Amour

[scotty]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 10:48am

What a gorgeous score/recording. I unfortunately didnt get to see the production. I am curious to know how Dusoleil was transported from place to place on stage? e.g 'Dusoleil's Revenge'
Errico, Gets and the entire cast are splendid. Anyone see the show? Care to comment?

Updated On: 2/24/05 at 10:48 AM

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 12:22pm

never saw it, but I love love LOVE this CD! Melissa Errico has one of the most beautiful voices!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:20pm

Of course "Amour" has a special place in my heart. Saw it 10 times on Broadway and am listening to the cast album right now. Melissa's finest performance, without a doubt. This summer, Goodspeed is going to produce a new, reconceived version of the show. Tickets go on sale to non-members some time in March.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:24pm

ten times?! good God! please tell me then how wonderful Chris was please

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:31pm

I thought Chris was terrific. Everybody was. I thought either Chris or Norm Lewis should've gotten a Tony nomination.

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:31pm

mef, that means you saw almost every show that it did.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:32pm

8 times in previews? opening night and closing night? = 10?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:33pm

Actually, I only saw it twice after it opened-opening night and closing. Most of the performances I saw were during the month-long preview period.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:34pm

Exactly, Without A Trace.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:35pm

yeah i thought chris should have won the Drama Desk nomination he got for that show. I dunno who won but yeah still lol

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:37pm

Dick Latessa won for "Hairspray".

[scotty]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:39pm

lol

What was the staging like?

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:41pm

oh oh thanks mef

yeah still Chris should have won heh

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:44pm

Scotty-

The staging was very much like a fairy tale. It was intricately lit, with gorgeous sets that made you feel as if you were right there in Monmartre.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:49pm

Why did it close so quickly?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:52pm

I really have no idea. The music is lovely. Every performer was excellent. Maybe it was too French for an American audience. Plus, it wasn't a big spectacle, which is usually what tourists (the backbone of Broadway) usually want to see. It still boggles me. I hope that it is eventually revived and given the credit that it deserves.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 1:53pm

Was the theater full on closing night? Did the audience seem to enjoy it?

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:10pm

On closing night (it was actually a 3pm matinee), there was a good number of people, probably there because they knew it was their last chance to see it. Everybody enjoyed it and gave it much applause.

[twogaab2]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:20pm

I caught the closing performance (a matinee). It was one of the most perfect jewells of a show I had ever seen in thirty years of theatergoing. I left the theater very angry, at the critics who "damned it with faint praise", at the audiences who were not brave enough to take a chance on an unknown entity, and (especially) myself for only seeing it once. One of the funniest shows I have ever seen. Great cast!

Just my opinion, I may be wrong.

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:24pm

Exactly, Twogaab! It truly was magical.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:27pm

::cries:: how come i wasnt in love with Broadway in 2003 huh? Why did it have to be 2004!! WHY
i could have seen the show then...but no longer *sob*

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:34pm

You actually missed it by two years, Sally: It opening and closed in 2002.

[SallyBrown]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:36pm

right my bad, i meant 2002

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:39pm

The mush to short life of "Amour":

Opened October 20, 2002
Closed November 3, 2002

At least they had the good sense to record a cast album.

[scotty]

Posted: 2/24/05 at 2:41pm

geesh. Those are some sad stats.