Profile for Martijn-j

I think Sharon D. Clarke would make an excellent Rose. Jennifer Lewis also comes to mind. 

I wonder what will happen to his personal archive. Considering his age I'm sure he made arrangements about publishing works and at what time. 

This is probably too soon to ask, but what are the chances of this production being filmed for future cinema or streaming release? 

The 2019 BBC radio documentary Into the Stephen Sondheim Archive was broadcasted again today with a new introduction by Maria Friedman. She said that up until recently she was working with Sondheim on a  Merrily We Roll Along revival, aiming for Broadway in 2022. I assume this will be based on her 2012 West End production.

 

You can listen to the documentary here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct30fn

I think Ana is too young to play Roxie. I've seen the show before with a Roxie who was too young and it just didn't work for me. 

Two shows I thought of since starting this thread:

Joseph - Such a fun show to listen to, but since most of the songs already describe what's happening you don't really have to see it.

Hair - I love listening to Hair, but when it comes to seeing Hair I always have a feeling that the people on stage are having so much more fun than I have. 

That sounds very interesting. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Rebecca has such an amazing score. I hope to see it live one day. 

Plannietink08 said: "Martijn-j said: "With the right composer Macbeth could be great."

It was recently done as SCOTLAND, PA."

Thank you. I'll look into that. 

With the right composer Macbeth could be great. 

Juanita Hall and Harry Belafonte would be great. 

jo said: "Any updated rumor on whether or when this show might transfer to Broadway?"

I think it's far too early (pun intended) to speculate about a Broadway transfer so soon. Let's see how the show does financially. 

When theatre people do well in other mediums I always fear that we will never see them again in a theatre. It  has happened so many times. Or only limited runs. 

Isn't that just the video edit? On the recording she sings the whole song. 

Hopefully a cast album will be released now. I'm so curious with everything that's changed after recording the concept album. 

From the official website:

"Adrienne Warren is scheduled to perform as Tina Turner Tuesday through Saturday evenings.

Due to the nature of live theatre, we are unable to guarantee the presence of any particular cast member at a specific show."

I'm Dutch, so I've seen most shows here in the Netherlands, specifically in Amsterdam. I've also seen lots of shows in London, three shows in Antwerp, one in Dublin and a very weird ABBA tribute show in Berlin. 

Such a shame. Hopefully this is not the end for this production and Ivo van Hove will be able to bring it to Europe. I live in Amsterdam, where he has his theatre company, so there is always hope. Lazarus played here as well (even though it was also cut short because of covid).