Shrek has the creative team and cast to be very good (I refuse to believe a musical with Jeanine Tesori composing all the music wont at least be good), and its
supposedly based far more on the book than the movie. Great composer, lyricist and book writer and a great cast, can't wait!
0 Kudo
2008 Tony Awards TONIGHT, BITCHES: Sunday in the Heights with Rose
| Started By | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 dissimilis |
|||
|
Posts: 5764 (06/16/08 3:02 PM) Registered User |
|
||
|
Carboys Desire |
|||
|
Posts: 2367 (06/16/08 3:13 PM) Registered user |
Beauty & the Beast
Lion King Little Mermaid Shrek I HATE HATE HATE the trend of all of that Disney and/or animated crap becoming Broadway shows. I'd much rather go see the revival of South Pacific than any of those. |
||
|
meatball77 |
|||
|
Posts: 8211 (06/16/08 3:19 PM) Registered user |
Disney has a nemo musical in the Animal Kingdom which is awesome.
The problem with lion king is it couldn't decide if it was a cool ethnic show or a disney show. 80% of the show was cool african sounding music. Then we have hakuna matata randomly tossed in which is completly off the wall. Lion king was fun though and mini-meatball at three and a half loved it. I would have liked it better if the idiot next to me hadn't insisted on singing along. My three year old had better audience ettiquite than she did. |
||
|
Fluffynurse |
|||
|
Posts: 13785 (06/16/08 3:22 PM) Registered User |
Thanks diss for that info on "George". I heard the announcer but none of what he said made much sense & then I saw the scene with a WTF was
that? I still don't think I would enjoy that play.
I think I would love In the Heights & Xanadu because of the hotness that is Cheyenne (so what if he's gay I can still look & dream/lust). |
||
|
seaguy |
|||
|
Posts: 11634 (06/16/08 3:22 PM) Registered User |
dissimilis wrote: I was on the fence about seeing it even though Sutton Foster was confirmed as a castmember. Then I heard Brian D'Arcy James was in it, and I snatched one of the tickets my friend had bought (he got 20!) immediately. |
||
|
meatball77 |
|||
|
Posts: 8214 (06/16/08 7:13 PM) Registered user |
George is susposed to be fantastic. I think it's one of those musicals that you need to see in the theater.
|
||
|
kempette |
|||
|
Posts: 1976 (06/16/08 7:17 PM) MESS member |
(I'm not even secretely thrilled to see all the fellow Broadway dorks in here- loving it!)
But I am it total agreeance that Disney should stick to movies & quit the musical biz. I'd like to see an original musical made for the wee set. That would be fantastic. |
||
|
dissimilis |
|||
|
Posts: 5765 (06/16/08 11:53 PM) Registered User |
As I said earlier in this thread, I consider Sunday In The Park With George to be one of the 3 best musicals of all time, have been obsessed with it since I
was 9. Take a look at the DVD of the original cast that is out there, Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin were stunning (and I usually hate him) and its one
of the few musicals ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
Sutton Foster being in Shrek is actually one of the few reasons I wouldnt want to see it, I am just not a fan of hers. She is certainly extremely talented, but the only role of hers I ever enjoyed her in was in The Drowsy Chaperone, she was actually charming in that underrated show. |
||
|
seaguy |
|||
|
Posts: 11640 (06/17/08 12:28 AM) Registered User |
I thought she was adorable in "Young Frankenstein".
Oh we forgot another show being made into a musical... 9 to 5! Mock me if you must, but I cannot wait for it. |
||
|
shiza h minelli |
|||
|
Posts: 987 (06/17/08 12:33 AM) |
LOVE 9-5
ooh ooh ooh... would it be far fetched to dream of a Working Girl musical? |
||
|
seaguy |
|||
|
Posts: 11642 (06/17/08 12:37 AM) Registered User |
Shiza, please do NOT tease me that way.
|
||
|
SardonicallyIrrelevant |
|||
|
Posts: 18066 (06/17/08 1:05 AM) Registered user |
Disney has ran a successful production of 'Hunchback' in Germany for several years, yet for reasons unkown they never brought it to America. I've
heard it's very dark.
|
||
|
dissimilis |
|||
|
Posts: 5767 (06/17/08 8:13 AM) Registered User |
SardonicallyIrrelevant wrote: I've heard the dark aspect of that production is the exact reason why it never came over here, I've seen a bootleg of it, and despite not understanding a word, it was an awesome show. Tis a shame they felt they couldnt tarnish their image over here by transferring it over |
||
|
Otch |
|||
|
Posts: 107 (06/17/08 8:48 AM) |
well that and the song "I've got a hunch, I'm in love!"
|
||
|
chuckersil |
|||
|
Posts: 600 (06/17/08 10:54 AM) |
Otch wrote: GROAN!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's a joke about "hump" somewhere in there, but it's too early for me to try and work it out. |
||
|
Otch |
|||
|
Posts: 108 (06/17/08 10:58 AM) |
could have gone with a spin-off of "my humps."
|
||
|
ImCrushingYourHead |
|||
|
Posts: 2668 (06/18/08 4:46 PM) Registered user |
Fluffynurse wrote: I was surprised his cheeky comment didn't get more of a response too. But I loved that he said it. Producers often don't want to bring a show to Broadway without a 'name' attached. It's an on-going conflict, but it does tend to compromise the artistic integrity of a show when an actor who originates the role is replaced with a 'star.'In any case, Tracy Letts has some cahones. A while back here in Chicago, he called a critic who'd given him a bad review a horse's cock. ;) |
||
|
Carboys Desire |
|||
|
Posts: 2395 (06/18/08 4:49 PM) Registered user |
Horses have very large cocks. Just sayin'
|
||
|
Drew B |
|||
|
Posts: 3303 (06/18/08 5:02 PM) Registered User |
But I loved that he said it. Producers often don't want to bring a show to Broadway without a 'name' attached. It's an on-going conflict, but it does tend to compromise the artistic integrity of a show when an actor who originates the role is replaced with a 'star.' What always puzzles me is what they consider a 'name'. A friend of mine was Reba McIntyre's understudy in "Annie Get Your Gun", and she was fantastic in the role when she went on. When Reba left, I know she desperately wanted to take over the role. Unfortunately, they brought a 'name' actress in from Hollywood. Who was it? CRYSTAL FUCKING BERNARD! Is Crystal really a 'name'? Or, for that matter, is she really an "ACTRESS"?!?! Seriously, wouldn't they have been better off just letting the talented girl do the role? |
||
|
ImCrushingYourHead |
|||
|
Posts: 2669 (06/18/08 6:00 PM) Registered user |
carboysdesire wrote: |
||
There's a difference between 
- Survivor Sucks
- Lions, Tigers, Survivors - Oh My!
- Survivor Spoilers
- MESS Hall Tribal Council
- FOB
- Survivor Speculation
- Survivor 18+
- MESS Hall Archive: S2-S6
- MESS Hall Archive: S7-S9
- Spoiler Attic
- The Amazing Race
- Big Brother
- Big Brother - PAST SEASONS
- The Apprentice
- American Idol
- American Idol PAST SEASONS
- The Mole
- Lost
- Other Shows That Suck
- Off Topic
- Clubs That Suck. No, Really.
- The Dump
- Monster Island
- Purgatory
- FAQ
- In Memory, 9/11/01
