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#1

Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 6:04am

Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Trevor Nunn is to direct a musical version of the classic Audrey Hepburn movie 'Breakfast At Tiffanys' which is posed to open in October 2009.
He wants to bring together the same team s he had for this years wondrously disastrous 'Gone With The Wind'- without the Dr who wrote the music we can only hope!
He is quoted as saying that he can't let 'Gone with The Wind' ruin his reputation as a director of musicals!!! 'CATS' anyone?
He's bound to leave the ill fated 1960s Broadway bound version alone as that has such a bad history he really should start afresh if he's going to try and carry this off.



Updated On: 12/27/08 at 06:04 AM

#2

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 6:26am

Hey, leave Cats alone! (although I can see how it would annoy some!)

Hmm interesting this one, I could see it more as a play than a musical. Funny choice really, a musical of a well known film to replace the flop of his other musical that was also a well known film. Could be history repeating itself! Surely he has redeemed himself with Little Night Music?!
#3

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 6:31am

Its really soon after 'Nigh Music' too, tho that will be well up and running in town when he starts on 'Tiffanys'. I'm gonna have get out my CD of the show now remind myself how bad it is!
#4

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 8:09am

Yes, leave Cats alone Mamma :)
It sounds like a really intresting project.. lets just hope it doesn't open at the New London..
Oh i wish Xanadu went to that theatre... re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!
#5

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 8:10am

Xanadu wouldn't fill the Novello, but it would be fine in the Duchess.

Speaking of the Duchess, isn't some straight play going in there? So much for musicals taking every venue in the West End!
#6

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 8:12am

Cats *spits8 lol

This will be brilliant in a really bad way im sure lol, i have the live recording of the ill fated Broadway Bound production, apart from a couple of nice tunes its horrible
Namo i love u but we get it already....you don't like Madonna
#8

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:10pm

Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang!
Cats-Bang! Bang! Your times up kitten!

Updated On: 12/27/08 at 01:10 PM

#9

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:28pm

The CD is a strange mixture of the two shows before the shambles arrived on Broadway. The CD cover is changeable for the two names the show had, 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' and 'Holly Golightly'. It became 'Breakfast at Tiffanys' only when it arrived seriously undercooked on Broadway.

Updated On: 12/27/08 at 01:28 PM

#10

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:29pm

Undercooked? There were so many cooks in the kitchen that I don't think the show ever made it into the oven!

The original book and film are legend. Leave them the hell alone.
#11

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:33pm

It never officially opened on Broadway. It had its first preview on Dec 12th 1966 and played four previews!
#12

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:37pm

I gotta fess up here!!!!
I have 'never' seen the movie!
I know! I know!
I actually have a 9ft poster that cost me £700 on my office wall but....




#13

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:41pm

Not quite sure how I feel about this one.

Breakfast at Tiffany's is my all-time favourite movie, hands down! However, looking at the history of the original musical then I am not quite sure what to expect. I can imagine if it's a West End production of the original show then I will not be happy but if it's a new musical all together then I can't see any reason not to look forward to it. We need a good Holly though, let's be honest, without that it's just not worth it.
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#14

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:43pm

AND SHAME ON YOU MAMA!
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#15

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:43pm

As much as I adore Mary Tyler Moore I think she was wrong for the part!


Updated On: 12/27/08 at 01:43 PM

#16

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 1:45pm

Let's get a good British girl in to the job :)
An unknown perhaps...
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#19

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 4:09pm

Xanadu would be awesome in the New London, but I think it would still risk getting swallowed up in there.
#20

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/27/08 at 8:06pm

I love Bob Merrill's Breakfast At Tiffany's score (in fact I love Bob Merrill in general - one of the most underrated musical theatre songwriters in my opinion). But they never managed to solve the problems with the book for this show - and it was always going to suffer from people expecting "Moon River" and not getting it! I'd love to see a production that brings this score to life but I'm apprehensive regarding whether this is possible.
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#21

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/28/08 at 6:15am

This is a misreport. It's a play not a musical. Based on the novella, not the movie. And Trevor Nunn isn't the director.
#22

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/28/08 at 6:35am

Oh please!
You've just joined the wrong board love!!!
Back to your own little world.
Bye!

Updated On: 12/28/08 at 06:35 AM

#24

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/28/08 at 7:14am

Yeah, joining a board to make one post with what seems like unsubsantiated information can be annoying but the information in the original post is also unsubstantiated. Trevor Nunn isn't attached. It's not a musical. There was a workshop of the play in London a couple of months ago.
#25

re: Nunn To Put The Wind Up 'Tiffanys'!

Posted: 12/28/08 at 7:47am

A play could be good, i just think a musical would be a mess again

I have to disagree with the lovely bob8rich, i think the score is very bland, one or 2 songs popped out but most of the score was serviceable at best
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