Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#1Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 2:42am
LoveMusik is ending it's run this afternoon. A extremely touching show, it will be missed. Best of luck to the cast and crew.
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
#2re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 2:47am
Awww, Rockabye, did you have to remind me?
This news makes me a bit sad but luckily I was fortunate enough to catch the show last Sunday. I'm just glad the brilliance of the cast will be preserved on a cast recording.
Here's hoping Murphy records "Pirate Jenny" as a bonus track.
#2re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 3:30amI'm sorry, but it was two great performances in a really substandard show. I'm not going to miss it very much, but am glad that Cerveris' and Murphy's brilliance will be immortalized on a recording.
-best12bars
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Bwayfan4
Broadway Star Joined: 10/11/06
#3re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 8:12amI saw this show yesterday and really enjoyed it! It seemed very random and quirky...completely different than many of the shows I am used to seeing...but I really liked it! Both Cerveris and Murphy gave wonderful performances. (I had no idea it was so funny!) In any case, I'm glad I saw it before it closed.
#4re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:01amWait, it closes "tonight"? I was under the impression that the closing perf was at 2... is that wrong?!
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#5re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:16am
i'll miss LOVEMUSIK but im very excited about the cast recording!
ive said it before & i'll say it again, if they only cut the BUDDY ON THE NIGHTSHIFT and ILLUSION WEDDING SHOW numbers, the whole production would be tighter & stronger!!!!
cheers for all involved & i wll be one of the first to pre-order that cast recording!
#6re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:23amI saw it last night. A very interesting show, it didn't always work but that glorious music and those brilliant performances kept it from completely imploding from it's own pretensions to "serious high art."
#7re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:24amYou're right, ITF. It closes this afternoon.
#8re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:27amThank you WithoutaTrace! I always appreciate you on this board!
#9re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 10:41amAnd I'll be there! RC, and I know very little about the show but the cast looks great and we are looking forward to seeing it this afternoon.
#12re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 12:14pmIt's too bad that this was not a better show. Still, David Pittu's entertaining performance made the trip worthwhile for me.
#13re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 1:11pmI'll look forward to the cast recording. I can't wait to see what is up next for the great Michael Cerveris.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
keen on kean
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/1/06
#14re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 1:14pmI believe Cerveris is doing a play reading tomorrow night. Never let it be said he lets any grass grow under his feet!
#15re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 1:33pm
Wasn't LM supposed to transfer? I think I remember responding to a thread a couple months ago that said transfer was imminent or something along those lines.
Oh well.
Maybe I would be more sad right now if I had actually stayed awake for the entire show.
#16re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 1:54pmEnhancement money was invested into the project, but due to the mixed critical response, lack of Tony affection, and poor ticket sales, a transfer ended up not being a possibility.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#17re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 2:58pm
Yes, the transfer is definitely not happening but apparently there are a dozen international productions on the work.
Norn, I couldn't agree with you more. In my opinion, they needed to cut "Buddy on the Night Shift," "Illusion Wedding," done something less trite about the boat scene, let Donna Murphy sing ALL of "Surabaya Johnny" (I still don't get how Prince cut "Surabaya Johnny" but included a number as trivial as "Illusion Wedding" that just stops the show cold, not in the good way), put "Pirate Jenny" SOMEWHERE in the show, AND do something about the accents the show would have been much more solid.
As it stands, I thoroughly enjoyed it though. Cerveris, Murphy, Pittu, and Judy Blazer (in the dozen roles she gets to play) all made me grateful that I was able to see LoveMusik.
chris d
Broadway Star Joined: 4/21/07
#18re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 4:43pmI'll miss LoveMusik as well. It really brought an element of elegance, ambition, and chutzpah to Broadway during its short run. It wasn't perfect, but it was daring, challenging, emotional, and romantic. It also really got me interesting in Weill and Brecht's work and Lotte Lenya in general, who I didn't know much of before LoveMusik came about. I think praise is due also to MTC for those great Podcasts that really shed light on the subject matter and made the show all the more fascinating.
jordangirl
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/1/06
#19re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 6:47pm
I'll miss it. I saw it for the second time yesterday at the matinee and loved it even more. Donna's acting in like the last 10 minutes ~ from the suitcase to the make-up ~ just undid me both times.
As for the accents...while they were hard to understand at times, I can only imagine the complaint thread there would be if they hadn't used accents. Somehow I think the complaints about the lack of Irish accents in The Pirate Queen would have been mild compared to that one. :)
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Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#20re: Auf Wiedersehen, LoveMusik.
Posted: 6/24/07 at 8:25pm
yes!
thanks to MTC for those podcasts!!!
they really added to the experience!
RockabyeHamlet
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/05
#22LoveMusik not recorded
Posted: 6/26/07 at 5:48pmoh no... do you have any more info or how did you find out?
"People who like Sondheim enjoy cruelty."-LuvtheEmcee
Chrysanthemum62001
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/14/04
#23LoveMusik not recorded
Posted: 6/26/07 at 8:17pm
I absolutely adore Michael, and I FINALLY made it to see the show Saturday afternoon. I don't know how random this is, but he came out of the stage door almost immediately AND he was wearing his costume. I took a picture of him signing something so I will post it later.
LOVED THE SHOW. I will regret only seeing it once. My favorite number was "Wouldn't You Like to Be on Broadway". I loved all the music, but I felt some of the songs could have been shortened a bit.
I am gonna keep my fingers crossed that they record.
Yankeefan007
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
#24LoveMusik not recorded
Posted: 6/26/07 at 8:21pm
As per Hal Prince, there's no firm date as to when it's to be recorded (though it could be as early as this week), but it will definitely be recorded.
According to one of the Biltmore/MTC people, it's due to contract negotiations with the musicians.
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