Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread- Page 42
Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
#1025Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/27/16 at 5:27pm
An update of upcoming Billy Flynns: according to Telecharge.com
Tom Hewitt as Billy Flynn (8/1 - 8/23)
Jason Danieley as Billy Flynn (8/25 - 9/18)
Those are fairly brief runs for each of these talented performers. I'm guessing that another celebrity Billy Flynn will be waiting in the wings by around Sept. 19th. Just a thought.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 7/27/16 at 05:27 PM
#1026Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/27/16 at 6:10pm
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIYNmwlhKZg/ There's a special "Chicago" summer event being held on Wed. August 31st at 7p.m...somewhere in Central Park.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 7/27/16 at 06:10 PM
petewk87
Leading Actor Joined: 2/16/16
#1027Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 12:49pm
I would like to finally see Chicago on Broadway sometime in the next couple months. Where are the rush seats located? How are Tom Hewitt and Jason Danieley? Thanks!
#1028Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 4:41pm
petewk87 said: "I would like to finally see Chicago on Broadway sometime in the next couple months. Where are the rush seats located? How are Tom Hewitt and Jason Danieley? Thanks!
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Rush seats are located on the extreme sides of the orchestra and front mezzanine. They are very partial view. I have yet to see Tom Hewitt as Billy Flynn, but Jason Danieley was awesome! I highly recommend you to see him.
#1029Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 4:49pm
Indeed, he is quite impressive. He holds the recording for the longest note in "Both Reached For The Gun"....at least 35 seconds long ".....the......gun."How he does it, I don't know.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
petewk87
Leading Actor Joined: 2/16/16
#1030Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 5:35pm
Thank you! 'very' partial view doesn't sound too promising. Would it be better to go for $50 rear mezz seats? I assume they don't sell standing room tickets these days...
#1031Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 9:30pm
petewk87 said: "Thank you! 'very' partial view doesn't sound too promising. Would it be better to go for $50 rear mezz seats? I assume they don't sell standing room tickets these days..."
I do think rear mezzanine has better view than rush ticket seats, but for Chicago, the closer the better.
Standing room tickets have the best value, in my opinion. Sometimes box office sells them despite that the show isn't sold out, while sometimes box office really sticks to rules. Never hurt to ask, though.
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#1032Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 9:53pm
Just saw CHICAGO for the 23rd time (and have tickets again for tomorow) this week and the show was terrific as usual. The audience was the most enthusiastic and receptive that I've ever seen. People were cheering all through All That Jazz. They were "awwww-ing" over Amos so much I thought people might get on stage and demand the other characters treat him better. Even the actress who comes out at the beginning was clearly startled by the enthusiasm because she tripped over a couple of her short lines and stopped twice when people cheered. It was fun to see a show I love received so warmly by an audience.
#1033Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/30/16 at 10:22pm
Were you referring to Go-To-Hell-Kitty (Chryssie Whitehead)? "Ladies and gentlemen....."
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Phantom4ever
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/17/07
#1034Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 7/31/16 at 7:56am
Yes! But it was more like "Welcome, la-oh my wow ladies and gentle-haha ladies and gentlemen"
#1035Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/4/16 at 9:32pm
FYI a new Velma starts soon - Lana Gordon
#1036Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/4/16 at 11:35pm
JBradshaw said: "FYI a new Velma starts soon - Lana Gordon
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thank goodness. Hopefully it's for a long run.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#1037Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 12:11am
ACL2006 said: "JBradshaw said: "FYI a new Velma starts soon - Lana Gordon
"Who? "
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"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#1038Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 8:27am
Here is a link to her Facebook Fan Page. Apparently, she's done the show before, sometime in 2005. I hope she gets a decent contract and stays with the show for a good number of weeks. https://www.facebook.com/LanaJeanGordon/ P.S. According to Telecharge, she'll be Velma from Aug. 15-Sept. 4th. Awesome...but such a short contract. After Sept. 4th, well, we know what happens after that. Grrrrrr. On a different note, Ryan Lowe gets a contract extension till March 2017!
Bianca Marroquin as Roxie (thru 8/21)
Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly (thru 8/14)
Lana Gordon as Velma Kelly (8/15 - 9/4)
Tom Hewitt as Billy Flynn (thru 8/23)
Jason Danieley as Billy Flynn (8/25 - 9/18)
Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart (thru 10/30)
Roz Ryan as Matron "Mama" Morton (thru 9/4)
R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine (thru 3/26)
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Updated On: 8/5/16 at 08:27 AM
Javi
Featured Actor Joined: 7/13/03
#1039Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 4:54pm
I saw Chicago on Sunday's matinee and I was pleasantly surprised that it was in really good shape. Firstly, I wanted to say that the ensemble was fantastic. Just great. I've read previously about how the ensemble looked tired, but this wasn't my experience. They really made the show come to life. Last time I saw Chicago was when Brooke Shields was on. I found Bianca's take on Roxie to be a lot of fun. My sister saw it with me and didn't like Bianca. I loved that she was going for a lot of the comedy in Roxie that a lot of Roxies don't even strive for. I thought Jaime was a good Billy Flynn with a good singing voice. Perhaps he suffered a bit in the book scenes, I thought. His accent was quite heavy and his lines didn't get the response from the audience that they would usually get. He was almost trying to get through saying his lines but perhaps not acting them as well.
A couple of questions... At the end of Mr Cellophane, the actor got a lot of applause and he left the stage without saying the "Hope I didn't take too much of your time" line or whatever it is. Probably because of the applause, he decided to skip it. Is this normal? Are performers allowed to drop lines?
Also a question on actors ad libbing or adding to the regular performance. How much of this is allowed or don't they care at this point? I know that Chicago changes choreography depending on the performer's skills, but say Bianca's performance of the 'Roxie' song seemed REALLY long. Like she was adding a lot of choreography and extra actions that I haven't seen other Roxies do. As much as I enjoyed her overall performance, I think the 'Roxie' number suffered because someone didn't edit her. I think she even ad libbed in Spanish at one point (the audience members, many Spanish speaking, cheered). For me, it took me out of the Roxie character. Roz Ryan also seemed to ad lib a lot. I guess she's been doing it for ages and is just having fun up there. Anyway, just interested in people's thoughts about this.
#1040Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 5:00pm
I've never seen "Chicago" where Amos fails to say...literally his last line of the show. By the way, what did you think of Mary Sunshine? Dylan Ratell is filling in for Ryan Lowe (vacationing in Hawaii) for a short spell.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
NYCtheater
Featured Actor Joined: 8/28/03
#1041Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 5:18pm
I've been to a performance of Chicago where Amos also didn't say "Hope I didn't take up too much of your time" because there was so much applause. I think it's only been one time it happened when I've gone.
Javi
Featured Actor Joined: 7/13/03
#1042Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 6:54pm
Pretty sure we had R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine and the performance was great. I was in the front row and really enjoying that show all over again.
And interesting that someone else had seen a show where Amos didn't say that line.
And I want to take Michael Scirrotto home with me. :)
#1043Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 8:09pm
really, only 3 weeks?? That's depressing. Seems like AFW is simply taking a vacation.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
#1044Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/5/16 at 10:22pm
ACL...how many "years" have we've noticed this pattern? Honestly, at some point "Chicago" will need to innovate in order to remain competitive. One first start would be to secure and train "future"/NEW Velma Kellys. (Or just anyone other than AFW.) Lana Gordon is a good start, but give her more time for Pete's sake.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
BrodyFosse123
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#1045Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/7/16 at 1:02pm
Oh, the memories of $25 rush tickets located in the first row Orchestra Center while the show was at the Shubert Theatre. You arrived between 6-7am, get your wristband, wait till 10am for box office to open, get your tickets then leave to enjoy your day. You didn't waste your day standing in line for hours.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#1047Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/15/16 at 12:45pm
Ooh, a new Velma and a Billy I haven't seen yet? (Danieley. who I love?) I'm sooo making a return trip!
(By the way, Hewitt is really great as Billy, I saw him years ago do it on Broadway.)
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#1048Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/17/16 at 8:13pm
I had never heard of Lana Gordon. These video clips showcase her talents. Her rendition of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" was lovely. If someone sees her as Velma Kelly, please share your thoughts. http://www.broadwaybox.com/daily-scoop/chicagos-new-star-lana-gordon-can-do-it-all-alone/
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
#1049Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 8/17/16 at 8:37pm
If you just do a simple search there's video footage of her Velma online
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