1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#01776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 1:57amDoes anyone know how 1776 was taken in London? I'd think that be an interesting take on it - did any OBCers reprise their roles over there?
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#1re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 1:34pm
I believe it was well-received by the critics, but audiences were (not surprisingly) not too interested. It closed after six months despite good reviews.
No OBC members were in the London production.
Judging as best I can from the cast recording, the London cast was not as good as the Broadway cast, though Lewis Fiander sounds like an excellent John Adams.
Derek2
Chorus Member Joined: 4/25/06
#2re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 1:45pmI was actually JUST thinking about this. Thats very interesting. I absolutely love this show! I think its so under appreciated.
#3re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 2:00pm
There's a London cast recording????
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#4re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 2:06pmYes, there was a London cast recording. Didn't stay in print too long. Never issued on CD.
jam_man
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/25/05
#5re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 2:16pmWhen did it, in fact, make it's London premiere?
"Who is Stephen Sondheim?" -roninjoey
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
GO CARDINALS!!!
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
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#6re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 2:28pmDon't know an exact date but around 1970, 1971. It was while the original production was still running on Broadway.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 5:52pm1776 opened at the New Theatre in London on June 16, 1970 and ran for 168 performances. The London cast recording is quite good.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#9re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 7:25pm
does no one else see the irony is playing 1776 in london? haha.
thats about as funny at the houston soccer team being called '1836' in rememberance of the Alamo. hmm.
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EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#10re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 8:52pm
Er, Texas won its independance in 1836.
Anyway, yes, it was rather ironic that they played the show in London.
Marguerite Chauvelin
Broadway Star Joined: 7/19/05
#11re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/4/06 at 10:54pmHmmm... Assassins did well in London yet 1776 didn't. Is that a problem?
If Percy Blakeney were in Les Mis....
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
Percy: Sink me! If it isn't Javvurt!
Javert: Zsah-vair, it's pronounced Zsah-vair.
Pecry: But it's spelled J-A-V-E-R-T Javvurt.
Javert: Repeat after me Zsah...Zsah....
Percy: Oh! Zsa-Zsa! Like the Gabor sister! Well I personally have always prefered Eva.
Javert: (Looks for gun)
#12re: 1776 question (Happy 230th Birthday, America!)
Posted: 7/5/06 at 12:09am
I think the irony is so obvious that no one felt the need to remark on it. It wasn't that no one saw it.
Wasn't that irony implicit in the question that started the thread?
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