A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC takes the Kerr?- Page 20

[RippedMan]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 10:21am

I hope they get a killer singer of "Later" I love that song.

[ljay889]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 12:08pm

I don't know what to believe anymore. ugh.

[Kad]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 1:32pm

What are you talking about? Anyone who's anyone knows that Kate Winslet accepted role four years ago. Or something.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:18pm

So who is Raul be talked about for? I LOVE him...but I don't see him as any male role in Night Music.


BTW...just about Kate Winslet in general. Has she ever done stage work since she became a "star" in around 1994-1995? She was only about 19 when she was nominated for an Oscar. I forget how young she is...especially when I see pictures of her at this years Oscars where she looked 45!
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[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:22pm

^ Raul is rumored to be playing Frederik.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:28pm

If he does get cast, that is the role that I think would be better for him.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:29pm

I am not familiar with this musical. I heard a couple of songs and I didn't care for them, but casting Raul MIGHT get me into this show.

[Hest882]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:38pm

AndAllThatJazz, ALNM isn't among my top 5 Sondheim favorites, but I certainly appreciated it much more after seeing it. Like many Sondheim musicals (and, indeed, most musicals with strong books), the songs work much better and make more sense in context--thus greatly adding to one's admiration of the show.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:40pm

It's actually my favorite musical of all time.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:41pm

Hest882, I don't get to NYC often... but if a Regional Theatre near me took on the show, I'd go see it.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:42pm

Sorry, I'm only interested if he takes his clothes off.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:48pm

Well...if he does get Fredrick when he sings "Now" he does change out of a suit and into a long night shirt...so you might get to see a little something!

[Byron Abens]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:51pm

I have to admit, for as excited as people seem to be getting about the possibility of Raul Esparza, I'm just not feeling it. I certainly would not be crushed if this rumor turns out to be nothing more than that. I don't know who I would want for Fredrik, but I would prefer somebody with a more classical baritone sound than what I've heard from Raul (thinking the sound that Brian Stokes Mitchell produces, though I believe he's out of the age range Nunn is looking for).

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:51pm

Oh my God, you took me seriously.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:52pm

Raul Esparza showed his bum in Cabaret, didn't he?

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[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:52pm

Gavin Creel did Cabaret? On what planet?

ETA - Nevermind, you corrected. And yes. He also took it all off in The Normal Heart, but for the love of God, I'm kidding! He could perform in pajama pants and a down parka for all I care.

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[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 2:59pm

That's the trouble with message boards! You never know what people really mean because you can't hear their voice!

However, I would bet that show with Raul exposing something might get you to quicken your pace to the theatre just a little bit, wouldn't it?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:01pm

Ah, underestimation of my taste... and ability to grow up.

Trust me - if he's in it, period, I will be there as soon as humanly possible. I don't need him to get naked to motivate me. If I did, I would have been bored YEARS ago. I wouldn't have seen Company more times than humans have fingers.

[givesmevoice]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:03pm

A Little Night Music is one of the most beautiful scores I've ever heard. And the Walter Kerr is one of the most beautiful theaters I've ever been in on Broadway. as long as they get a good cast, it'll be a sumptuous evening of theater.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:04pm

I'm with luvtheEmcee, if Raul is in it... it could be a show that I don't like... i will still be interested.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:05pm

Lol, I don't know, I think we have all been in the boards long enough to know that Em meant that very tongue-in-cheek

And well, nobody needs for Raul to get naked for motivation but it sure doesn't hurt!

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:08pm

It's going to be at the Kerr theatre? That's where "Grey Gardens" was right? That's going to be perfect!
I just hope that the orchestra is big enough to do it justice!

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:09pm

lol, thank you.

Yup, Grey Gardens was at the Kerr.

And hey, I never said I don't like the show. I don't know it very well, but, what I know, I love.

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[Hest882]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 3:15pm

AndAllThatJazz, I'm not in NY either but I saw it at a local production here in the Bay Area. "Send in the Clowns" suddenly made sense after all those years!

[best12bars]

Posted: 7/4/09 at 4:04pm

Raul is too young for Fredrik Egerman. This character is the father of Henrik who is a 19 or 20 year old seminary student. Raul is 39 now, although he looks younger on stage.

Even at his "real" age of 39, Fredrik would have had to be 19 or 20 himself when his son Henrik was born. And he's a lawyer. I doubt he would have been married so young and having kids while studying as an undergraduate.

It's bad casting for this character and his motivations, too. Fredrik is going through a major midlife crisis in the story. It's the reason he marries 18-year-old Anne. It would look silly and trivial for a 39-year-old (who doesn't even look it) to be "trying to renew his unrenewable youth." (a line Fredrik says in the show)

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