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Ali would be perfect for Chess. I don’t think he’s Russian but I don’t think anyone would complain if he was cast as Anatoly. I’d love to hear him sing “Anthem.”

Why was it revised? It’s not even that different.

Haven’t we learned not to put Bad in the title?

Will this sell as well as Ben Platt?

Seems pretty clear from the interview that they’re performing the revised version that was originally announced for Encores, so yes this will likely be the version that is eventually licensed.

Also the original slavery subplot involved sending the girls to China, not Japan, just to correct the prior “Japanese slavery” comment.

Nothing against Ana Gasteyer, but without Harriet Harris this just became a lot less interesting to me.

Musicaldudepeter said: "I don't think we'll see any projections."

Projection design by George Reeve.

 

Wait 10ish years when the film will be public domain.

I imagine this will be a lot like Cameron’s newer production of Les Miz with lots of projections but I’m excited to see what this looks like and what his “revisions” will be. I like the artwork. It’s a lot like little Cossette in the Les Miz artwork and it puts the focus of the artwork back on Oliver instead of the Palladium artwork which was focused on Fagin. I can’t believe it’s been 15 years since the last revival in London.

It’s the “for our time” part that’s nauseating. Reminds me of the “Their time, Our time, Ragtime” revival artwork.

It's one of my favorite scores of the season, mainly because I like the Wildhorn style power ballads. I agree those songs outshine the more jazzy period numbers. My only complaint is just that they didn't include that brief overture and "Beautiful Little Fool" is barely a song. It's just one phrase repeated over and over. I wish they'd fleshed it out into a full number.

I really would have enjoyed an album with this cast but if they're not even going to stick around through the summer I guess the money just wasn't there.

Since I saw the first tryout in La Jolla I've felt that it's Frank's best score with a great book to go with it. I was naive to think the critics would agree, but it seemed most of the Broadway critics had their reviews written before they even saw the show. Hopefully this filmed production allows for more people to see the show and form their own opinion of the piece.

A bit of a snooze. The Western Wall was pretty good. Can't say that for the rest of the album. I adore Ben Levi Ross though.