A TALE OF TWO CITIES : The New Marquee, Concept CD & More.....

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES : The New Marquee, Concept CD & More.....

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:09pm

courtesy of our friend matt!

A TALE OF TWO CITIES at Al Hirschfield Theater (Martin Beck)






http://www.playbill.com/news/article/119724.html

btw- nice photos, matt!

J*

Updated On: 7/23/08 at 09:09 PM

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:11pm

"Who doesn't love red?"

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:12pm

Ohhh, I like that! And it still somehow manages to look like a 'Sweeney Todd'/'Les Miserables' crossover. XD

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:13pm

It looks cheap to me - the logo.

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:14pm

Speaking of Les Miserables- I have the Concept CD and oh my god! It sounded like a water down version of Les! This will be an interesting show to see the early post/ reviews here at BWW!

J*

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:16pm

I like it. It looks exciting.

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:17pm

It's very....red. I'm not really feeling the horses either.

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Updated On: 7/22/08 at 09:17 PM

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:18pm

So which critic is gonna be the brainiac to write "it was the worst of times, it was the worst of times"?

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:20pm

Most of them.

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:22pm

I think my favourite bit is the way it goes "... the new musical", like it would really be happier pretending it had no music whatsoever. And I'm a big fan of red. RED. *_*

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:27pm

I hate the dot, dot, dot too. I think they'd fair better without acknowledging that it's a musical.

#12

re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:27pm

Yankee- I will be very interested on what you think of the show! btw-WaT & I bought early tickets for the show (like 1st weekend previews) in case the show pulls ala GLORY DAYS!

Oh... I can see this show will be BWW's new "favorite" show! (judging from the sample songs..I cant even finish the whole 23 tracks CD~that's how painful it is! Again.. this will be very interesting to READ everyone's early reviews!

J*

Updated On: 7/22/08 at 09:27 PM

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:30pm

That sign IS pretty funny. It sounds very enthusiastic.

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Updated On: 7/22/08 at 09:30 PM

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:31pm

....did someone mention 'Sweeney Todd'?

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:36pm

...or was it 'A Tale Of Two Cities'?

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:41pm

Of all - the samples/demos that ive heard for this season (13, A Tale of two Cities & Shrek) IMO-Shrek has the most promising score! except for that generic belt-out song "I Could Get Used To This" by Chester Gregory (Donkey)~I dont like that song!

I cant wait to see Goodspeed's Pre-Broadway try-out of "The Story of My Life" this October! A very interesting year for New Musical


J*

Updated On: 7/22/08 at 09:41 PM

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:43pm

This is gonna pale in comparison to The Scarlet Pimpernel.

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:46pm

That was a very red artwork too!

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:56pm

(A Tale...)

and they have this one song called "No Honest Way" - I think that's the photo that looks like Sweeney... oh my! it sounded like a reject song from Les Miserables which was replaced by Master of the House! Sorry to say.. I am not a big fan of this Pop Opera Musical (ala Les Miserables, Martin Guerre & Scarlet Pimpernell)

yeah.. kinda looks like Scarlett Pimpernell ...lol!

Updated On: 7/22/08 at 09:56 PM

#20

re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 9:58pm

This show shall bring up bad memories of high school summer reading.

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:07pm

Why all the hate? I really like the demo though I am expecting the show to get torn to shreds. I actually hope they record it during previews as I bet no label will want to touch it after the reviews come out.

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:10pm

Nicholas Nickleby!
I guess all of the Dickens shows or any from that period are gonna look all the same!

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:14pm

No. I dont hate the show.. I just dont like the demo/23 tracks songs. I am not into that kind of music (90's pop opera musical style) I am sure that the finish product will be very different from the 23 tracks from the demo. I wish all the best for the show!

J*

Updated On: 7/22/08 at 10:14 PM

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:16pm

I enjoyed 'Nicholas Nickleby'. I think it's criminal David Dawson didn't get more love for his brilliant Smike.

I reckon 'Tale Of Two Cities', if it has any brain, will do well to try and corner the market that didn't realise 'Les Mis' closed (and reopened and closed again). I mean, this one is ACTUALLY about the French Revolution! Totally my favourite historical period. Well, okay, I find the Napoleonic Wars a heckuva lot more interesting than the Revolution, but it's still around the same time.

They should make 'Temeraire' into a musical. Naval battles, and dragons! There's no WAY it could be done without being awful! I'd love it! XD

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re: The NEW Marquees Thread :

Posted: 7/22/08 at 10:22pm

I mean, this one is ACTUALLY about the French Revolution!

I think you made a good point, there! specially if you hear the 23 tracks score- they keep mentioning the word "Bastille" in the lyrics and I think that's gonna be a problem since most regular theater goer might IDENTIFY this whole concept and look to Les Miserables or worst compare it! (unfortunately)

J*