An American in Paris to open at Palace
#2
Posted: 7/17/14 at 11:47am
well that was quick.
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#3
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:08pm
So what about the months in between? I would hate to see the Palace go dark over the holidays!
#4
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:16pm
^ their going to have to spend time undoing that seating unit and rebuilding the deck.
#6
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:26pm
Could-I HOPE-A Christmas Story be making a return engagement for the holidays?! Please, please, please!!!
#7
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:30pm
True. We did have a surge of holiday shows. And now with all these theaters available for the winter. Why not?
#8
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:35pm
A CHRISTMAS STORY has been by far the best of the 'seasonal' musicals I've seen, so I'd be happy if it returned.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS intrigues me... will there be an audience for the (presumed) extended ballet sequence?
I also love the unintentional pile-up from season-to-season. Last season we had no golden-age throwback, this season we have this, ON THE TOWN, KING AND I and also FORUM and TWENTIETH CENTURY... you wonder whether these shows would have fared better if they were spread out over different seasons, as far as finding their audience goes. But then again, such are the windows of opportunity... you take 'em when you get 'em.
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS intrigues me... will there be an audience for the (presumed) extended ballet sequence?
I also love the unintentional pile-up from season-to-season. Last season we had no golden-age throwback, this season we have this, ON THE TOWN, KING AND I and also FORUM and TWENTIETH CENTURY... you wonder whether these shows would have fared better if they were spread out over different seasons, as far as finding their audience goes. But then again, such are the windows of opportunity... you take 'em when you get 'em.
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#9
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:44pm
I'm thrilled at the idea of this being on Broadway for the first time. I expect if audiences loved the ballets at the heart of Oklahoma, On the Town, Carousel, West Side Story and On Your Toes, they will welcome the one at the heart of this show too.
I wonder if Alan Jay Lerner will get any credit on this at all, given that the original concept, screenplay and reworking of some of the Ira Gershwin lyrics in the movie were all his. (And p.s., new books for classic properties always scare me a little.)
I wonder if Alan Jay Lerner will get any credit on this at all, given that the original concept, screenplay and reworking of some of the Ira Gershwin lyrics in the movie were all his. (And p.s., new books for classic properties always scare me a little.)
#10
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:57pm
I feel like this would have done well had it opened during the holidays.
#11
Posted: 7/17/14 at 12:57pm
I'm very excited for this, though I fear all of these "classic" musicals (in this case, a classic score) will work against each other.
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#12
Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:02pm
Huh. I wonder whatever happened to the Ken Ludwig adaptation that premiered in 2008 in Houston.
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#14
Posted: 7/17/14 at 1:37pm
So excited for this! The ballet is going to look stunning at the palace.
#15
Posted: 7/17/14 at 2:07pm
With Robbie Fairchild dancing the Gene Kelly part? Yes, it will be wonderful!
Not to mention Max Von Essen singing "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise."
Not to mention Max Von Essen singing "I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise."
#16
Posted: 7/17/14 at 3:09pm
Yeah that ballet dancer is GORGEOUS. I don't care if he can't sing or act. I'll pay money just to watch him stand there.
#17
Posted: 7/17/14 at 5:12pm
Would love to see Ryan Steele attached to this
#18
Posted: 7/17/14 at 8:28pm
I like the idea and I love the cast, but why must all of the Gershwin jukebox musicals have practically the same song stack? Playbill lists "I Got Rhythm," "SWondwrful," "But Not For Me" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me" as being included which is basically the scores of Crazy For You and Nice Work if You Can Get it. Didn't these guys write any other songs?
#19
Posted: 7/17/14 at 9:56pm
Ryan Steele was actually involved in the workshops for the show as a featured dance as recently as this past fall/winter.
#20
Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:07pm
The movie is a classic so seeing this with anyone other than Kelly and Company is a non starter for me.
For whatever reason, Broadway versions of classic MGM musicals have not done well. Examples are Meet me In St Lewis, Singing in The Rain and Gigi.
For whatever reason, Broadway versions of classic MGM musicals have not done well. Examples are Meet me In St Lewis, Singing in The Rain and Gigi.
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#21
Posted: 7/17/14 at 10:22pm
LOVE this. One of the best movie musicals ever and I would love to see it on Broadway.
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#22
Posted: 7/17/14 at 11:26pm
I always thought Max Von Essen bore a striking resemblance to Gene Kelly. I told him so on Twitter. He took it as a compliment.
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