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markhenryfrench said: "Wish I could see it in person. Heard it's great. Not sure whether I should watch it on screen, might take away some of its power.
Best,

Mark Schweiz"

Here's a link to NYT article+photos to help you decide; no paywall if you've read less than 10 articles this month.  I think it will be wonderful even streaming and wish that I could figure out how to also rent it as a gift for my neighbor's family.                                                         https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/theater/emmet-otter-jug-band.html

 

GreeneStreet said: "I would love to make a suggestion but I’m not that familiar with musical soundtracks."

GreeneStreet, I have a suggestion for you.  I read one of your other posts, mentioning Carmen Jones. The soundtrack to the film version has Marilyn Horne (uncredited originally) dubbing Dorothy Dandridge as Carmen, Pearl Bailey, Harry Belefonte. It's quite wonderful.  

 

Gaveston, thank you for referencing Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Soliloquy."  It's one of my favorite versions, a heartfelt  example of "acting through song."  No trace of Rat Pack mannerisms here.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy-N0QbkdCU

 

Here's a link to a beautiful interpretation by Bernadette Peters of What's the Use of Wonderin' on Youtube (from a tribute concert to R&H).  Also found on her album titled "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight."   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XsLakCAw6w   

 

 

JHughesPSPB said: "Saw the show on Monday night. Now I desperately want to refresh my memory of the amazing 1994 production. Has anyone found any great clips of the Lincoln Center production?"

Yes, but several of the clips below are of the original London production and I'm not sure if there were any changes in set/design when it transferred to Lincoln Center.   (There was at least one significant casting change and I so I had my first Audra MacDonald experience.)  As a teenaged girl, I was blown away by the Lincoln Center Carousel and Michael Hayden rang my chimes so loudly that I almost didn't notice that he couldn't sing.   

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUVqEwsXnZ0  0pening sequence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUVqEwsXnZ0   Louise's ballet  (Spoiler:  I have always been disturbed by the seduction and abandonment of Louise by the Roustabout, who resembles her father.  Sir Kenneth MacMillan's choreography is very beautiful and passionate but there are hints of violence in this interpretation.  I've watched at least half a dozen versions of the ballet and I've never been as fearful for the 15 year old Louise.  Or as concerned that the ballet foreshadows her future relationships....which makes the scene between Louise and her mother even more problematic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUVqEwsXnZ0    Porch scene (Thanks to the poster who has already  provided this link.  Joanna Riding had left before I saw the LC production.  I don't think that I've ever seen as convincing an older Julie.  I hope that Jessie Mueller is as heartbreaking  in the current production.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVdI_9qTAuo  Michael Hayden and Sally Murphy, definitely from Lincoln Center, a portion If I Loved You.   SM was my Julie and I have no memory of her performance.   I think that Laura Osnes (if she could travel back in time to the  nineties) and Michael Hayden (singing aside) might have had more chemistry.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/17/theater/review-theater-london-makes-a-revelation-of-carousel.html?pagewanted=all  Frank Rich review of the original RNT production  http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/25/theater/review-theater-a-carousel-for-the-90-s-full-of-grit-and-passion.html?pagewanted=all  D Richards (not familiar with him) review in NYT when it opened at LC 

 

 

 

BCTaylor99 said: "It's too bad that the 2015 Lyric Opera Chicago production of Carousel didn't move to NY. It was stunning and Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale were perfection and had plenty of chemistry. A missed opportunity.

Here's the Chicago Tribune review:http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-carousel-lyric-opera-chicago-20150412-column.html

I think of that production of Carousel as the one that got away and have wondered why it didn't come to Broadway.  A live performance was broadcast on radio and the audio sounded wonderful.  Here are two brief  teasers: climax of Steven Pasquale's Soliloquy (which  seems staged in a way that was perhaps too distant from the audience) and the Lyric's TV commercial.   I'm rooting for the success of this current production and have been a fan of Joshua Henry's since The Scottsboro Boys and Lindsay Mendez since I saw Dogfight off Broadway.  (I was surprised by the casting of Jessie Mueller as Julie.)  But oh, I wish that I had been able to get to Chicago for Laura Osnes and Steven Pasquale as Julie and Billy.
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x_jh2_9CFk&index=2&list=RDNeKGTlF4sOA   Soliloquy highlight  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKGTlF4sOA  Lyric production flashes of the production

 



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Unexpectedly visiting DC and could only find partial view Orchestra seat, F-13, one seat from the wall on the left side.  Looking forward to hearing this amazing cast in live performance and hoping that I'll be able to actually see them as well.  I know that visibility will depend on the actual concert staging, but I'm wondering how large a slice of the stage is cut off.  Thanks.  

 

 

"I definitely believe his nom is deserved, his portrayal was strong, charismatic and believable.  That being said, his diction and accent kept the performance from being outstanding enough to win.  And no, I am not a lazy listener.  I went into the theater knowing this was an issue with many posters so I specifically tried to be more attentive to his words but to no avail.  "

"I suspect that second to Brynner, it'll be Watanabe's King that generates the most attention and discussion in the future, not Lou Diamond Phillips's. It'll be a wildly divisive place in theatre history, but how the feeling will tip may depend on how the cast recording turns out."

Just listened to this and it's first rate.  Great cast, lyrics and music capture the fantasy, humor  and heart of Dahl's original.   I don't understand why we are being given this gift today but it's really quite wonderful.  Not childish or sugary but funny and touching.  I hope we get the chance to see it performed in NY as well as regional productions. 

Phylly, your question would be less offensive if you put quotes around "manly men" to suggest a tongue-in-cheek reference to reluctant theater goers (my father, for example) who liked the following because they weren't "sissy musicals":   

Sugar Babies (He liked Micky Rooney and the strippers; didn't realize that Ann Miller was an icon, not just "a broad who still danced pretty good considering")

"This is one instance in which I was anticipating a review from Queen Ben ... Was trying to get my friend to see this with me but of course she won't... 
Clumsy: What makes 'An American in Paris' better than 'On the Town'? Besides Robert Fairchild's looks? "