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broadwaysfguy said: "I do wish they would change the ending like they did on the book with wicked, so they escape somehow and have a happily ever after (much pore disney-like)"I love Aida, but I always felt like the ending made the show complete in the first place. It is so beautifully tragic that they both die in the tomb and meet each other many lifetimes later in the museum (this might vary depending on the production, but it is the "official" ending). I thought it was very brave for Disne...

They look really great, I can't wait to see more!

Could somebody describe in more detail what the set design looks like? I can't find any pictures online yet and it will probably still be a couple of days until production stills and video footage will be released. EDIT: I just found this curtain call pic on Instagram. That looks really pretty, but I am still curious as to how they use it. Do they work with projections? :)

"I think people overlook that this is a very good show of its kind." It really is. I saw it in Stuttgart three years ago and in its original version, it's a very high quality show. Both the book and the direction were pretty good the way they were in Germany so I hope they won't try to make too many changes to the material. Some songs might benefit from different orchestrations (which weren't bad in the original version, but might not really work everywhere outside of the German-speaking thea...

"Kunze translating a Musical again is indeed great news as I always adored his translations and Elisabeth is one of my favorite Musicals of all time. But his Wicked translation - in my opinion - fell short." I agree that Wicked is not Kunze's best work. I don't know whose choice it was to change some of the names and I am usually not a big fan of names being changed either, but in the case of Wicked, I can see why they did it. "Shiz" may have worked on paper, but when spoken out loud, it soun...

"Or is this new production an opera?" No, it is a musical. I wish they had not changed the title - the working title was "Schikaneder", but this week they announced it has officially been changed to "Emanuel and Eleonore - The Great Love Behind the Magic Flute", which sounds quite cheesy. However, I as a native German speaker am really excited about the news that Michael Kunze will translate. He's a brilliant writer and lyricist, both in his own original work and in translated librettos. (His...

For me, the problem with the Lara/Yurii love story was not about the stage time, but rather about the narration. Just as I said, I haven't seen the movie, but I do think even 20-30 minutes screentime can be enough to sufficiently tell the process of how two people fall in love and how their feelings develop. I am not saying that Lara and Yurii would have needed more shared time on stage. I am saying that their shared (and separate) time on stage should have been written differently. Yes, they...

They actually made an international trailer for this production. The songs are still in German, but everything else is aimed at an international audience: A lot of high quality production photos can be found here. You have to click on musicals on the left and then DER BESUCH DER ALTEN DAME (The Visit). I love the way the set is designed and I really regret not seeing it while it was still running because I could have, ugh.

"I watched the stream of the 92Y interview and I'm definitely looking at the design aspects a little differently now after hearing Des talk about why they made some of the choices they did. I don't think a lot of the intended metaphors are coming across like they'd hoped but it at least makes more sense now." I feel exactly the same about it. I stumbled across the livestream link yesterday and when I watched it, it really made me reflect the preview I saw a month ago (which I haven't really g...

I really, really hope Sydney Lucas will win. It's my biggest Tony wish of the season.

Beautifully observed, Charley and Weaselprince. This is such a rich show and I feel like a lot more thought went into the crafting of score and libretto than what is perceived at first sight or listen. I admire Kron and Tesori's work so much.

They probably re-recorded everything including Alison's brothers as well.

I agree that it's really to accurately represent Fun Home by only performing a single number. I personally would love to see "Ring of Keys" being performed at the Tonys but I don't know whether they will actually go with that song. "A Musical" seems like the obvious choice for Something Rotten! but just as it has been pointed out, the song will suffer from being shortened. And I really hope Finding Neverland won't choose "Live by the Hook/Stronger". Despite the effective staging, I felt like ...

I always find it really interesting to see which songs are performed at the Tony Awards. Which songs do you think should best be performed for this year's range of shows? Do the chosen songs depend on the nominations (e.g. if Judy Kuhn was nominated as featured for Fun Home, would it be more likely that Fun Home was represented by a song which features Judy?). In the case of Something Rotten!, the audience loved the "A Musical" number. Do you think it might work as a Tony performance? Which s...

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