Amour- Page 2

[tagiunagi]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:53pm

Is there any consensus why this show closed prematurely?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 3:56pm

My wife & I both loved it

It had no crashing chandeliers or helicopters or dancing cats. It was just another entertaining show that did not make it

[mrcacou]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 6:36pm

The show had a very healthy two year run here in Paris before it moved to New York. For the first time in a long time we got a musical with an orchestra, that was not an import from London or Broadway and that looked like a real musical, not a concert in costumes like the crap we get nowadays in France.
I love that show and I think those who loved Amour would love the French CD " Le Passe Murailles".

[Roscoe]

Posted: 8/12/06 at 8:51pm

It was an amusing little show that really felt out of place on Broadway. It was okay in every way, I just felt that it was over-produced, and worked way too hard to be charming and whimsical and just wound up being forced. The only thing I really remember fondly about it now was a cameo by Christopher Fitzgerald as a defense attorney. The ending was kind of bogus, too, the way it was staged I just sat there wondering why someone didn't just get a chisel and set him free.

You're not missing much if you didn't see it.

[alterego]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 12:37am

I have the CD and play it often. I never saw the show. What I'd like to know is how a show like Light In The Piazza can win a Tony and get such audience recognition when Amour, which I'd have thought would have attracted the same crowd doesn't.

I love Michel Legrand's work. Has anyone here ever seen the stage version of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg? Updated On: 8/13/06 at 12:37 AM

[Mythus]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 2:51am

Roscoe, Christopher had more parts than that.

I love Amour...I wish I could've seen Christian Borle as - well, any of the parts, really. I know he went on at least once, didn't he?

[Pinky]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 3:04am

I loved this show. I saw it a few days before it closed. After the show, my friends & I talked about the sets & the magic when Malcolm Gets went through the walls. One of my friends thought it was cheesy...even though I liked it...I saw his point.

I heard an interview with Malcolm Gets & he talked about Amour. He said it was originally supposed to be done off-Broadway. He said since the show was going to run at the Music Box, changes were made. Apparently, the staging prior to the Broadway run didn't include the walls & doors he walked through. He also mentioned doing shows about magic are always tricky.

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 3:12am

I still haven't heard this but I love The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which I am dying for someone to reproduce. The other movie I like very much too, I don't feel like typing out the name, it is very difficult and time consuming (although perhaps more difficult and time consuming to complain about typing the name and then complain about complaining about typing the name and then...)

I mentioned I was a burgeoning fan of Michel Legrand to Stephen Sondheim when I wrote him and Steve told me he didn't share my enthusiasm and thought Legrand was too syrupy. I was a little disapointed. Steve, you can be syrupy too!

[suchclumsytime]

Posted: 8/13/06 at 8:16am

I think my favorite part of that CD is when the composer sings a few bits and pieces...the last track, no? Anyhoo, he reminds me of a street artist who ripped me off in Monmartre, lol.