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Make as many sarcastic bitchy comments as you all want - creating horror or suspense on stage can be done. The goal of theatre is to evoke emotion from an audience, and to evoke fear from a live audience when done correctly is a very powerful thing. I'm extremely glad they're not making this a parody or going the camp route and are really taking a big risk here because it is such unusual material. I have nothing but high hopes for this production, and it seems like it's got a pretty good cast...

Ooh! Serial Mom, please! I think this would be a riot.

If I HAD to pick one, it would probably be Shawshank considering its already been done on the West End, but we've already had Interview...Vampire with Lestat and the rest of the choices are rather silly.

Is it just me, or no matter what this show does, everyone on here seems to hate it? Yeesh. I guess that's BWW for ya. I thought the clips were pretty good - Marin's costume looks so much better than what is was. And did they change her wig? Somehow she looks more manic, and I really like it. I know it's been asked, but what does everyone miss about the old gal, and what's everyone's favorite improvement? I personally miss Heaven the most. For some reason, I felt the octect in Stratford (with ...

Was anyone else here at Annaleigh's last performance last night? I thought it was such a high-energy performance, she will be missed. That being said, best of luck to Emma. She's gonna be great.

I really like the Godspell revival. I realize it has some flaws, but it's just got so much talent and the rearrangements sound awesome (Beautiful City, anyone?)

I have to agree, I have also thought about The Help and don't think it would do well. I think it's just too soon, and in a few years, it wouldn't be fresh enough for audiences and wouldn't do well. It would have to be a musical if anything, though.

"'Next To Normal' was an offensive portrayal of mental illness that seemed to have no grounding in what real people go through with this kind of condition." I could not agree more jdrye222. I disliked N2N for a while for that very reason. However, I felt like Marin did a far superior job than Alice, which is not only an unpopular opinion, but seeing Marin is what made me like the show more. I love Lestat, Metropolis and The Woman In White and think they are all worthy of revivals some day. I ...

Last I checked with RUG, there are no plans to release it yet. I am skeptical if they will ever release the rights, unfortunately.

Bump. Seriously, no one besides Gaveston knows about this?

Hey, so I was wondering - since I'm in a shadow cast of Rocky this weekend, I naturally researched Rocky a little bit and discovered the screenplay for another full-length sequel 'O Brien wrote himself, "Revenge Of The Old Queen". I know there's one demo that's leaked onto the internets, but I was wondering if there were other recordings that were available to listen to as well.

I would die if this could happen. I'd love to see Ben Wright and Danielle Ferland again. Have they been active performers at all since? Last I remember Ben was a performance agent of some sort?

I agree with almost everything that's been said. Bad song choices and no Hunter. I'm not giving up hope though.

I would've loved to see Tracy in those roles. I only saw it in London last week and I loved it. Also, I had a previous thread asking this - what company licenses amateur rights for this?

Where could I get sheet music for this? Anyone know?

Has Debbie Allen's Alice ever been performed besides in its tryout? I haven't been able to find anything (posters, cast list, recordings) about it.

The material undoubtly has a lot of potential. It really surprises me that it was never picked up by Dramatists or Samuel French or another sort of licensing company. I don't know if Metropolis could ever be a real hit because of the themes of the material, but I think it would be great for Encores! or something of the like. How many productions of Metropolis have been done in the US? There's a nice site set up by the director of the '02 production, and there was one in '93 as mentioned - but...

Did anyone ever see this while it was on Broadway? I am a huge Alice fan and just came across it... the clips available I've heard on the internet sound truly terrible, but in the so-bad-its-good kind of way. Thoughts?

Who owns the rights to this since Joe Brooks is dead? I'm guessing his estate, right? I would really love to look into a concert of this... could someone please point me in the right direction? I'm assuming the next best person to contact would be Dusty Hughs, the bookwriter and lyricist.

I for one am a fan boy of the horror genre, so I'm excited, especially because the intention seems not to recreate the film for stage, but rather a darker theatrical retelling. That being said, it could be totally hit or miss.