Profile for joevitus

nealb1 said: "joevitus said: "nealb1 said: "uncageg said: "It also knocked "E.T." out of the top spot the weekend it opened."Yes, it did.At the time of its release, it had the biggest opening box office weekend for a musical. So wonderful that AMC Theatres hasreleased it in honor of Dolly's passing. I've seen it 3 times so far in the last few days. Each screening was completely full, and everyoneapplauded whenDolly's name appeared on the screen, and when we see her for the first time. Love th...

nealb1 said: "uncageg said: "It also knocked "E.T." out of the top spot the weekend it opened."Yes, it did.At the time of its release, it had the biggest opening box office weekend for a musical. So wonderful that AMC Theatres hasreleased it in honor of Dolly's passing. I've seen it 3 times so far in the last few days. Each screening was completely full, and everyoneapplauded whenDolly's name appeared on the screen, and when we see her for the first time. Love this movie! Dolly is just so won...

sinister teashop said: "I just sat through the film at the forlorn AMC 25 and couldn’t see much of value beyond the two songs Parton wrote for the film. “ Sneaking Around” is charming. It’s significant that in the film, the girls are diverse but their clients are all white, except for a couple of dancing black members of the football team.I’ve never seen it on stage so I can’t compare but the main joke of the thing is that the whorehouse is completely in harmony with the conservative values o...

MemorableUserName said: "Since we seem to have some experts around here, anyone able to identify some of the Aggies from the number? Jeff Calhoun is pretty recognizable, IMO. And Engel provided a handy version of the restored cut pointing out himself in it. But I've wondered who the blond playing the manager character/principal (?) vocalist is, among others and haven't been able to figure it out. Most of them don't have photos on IMBD (I'm assuming

ChrisTyler1288 said: "I'd be curious to get my hands on a copy of the musical's script and see what and all could be done with it to make it palatable to today's audience. The score has a LOT of great songs that when done WELL, can bring down the house."Having seen the show, and having owned the script, I honestly don't get what people are talking about in terms of it not being "palatable." That men sing about liking to have sex with women? That some men pay for sex from professionals? In an ...

darquegk said: "Whenever this show comes up, I ask the same question as I asked about Mame and Funny Girl. Is the SHOW good, or is it just a really good star vehicle for a really great star?I'll admit I never saw the show but I listened to the cast album and read the libretto. The sense I always got is that the show feels like a cute Off-Broadway cult favorite whose reputation has been inflated by one truly great song, and Dolly Parton's work in the film version. Who knows if the workshopping...

7thbighero said: "“Little Shop of Horrors satirizes many things: science fiction, ‘B’ movies, musical comedy itself, and the the Faust legend. There will, therefore, be a temptation to play it for camp and low-comedy. This is a great and potentially fatal mistake. The script keeps its tongue firmly in cheek, so the actors should not. Instead, they should play with simplicity, honesty, and sweetness--even when events are at their most outlandish. The show’s individual “style” will evolve natur...

As you saw the production, can you explain why he performs a lot of Che's spoken dialogue in an incantatory sing-song like voice rather than simply speaking the lines? I don't get the point. I think I found it most effective in the last lines about Eva's body disappearing, and will probably like it more on relistening, but it was quite strange to me.

This new release led me to revisit the Premiere American Recording, which I haven't listined to in at least a few years. Man, is Evita a great show! It's just knock-out number after knock-out number, barrelling forward with speed and efficiency, sharp satire in almost every song. I never fell out of love with the show, but I'd forgotten just how good it is.

everythingtaboo said: "Just finished listening to it. Thought it came out really well. I was worried about Rachel's...shall we say forceful tones? But at least on the recording, she acquitted herself quite well. Diego can do no wrong. The Spanish pronunciations, I don't get why it was such a big deal, they never felt out of place, or shoe-horned in."I wouldn't say it's a "big deal," but it's out of step the rest of the pronunciation, including the pronunciation of names. It's just...odd.

Dreamboy3 said: "It seems they are using a Spanish accent for geographical locations (it’s used for Buenos Aires too) and maybe because I grew up with the OBC recording I find it jarring."There is a quality of affectation to it. If the majority cast weren't all so clearly British (that little girl singing "Santa Eva" sounding cockney!) with no one, not even Zegler using a Latin accent, and no attempt at Latin pronunciation of names, it is a baffling choice. It doesn't ruin anything for me, bu...

A very polished recording. I like most of the reorchestrations, apart from missing the sax solo in "Buenos Aries" and disliking the tango-like orchestration for "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" (I assume the goal is to strengten the connection between Eva's use of Magaldi and Peron, but I think that connection is already established by the opening of the scene). But. There's no drama here. They are singing beautifully, but they aren't acting. And when we would expect some--Eva's speech afte...

kdogg36 said: "joevitus said: "Lol, no. They were about seven or eight bucks. A double album would be around 10-16 dollars. Opera sets and ballet scores were, for obvious reasons, pricey."I'll also add that CDs, for several years after they were introduced,cost significantly more than LPs(as well as cassettes, which were about the same as LPs as I recall)."Oh, absolutely. It took Best Buy in the early-mid-90's selling CDs at about what LPs had been going for to force other music store outlets...

Just saw a slime of the original cast--don't know if this comment will be taken down--and I was sadly appalled. Couldn't get through it. Everyone giving absurdly over the top cartoonish performances that make the Carol Burnett Show an example of subtle underplaying by comparison. To me, this show just doesn't work if you play it like that. The actors have to play it straight, and let the absurdity of the situation and the lines score the laughs. Frank has some obvious leeway here, but especia...

fashionguru_23 said: "Side note...can someone tell me, were vinyl records as expensive then as they are now?"Lol, no. They were about seven or eight bucks. A double album would be around 10-16 dollars. Opera sets and ballet scores were, for obvious reasons, pricey.

darreyl102 said: "joevitus said: "I feel the same way, but why do I get the feeling that more people buy vinyl these days thenCD's?"IMO, they're way cooler to display. I mean if I'm going to buy physical media in terms of music, I would probably go for the vinyl. It just looks cooler. Even though I'm a kid of the '90s, I've always found vinyls visually cooler than CDs that I grew up buying. Since the music can be found now, online on streaming sites and for free on YouTube, if I'm going to bu...

I feel the same way, but why do I get the feeling that more people buy vinyl these days then CD's?

ColorTheHours048 said: "As always, a reminder that the block feature is your friend. Sutton continues to derail and offer nothing of value. Do yourselves a favor:https://www.broadwayworld.com/managebanned.php"I wish people wouldn't quote her. I love having zero idea what she's blathering about or accusing people of.

I want to hear Juliette for the simple (and maybe ultimately regretable) reason that I've heard such conflicting things about her rendition of Science Fiction, that I just want to know for myself. This show has been suprisingly free of audience recordings popping up on YouTube. I don't know if the theatres are getting better at preventing that or what. I'm not arguing in favore of recording shows illegally, I'm just saying if such a video had appeared a few months ago and saw it, I'd likely f...

So it's sort of a "compostite cast" recording?