Beth Malone Lead UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN on Broadway with Roundabout?

[gleek4114]

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]

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

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

The sign also says Roundabout. 

[BroadwayConcierge]

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]

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]

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]

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

Roundabout has been involved in developing the show for years.

[Valentina3]

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.

[GeorgeandDot]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

Weren't the MUNY reviews pretty disappointing?

[GeorgeandDot]

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

DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE

[Kad]

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

Of course Roundabout has been developing this. Of course.

[Mister Matt]

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

I'd actually prefer Half a Sixpence over this.

[markypoo]

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

I'd prefer the 1903 Wizard of Oz.

[The Distinctive Baritone]

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]

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]

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.

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

[adamgreer]

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

GeorgeandDot said: "DAMMIT SOMEONE REVIVE PARADE"

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

[GeorgeandDot]

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]

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

[uncageg]

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.

[RippedMan]

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

Platt would be TERRIBLE in Parade.

[adamgreer]

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.