Jessica Lange lip-synced to Patsy Cline’s recorded voice in SWEET DREAMS. They created new orchestrations for the songs, so they felt “live” and used Patsy’s real voice recordings to which Lange lip-synced to. Lange recently said in an interview she loved the experience of hearing Patsy’s voice on the loudspeakers while she was singing full out on set so she felt like it was her own voice making that glorious singing voice.
Kinda disappointed Groff isn’t emulating Bobby Darin’s trademark voice and stylings for this. It’s basically Jonathan Groff SINGS Bobby Darin - not Jonathan Groff AS Bobby Darin. Audra emulated Billie Holiday’s trademark singing voice for LADY DAY and I was hoping this was going to be the same direction for JUST IN TIME. Nope.
The role of Aurora is a presentational role, not an acting role. Anyone familiar with the musical can easily tell you this. Jennifer Lopez was perfectly cast as that’s her strength.
RunnyBabbit said: "EDSOSLO858 said: "This’ll probably piss off a lot of people here, but I’d love to see Jamie Lloyd take a crack at this, with updates and rewrites."
But how would he even make the costumes or the set more minimal?"
Jamie Lloyd is a director with a refreshing take on new interpretations. There’s so much more to his adaptations than simplifying sets and costumes. He can keep A CHORUS LINE completely inta
Well, Donna McKechnie has mentioned numerous times that Michael Bennett did the best Cassie dance - even better than her and all the other ladies who danced it. Makes sense why the countless men who dance it look pretty damn good.
Sad Fairchild had that tiny stage space as he couldn’t go full out and you can see his frustration having to adjust so many broad moments into little contained movements.
I always take a screenshot of the ticket. Easier to access in seconds on my phone instead of opening email then PDF, etc. They just need to see the barcode to scan it, that’s all.
Also of note, Michael Bennett wasn’t opposed to modifying and making changes to his work. For the First National Tour of DREAMGIRLS, he completely reworked the Act 2 Las Vegas opening number and added it into the still running Broadway production shortly after. I’m sure if he were alive today, he would have made changes to A CHORUS LINE to keep it fresh and more relevant to today’s Broadway standards while still keeping the DNA of the original intact.
Burton was doing HAMLET and Elizabeth was visiting him, she wasn’t in the play. They say the crowds after his performances were huge as fans were hoping to get a glimpse of her in the event she showed up.
I’ve been going to see shows on Broadway since 1972 (when I was 7 years old), and I can confirm this stage door hysteria wasn’t normal up until the 2010s. Unless there was a huge celebrity situation, stage doors were just like the 1984 clip posted above of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE. Very light crowd, no screaming when the stage door opened, etc. Actors exited, signed for the few outside and went on their way. There were no barricades and those crazy creepy autograph hounds wi
Patti LuPone also changed the way she sang EVITA prior to Broadway during its pre-Broadway West Coast mini-tour. The American Premiere Cast Recording of EVITA was done prior to its Broadway premiere so LuPone sings the score like she did during this West Coast tour. Everyone who saw LuPone on Broadway (including those who've heard those countless bootleg audio recordings) can confirm she sang the score differently on Broadway.
