Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
#1Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
#2Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 1:50pm
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcDD_jrhXmr/?taken-by=thebethmalone
The sign also says Roundabout.
BroadwayConcierge
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/24/15
#3Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
#4Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
#5Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
#6Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
Tony Kushner: You can sing it at my funeral.
#7Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#8Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 2:57pmI 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.
#9Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
Understudy Joined: 5/16/16
#10Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#11Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:27pmWell 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.
#12Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#13Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 3:30pmDAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE
#14Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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."
#15Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
#16Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 7:34pmI'd prefer the 1903 Wizard of Oz.
#17Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 8:19pmHaving 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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#18Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
#19Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
Updated On: 11/28/17 at 10:14 PM
#20Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:19pm
GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"
I love Parade, but that’s never going to sell.
GeorgeandDot
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/16
#21Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
#22Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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
In our millions, in our billions, we are most powerful when we stand together. TW4C unwaveringly joins the worldwide masses, for we know our liberation is inseparably bound.
Signed,
Theater Workers for a Ceasefire
https://theaterworkersforaceasefire.com/statement
#23Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
RippedMan
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
#24Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
Posted: 11/28/17 at 10:51pmPlatt would be TERRIBLE in Parade.
#25Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?
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.
Videos