the clips, it looks a lot like 'Elephant: the Musical' that spoof of musicals from 'The Tall Guy.'
Originally Posted By Santa Monica Dreamworks doing Shrek the Musical would probably do huge business. I would love to see Carrie for a rip-roaring fun time at the theater. Is there a cast album for that show?
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >Yep, "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Superman!" I heard a little bit of the music a few years ago on the old DirecTV Broadway music channel. Cheese is a good word for it, lol.< The song "You've Got Possibilities" (originally sung by Linda Lavin!) was recently in a Pillsbury commercial. >I would love to see Carrie for a rip-roaring fun time at the theater. Is there a cast album for that show?< Don't I wish ... but supposedly there are "unofficial" versions of it floating around out there ... A quick search brought up this: <a href="http://www.graiai.com/carrie2/" target="_blank">http://www.graiai.com/carrie2/</a> The "unofficial" website, although it looks like it hasn't been updated in awhile.
Originally Posted By TheRedhead A "Carrie" recording is to theatre geeks what a "Song of the South" DVD is to Disney geeks. Those lyrics are priceless.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Another notorious flop was "Smile," which took one of the funniest sleeper movies of the 70's (by the same name) and turned it into mush. Thank you, Marvin Hamlisch. I saw him interviewed before it opened, and just from the interview I could tell he didn't "get" the movie, as he was talking about how they were "improving" the tone of it. The movie was a (really good) satire, and you don't turn good satire into sentimental mush. But they did. It closed quickly.
Originally Posted By xrayvision >>that sucks. i loved the music that i have heard from it. oh well.<< Fortunately, the broadway cast recording was recently completed. So, the CD may still go on sale after the show has closed. Some of the music IS really good. I finally saw the show before it left San Fran and moved to New York. Some of the sets and costumes were a hit..some were a miss. It didn't remind of Webber's Phantom at all, but rather reminded me of a cross between another touring Phantom production (now closed), Jeckell and Hyde and Woman in White(ie - projection screens). Lestat the Musical was a hit and miss production for me, mainly due the show trying to cover too much content and too many characters from two books within just 3 hours. Actually, 3 hours is borderline too long for any stage show, but was not long enough time to allow for character development for all the characters they paraded on stage. Who ARE all these people. San Fran is previewing four other shows that will hopefully be more successful as they head to Broadway, "Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me" - just left SF...some very funny skits..some dull points, " A Chorus Line" revival, "Legally Blond the Musical," and the North America premiere of Michael Borne's "Edward Scissorhands."
Originally Posted By leemac <<"Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me" - just left SF...some very funny skits..some dull points>> Really? This is the only other show I'm excited about on Broadway this year. I'm such a huge fan of Short's and can't wait. It sounded so good to me.... <<Michael Borne's "Edward Scissorhands.">> Minor point but it is Matthew Bourne.
Originally Posted By ToonKirby >Another notorious flop was "Smile,"< Howard Ashman did the lyrics for this show. I've read the script for it and a few songs have been recorded for the "Unsung Musicals" line of CDs. The best by far is "Disneyland", sung by original cast member Jodi Benson. Of course, Ashman and Benson would go on to make some movie about a fish ...
Originally Posted By kennect What really is this Edward production...A true ballet or some mutation that makes it a more standard musical? It sounds and looks interesting but what potential does it have here in the state?
Originally Posted By leemac <a href="http://www.sadlerswells.com/whats_on/2005_2006/scissorhands.asp" target="_blank">http://www.sadlerswells.com/wh ats_on/2005_2006/scissorhands.asp</a>
Originally Posted By TDLFAN INteresting... That Edward is rather studly. But I would hate to be the leading lady in those arms... Ouch! ouch!
Originally Posted By kennect Lee, Thanks for that link...I love the idea that the Elfman score was incorporated into it...I love the soundtrack to the film...I was given the film soundtrack by someone that is very close to me and I find that makes its even more special....I cried for days after seeing the film...It really did a number on me...
Originally Posted By BrnardM Yeah, Edward Scissorhands score is really powerful, one of my favorites.
Originally Posted By leemac No worries! I must admit it totally passed me by in London. I'm not a ballet kinda guy!
Originally Posted By xrayvision >>Minor point but it's Matthew Bourne<< Thanks Leemac, I stand corrected. I can be really bad with names at times. Here's an official link to the UK production of Scissorhands, with video and sound samples. <a href="http://www.edwardscissorhands.co.uk/mk2/" target="_blank">http://www.edwardscissorhands. co.uk/mk2/</a> I really like the video clip of the "Topiary Dance," as well as the waltz around the ice sculpture. ToonKirby, I'm SOOO glad you said that Scissorhands was a ballet and not a musical with words. The recently mailed promotional DVD regarding the Scissorhands North American Tour features Bourne talking about the show, and includes show highlighs. But, the DVD seems to gloss over the fact that Scissorhands is a ballet. Although I did see Bourne's recreation of the classic ballet, "Swan Lake," I didn't realize that Bourne and his partnering company, New Adventures, were focused on bringing non talking musicals to the stage. Great idea...but audiences should be made aware of a show's genre for which they're purchasing tickets so they're surprised after the curtain rises. I'm still really looking forward to see the show..but now with the appropriate expectations.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>I'm not a ballet kinda guy!<< Really!?!? <---shocked! But Lee, you are so light on your feet...
Originally Posted By xrayvision Leemac, Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me has some VERY, VERY funny scenes. And while the San Fran version of the show did have some slow and some silly sections that could have been left out, I'm assuming that Short's experience in comic stage will be helpful in making the appropriate revisions needed to improve the production. If you're a Martin Short fan, you should go see it.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Another flop musical that springs to my mind is Nick and Nora, based on The Thin Man. It closed on Broadway after nine performances in 1991. Great cast: Joanna Gleason and Barry Bostwick in the title roles, with Christine Branski, Chris Sarandon [he's Jack Skellington, you know], and Faith Prince, who went straight from this to the revival of Guys and Dolls, then was caught up by a cloud into heaven). And a creative team with sterling credentials: Arthur Laurent (still alive!), Charles Strouse (you know-- Annie), and Richard Maltby. I heard Faith Prince talk about this one on TV. She claimed that the chorus line actually kicked one of the bodies into the footlights... <a href="http://www.nodanw.com/shows_n/nickandnora.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nodanw.com/shows_n/ nickandnora.htm</a>
