Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
#1Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:16pm
In a recent interview with Playbill.com, Beth Leavel confirmed that she will be a part of the cast of the new musical MINSKY'S, set to premiere at LA's Ahmanson Theater:
"Question: Do you have any other projects in the works?
Leavel: I do. I haven't signed a contract, but it looks like I'm going to be going back to Los Angeles, to the Ahmanson, to do The Night They Raided Minsky's — directed by Casey Nicholaw, written by Bob Martin, with music by Charles Strouse and Susan Birkenhead.
Question: What part will you be playing in that?
Leavel: I'm going to be playing Mazzie. She's the jaded dance director at the burlesque house.
Question: When will that be?
Leavel: I think we'll actually be out there January or February [2009]. They're hoping for a Broadway transfer, but I'm not sure when that will be. But when Casey Nicholaw and Bob Martin call, I go!"
http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/article/120028.html/all
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Mr Roxy
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#2re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:38pm
Are any songs from this with Lee Adams lyrcis? If so, will they remain or will they be gone if they are not already?
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Updated On: 8/3/08 at 05:38 PM
#3re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/3/08 at 5:41pm
Mr Roxy, I was told that all presents lyrics in the show are by Susan Birkenhead, so it's safe to say anything by Adams is now gone.
Leavel has a terrific number called "Home" that she completely knocked out of the park when she did the workshop a couple months ago.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Raspberry
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#5re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/3/08 at 7:40pmThere's also a video of Beth singing the "Home" number at a concert for some sort of musical performance summer camp thing. (...or something like that?)
"I just want a story and a few good songs that will take me away. I just want to be entertained. I mean, isn't that the point?"
#6re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/4/08 at 7:37ambump.
Tonya Pinkins: Then we had a "Lot's Wife" last June that was my personal favorite. I'm still trying to get them to let me sing it at some performance where we get to sing an excerpt that's gone.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#7re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/4/08 at 8:40pmI haven't heard the full score to Minsky's but "Home" is on the "Musicality of Strouse" album performed beautifully by Karen Ziemba and Christiane Noll.
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#8re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/4/08 at 8:48pmI wasn't going to see this, but I might have to now!
miss pennywise
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#9re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/4/08 at 10:52pmWhat do you mean by "I might have to now"? You HAVE TO!
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#10re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/5/08 at 4:45am
Very funny miss pennywise :). I hope TheatreFreak goes so that we can all find out how the show is coming together. Wow, this is still very exciting news.
Thank you for bumping this. I'm actually delaying moving just so I can see this in LA. Thank you Beth Leavel for taking on this role! This is very exciting and I hope it makes the transition to Broadway easier. So happy this is premiering in LA and it's a good location. Good Hotels within walking distance of the Theatre. Ahmanson too has a great staff. If they want to be back at the Marquis, which would be so great, they have to wait for 9 to 5 to take its turn. That could push it back until at least the Summer?
I think 9 to 5 will do a good job. It has a great cast. Does anyone know if Minsky's is vying for a different Theatre? I'm afraid after seeing "Drowsy" at the Marquis, I will always long to see a big stage filled up with fantastic sets and plenty of room to move in. It was comfortable and it also had a great staff at this Theatre.
Does anyone know too, who else will be in the show, yet?
miss pennywise
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#11re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/5/08 at 8:19am
I understand the cast is set, except for the two leads.
(Hey, Tkt!)
http://www.roches.com/television/ss83kod.html
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#12re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/5/08 at 10:16pmI'm very happy that Bob Martin is writing the book. The movie script is quite dated (and frankly too dark for a Strouse musical) and Bob Martin will do a great job in updating the book and making it funny for today's audiences.
"It does what a musical is supposed to do; it takes you to another world. And it gives you a little tune to carry in your head. Something to take you away from the dreary horrors of the real world. A little something for when you're feeling blue. You know?"
#13re: Beth Leavel to Join MINSKY'S
Posted: 8/6/08 at 5:40pmI'm happy Bob Martin is working the script too! He is too funny. Hopefully he will be able to insert enough of his humor into the script. I'm grateful that it isn't well known and I am hoping it can be put together with some of that, "razzle, dazzle", that made "Chicago" famous. Add Beth Leavel though, is just another, wow.
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