Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?- Page 5

[PalJoey]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#100

Posted: 12/16/08 at 4:34pm

Why does Anita's dress shop have the same sewing machine it had in the 1957 production?

That sewing machine looks like it dates back to 1897 or something.

[BobbyBubby]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#101

Posted: 12/16/08 at 4:38pm

Olivio is featured. Block is lead.

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#102

Posted: 12/16/08 at 4:53pm

and
Carole Shelly
and
Susan Blackwell.

I actually like Maria's dress, but those mini-skirts are mind blowing, wacco-jacco.

[hmpeterson]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#103

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:12pm

I am a little disappointed that A Boy Like That/I Have A Love are in Spanish. I like the fact that Spanish is being incorporated into show, but that is one of the most powerful parts of the show (IMO) and I would have like to have heard those songs in English. Who knows though, I hope to see it in NY and it should be fantastic. Can't wait to see Olivo's Anita and Sacglione's Maria after all the talk!!!

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#104

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:12pm

I'm thinking this production is going to be the same as Gypsy. Hideous sets and hideous costumes with the only saving grace being the performances, hopefully.

[wonkit]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#105

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:16pm

My first reaction on seeing the dance at the gym costumes - CHORUS LINE?

[ljay889]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#106

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:36pm

Gypsy's costumes were nominated for a Tony. They were quite lovely, and were a MAJOR improvement from the City Center costumes.

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#107

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:40pm

Am I not allowed to have the opinion that Tony nominated costumes were still hideous?

[ljay889]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#108

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:46pm

No your not....

When did I say you couldn't?

But I think they are far from hideous. Rose's dresses/costumes were changed for the better. So hopefully the same will happen with WSS.

[CurtainPullDowner]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#109

Posted: 12/16/08 at 5:55pm

Where are pics from DANCE AT THE GYM?
Did I miss them?

[morosco]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#110

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:01pm

Were women's hemlines ever that high in the mid-fifties?

[PRFRMR20]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#111

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:28pm

I'm surprised that no one commented on the hairstyles (particularly the leading men). Tony and Riff's very modern messed spike look is not out of the 50s.

They original promoted this show as the most true to material and story with real teenagers, spanish, etc. They then cast Matt C. and Karen O. that broke their first goal. Now they have these weird 60-70-80 costumes with today's hairstyles! The biggest problem with this show is that it doesn't know what it want to be. They had a plan (which was great) but slowly have altered more and more away from it... this is what will be the downfall of the show. It needs to know what it is!

[wicked_beast4]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#112

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:35pm

THe picture of Karen and Josefina is gone! GASP!

"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable." -F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise

[ljay889]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#113

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:38pm

Why did they take the pic away?

[PRFRMR20]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#114

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:42pm

Because Karen looks like a housewife...?

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#115

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:46pm

Maybe Laurents is reading the thread. Wait, does he know what a computer is?

[ljay889]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#116

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:48pm

I hope someone tells him the costumes need to go. They better make proper use of this tryout.

[BigFatBlonde]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#117

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:53pm

I daresay Arthur Laurents knows the purpose of an out-of-town tryout.

I'm sure he will make "proper" use of his time.

What great ones do the less will prattle of

[ljay889]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#118

Posted: 12/16/08 at 6:57pm

Well he kept the stuffed Chowsie and Lamb puppet for GYPSY from City Center to Broadway.

So that makes me a little nervous. But I am sure WSS has a bigger budget, and can afford improvements to the costumes.
Updated On: 12/16/08 at 06:57 PM

[CATSNYrevival]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#119

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:02pm

Laurents should blog. I'd totally read it. They should make it a BWW feature.

[Chris3]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#120

Posted: 12/16/08 at 7:08pm

These production photos are seriously depressing. Worse than community theater!

[ljay889]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#121

Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:39pm

Here is something no one has asked yet.

How was SOMEWHERE sung by the "boy tenor" ?

[morosco]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#122

Posted: 12/16/08 at 8:49pm

NPR audio feature on the show. You'll hear Josefina Scaglione sing in Spanish (albeit acapella).
A 'West Side Story' With A Different Accent

[Magica]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#123

Posted: 12/16/08 at 9:21pm

holy crap those "costumes" are horrendous

[RentBoy86]

re: Anyone seeing WEST SIDE STORY in D.C. today?#124

Posted: 12/16/08 at 10:35pm

Did Matt opt for the higher note in Maria or no? I never cared for his vocals, but I thought his voice worked for "Grey Gardens" and "A Catered Affair," but I'm not so sure here.

The whole production just looks like an eye sore. I wish they would have gone darker in the look