Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?

[gleek4114]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#1

Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:48pm

Beth Malone just posted a picture on Instagram of a rehearsal space sign with the caption "Molly takes Manhattan", which leads be to believe that Roundabout is developing/work shopping the show for a New York run. Anyone have any other details about this?

It's Beth's most recent picture: https://www.instagram.com/thebethmalone/?hl=en

Updated On: 11/28/17 at 01:48 PM

[LesWickedly]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#2

Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:50pm

https://www.instagram.com/p/BcDD_jrhXmr/?taken-by=thebethmalone

The sign also says Roundabout. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#3

Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:51pm

Edit: didn’t see the post!

Interesting. I’d have thought Roundabout would be allocating all their resources toward KISS ME, KATE at this point.

Updated On: 11/28/17 at 01:51 PM

[gleek4114]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#4

Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:51pm

LesWickedly said: "https://www.instagram.com/p/BcDD_jrhXmr/?taken-by=thebethmalone

The sign also says Roundabout."

Thanks for linking! I couldn't figure out how to link the post so I just linked her account. 

[gleek4114]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#5

Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:52pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Why would it necessarily be Roundabout? I feel like they’d be allocating all their resources toward KISS ME, KATE at this point."

Because the sign says Roundabout.

[somethingwicked]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#6

Posted: 11/28/17 at 2:16pm

Roundabout has been involved in developing the show for years.

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.

[Valentina3]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#7

Posted: 11/28/17 at 2:48pm

What's funny is Broadway.com is reporting this as "exclusive", a few minutes *after* Beth Malone made that insta post. Sigh.

Caption: Every so often there was a rare moment of perfect balance when I soared above him.

[GeorgeandDot]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#8

Posted: 11/28/17 at 2:57pm

I have mixed feelings. I love Beth. I love Roundabout. I don't really love the show nor do I think it needs a revival. Maybe they've overhauled it and it'll be great.

[newintown]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#9

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:13pm

It's a supposedly totally new version with a new book and a bunch of added Willson trunk songs (with altered lyrics).

It's been kicking around for years and years, with mixed-to-apathetic reactions. Sutton Foster was connected at one time, and (I think) Meg Hilty at another.

I guess they feel that they'll turn it into a hit if they just workshop it enough times.

[bloomerific]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#10

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:20pm

That's how I feel about "Kiss Me Kate."  

GeorgeandDot said: "I have mixed feelings. I love Beth. I love Roundabout. I don't really love the show nor do I think it needs a revival. Maybe they've overhauled it and it'll be great."

 

[GeorgeandDot]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#11

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:27pm

Well Kiss Me, Kate is a great classic musical at least. It isn't begging for a revival, but at least it's a classic. Molly Brown's just kind of an old clunker that isn't really on anyone's radar.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#12

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:28pm

Weren't the MUNY reviews pretty disappointing?

"Oh look at the time, three more intelligent plays just closed and THE ADDAMS FAMILY made another million dollars" -Jackie Hoffman, Broadway.com Audience Awards

[GeorgeandDot]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#13

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:30pm

DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE

[Kad]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#14

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:36pm

Of course Roundabout has been developing this. Of course.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[Mister Matt]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#15

Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:48pm

I'd actually prefer Half a Sixpence over this.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

[markypoo]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#16

Posted: 11/28/17 at 7:34pm

I'd prefer the 1903 Wizard of Oz.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#17

Posted: 11/28/17 at 8:19pm

Having suffered through the original version years ago, all I can say is that this show indeed needs a complete book rewrite to be enjoyable to modern audiences under the age of 60. Hope they’re on to something, as I know it’s been a labor of love...

[Jarethan]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#18

Posted: 11/28/17 at 9:56pm

Mister Matt said: "I'd actually prefer Half a Sixpence over this."

I agree with you.  I would LOVE to see a revival of Half a Sixpence.  I don't want to think about how long it has been since I saw it, but I remember it much better than a lot of shows I have seen since then, because I loved it so much.

Have to admit, however, that I would rather see a revised version of Molly Brown than Kiss Me Kate.  I just can't warm up to KMK because I hate every number in the show within a show.  And there are a lot of them.

[uncageg]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#19

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:14pm

I saw this about 8 years ago at the New Play Summit in Denver. It does have a new book and music. I enjoyed it more than I expected. Kathleen Marshall directed it and Marc Kudish was in it. Dick Scanlan wrote the book.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

Updated On: 11/28/17 at 10:14 PM

[adamgreer]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#20

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:19pm

GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell. 

[GeorgeandDot]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#21

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:20pm

adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell."

With the right stars and advertising, anything's possible.

[Call_me_jorge]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#22

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:35pm

adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell."

Ben Platt is famous now.... Anna Kendrick wouldn’t be a bad pairing

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[uncageg]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#23

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:43pm

A full production was done at the DCTC in 2014.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=29s&v=3rCR6Qb4L6U

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SutJCYNQvn8


There are a few more videos once you get to youtube.

Just give the world Love. - S. Wonder

[RippedMan]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#24

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:51pm

Platt would be TERRIBLE in Parade.

[adamgreer]

Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?#25

Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:56pm

Call_me_jorge said: "adamgreer said: "GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell."

Ben Platt is famous now.... Anna Kendrick wouldn’t be a bad pairing"

Platt is wrong for Leo Frank for a multitude of reasons, starting with the fact that he’s far too young. 

Anna Kendrick has a pleasant enough voice, but she could never sing Lucille Frank. 

Are you remotely familiar with the show at all? It’s not a pop score and requires strong singers. Anna Kendrick could never sing that score the way Carolee Carmello did.