Should appeal to the Star Wars and horror film sect too. Can see a video game with Anna in a maze of incarnate statues with her plantation fan converting to a boomerang of death. Reinforces the vintage-ness of play (is it a musical?) that they may or may not be seeing. If it were anymore faded you might think it was a draft design from the original novel. Wait having my coffee - oh - now I see - very pretty. More Lincoln Center guaranteed audience navel gazing. Need another coffee.
i love it...i am coming to NYC to see this revival in the Spring of 2015...i want to be there in the week before the TONY AWARDS are handed out...that to me is a great week to see shows...CAN'T WAIT!
Cool. I have to say I'm not really super excited about The King and I, but with O'hara, Sher, and that big, gorgeous stage, I'm excited to see what happens.
Exquisite. The image of Anna dwarfed by the culture she doesn't (yet) understand has far more emotional suspense, the stakes present. The show isn't really the feel-good experience people remember it to be. It involves slavery, misogyny, xenophobia, (untimely) death. And ignorance and arrogance from both East and West. This is quite a break from the iconic imagery we know. Yet elegant and spare. My favorite of his since Carousel, perhaps.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
The cast of 50 will most likely be 20-26 kids who'll split the 8 performances. That's half the cast right there.
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.
There will be about 14 kids in the cast, the other 40 or so will be adults. That's on par with the prior Broadway productions. It's always been a big show.
EricMontreal22 wrote: Are the statues about to fall and topple over her?
No, Eric. You know this play is about how Anna topples the statues using colonialist entitlement to give her the strength of Samson's hair. Look at her face and body attitude. She's plotting...
Did anyone else happen to notice that they closed the top of the g in the word "King"?
When I see the phrase "the ____ estate", I imagine a vast mansion in the country full of monocled men and high-collared women receiving letters about productions across the country and doing spit-takes at whatever they contain.
-Kad
I think its nice, not amazing, but really nice. I however am SOOOO excited for this show!!! Kelli O'hara - Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical 2015 anybody?!
"The show isn't really the feel-good experience people remember it to be."
I just saw the show last night (they have revived the 1996 Broadway production in Australia, where it started) - and I agree. I suppose it's because there are a lot of happy takeaways (e.g., "Getting to Know You") but the show can get quite dark. I think this new artwork reflects more of the themes in the show than the 1996 artwork.
I can't wait to see what Kelli does with this role.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
I hope that Bartlett Sher exceeds our expectations of this production and gives us one of the greatest theaterical moments in our memories.
When I watched Sher's production of SOUTH PACIFIC on PBS it was one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed that it was equal to that of PalJoey's love for the 1971 production of FOLLIES to me. An expirence I won't forget.