From what I've heard about this show, releasing a special edition of the album on vinyl might make sense. But we'll see. In any case, I'm just glad it's happening.
As per Reddit, this is being used on TV. The ad doesn't get specific about the plot, but plays up the critical acclaim. Perhaps that will work well for them, if some do find 'robots in love' to be a hard sell.
It looks as though the post view counts aren't increasing with new views, at least not for certain threads? For example, the 'RIP Helen Gallagher' thread is still showing 0 views, even though it's received an upvote and so clearly at least one person has viewed it. Some other posts' counts seem to be remaining static as well. It's not an essential board feature I suppose, but it's a little weird.
Monday 16 December at Symphony Space. Alongside Jordan Donica, the cast includes Jin Ha, Taylor Iman Jones, Alysha Umphress, Kelvin Moon Loh, Chuck Cooper and more. Anyone here going?
This show doesn't get much attention these days, but I love the cast recording. If you enjoy Shaina Taub's recent 'Shakespeare in the Park' musicals, IMO this 1970s show is the OG version of that style (and I say that loving all of the above scores).
Maybe I've been extrapolating too much from my own tastes, but I have been a bit surprised to hear that this show hasn't caught on more widely. Glowing reviews aside, from what I can tell (not having seen it) one could frame it as a romantic K-drama crossed with cosy fantasy; both of those are reasonably 'trendy' genres with sizeable and growing Western fanbases, to my understanding. But, here we are *shrug*.
As a side note, there was a separate musical adaptation of the same story in Korea fairly recently. (I'm not sure how the rights work in cases like this.) I don't know if the Korean version is any good, but the use of puppetry does at least look interesting: https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/art/2024/11/398_375992.html.
The weird thing is that while the BWW article and the linked Billboard article did previously name 'The Illusionist', that specific property name has now been removed from both articles. The Billboard article now just says ALW "is at work on a new musical, as well". I don't know whether Billboard let slip something which should not yet have been revealed, or whether they realised that they were repeating unverified rumours on what the property would be and so later corrected the record.
raddersons said: "I think Giant was the latest of his shows with a broader commercial appeal but i think it was three hours and never took off from The Public."
While I never saw it, I recall hearing reports that the final version at The Public had been heavily trimmed down from the three-hour version. I may be misremembering though.
I'd put 'Giant' in my favourite lost musicals category as well; I really love the cast recording,
raddersons said: "Haven’t actually seen it, but I’ve always been fascinated by Goblin Market. Mostly because discourse around it online is that either people adoredit or they were insanely bored and I want to have an opinion on it. A cast recording exists but the publisher refuses to put it on streaming services so I’d need to like… buy the mp3s or rip a CD or something."
'Cheri' by Teri Hansen - actually I have no idea if this show would be any good, but it sounded nice in theory: a Colette novella adaptation using the music of Chabrier, Chopin, Debussy, de Falla, Duparc, Ravel, and Satie. Haven't heard anything about its development in years though.
'Picnic at Hanging Rock' by Daniel Zaitchik - I really liked the demo songs I've heard. Wish it would have had a further life, or at least a full cast recording.
I'm excited for this. I happened to be revisiting the score recently, and was struck once again by how well the Sky-Sarah relationship development is done. Such a well-executed 'opposites attract' romance.
Shereen Ahmed, JOAN FLETCHER Phillip Attmore, TIM HARPER Victoria Clark, MRS. DRAPER Lissa deGuzman, MISS MEADE Claybourne Elder, G. EDGAR SLOANE Christopher Fitzgerald, SPELVINI Bryce Pinkham, JIM TOWNSEND David Pittu, COLONEL HOLMES
Additionally, if digital download is your preferred format for buying music, Chandos is having a sale on its digital downloads option in the lead up to shutting down digital downloads altogether. Sale ends 25 October; both the 'Carousel' and 'Oklahoma' recordings are being discounted (in that format).
Just the other day I was idly wondering about when Anna Zavelson might appear in a show again, after hearing about how great she was in 'The Light in the Piazza'. Glad to hear she's in this!
I'm not across every detail of the 'Funny Girl' drama, but good on Beanie Feldstein for getting back out there and for being willing to take on a smaller role. Hope she's amazing, and has fun.
