"Bounce"ing Back?

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"Bounce"ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:24am

Doyle to direct? Sondheim and Weidman working on revisions?
Hmmm...may move to Broadway if the critics are kind?

Anyone holding their breath?

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#2

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:25am

Lets hope Doyle has a new idea.

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#3

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:27am

And Sondheim has a new score, and Weidman has a new book...

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#4

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:31am

I enjoyed Sondheim's score, but Weidman's book...eh.

The conversation that Riedel's "spies" heard between Esparza and Sondheim was priceless though.

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re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 10:32am

Anybody but Doyle.

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#6

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:20pm

We've yet to see Doyle's non actor-musican staging here. He could be quite good.

#7

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:22pm

I'm quite excited. It'll be very interesting to see Doyle direct without the instruments (I know he's done it before, but this could be a major Broadway production.)

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:23pm

Didn't Doyle's non actor-musician staging of Mahogany get good reviews?

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#9

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:24pm

I wonder if Bernadette Peters will be involved. She did the Public readings last year, if I remember correctly.

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#10

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:24pm

Don't forget he's doing his "traditional-style" broadway bow with A Catered Affair! I guess we'll see what he's got.

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#11

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:27pm

Re: Bernadette
I think they should not only try to get Bernadette, but an all star Sondheim cast- Mandy, Patti, Michael Cerveris, Stritch. Of course, there aren't enough parts for them, but this is going to unfortunately be his last hurrah. Why not?

#12

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:29pm

I agree, an all star Sondheim cast would awesome.

I have faith in the revision. It's not a Sondheim show, but the first production of KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN was TERRIBLY received; people thought it was truly unfixable. But K&E and McNally took a few years and turned the show into a Tony winning smash.

#13

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:33pm

^ That still is terribly flawed and could have used another year of work.

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:36pm

Well, with KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN it also had to do with the casting of Lauren Mitchell as Aurora--I still don't get how they thought they could get away with that.
This is what Frank Rich wrote about her:
Though Mr. Kander and Mr. Ebb have written some typically amusing parodies for their movie musical, even their better numbers are defeated by the routine choreography of Susan Stroman and by the performance of Lauren Mitchell. What is needed in this role is not, perhaps, a mysterious reincarnation of Rita Hayworth (which is what Sonia Braga brought to the film version) but a dazzling musical-comedy presence of the Chita Rivera sort who has always ignited the flashiest Kander-Ebb songs. Ms. Mitchell has neither the personality nor the vocal authority for the task.

Anyways, I hope this show is successful. Don't expect Bernadette Peters to be in the Public run though, it is kind of known that she did the reading both as a favor to Sondheim and to do some kind of stage work after her husband's sudden death. From what I hear she played a rather small role (was she the Candy Buckley role in WISE GUYS?) so I doubt she would do this.
I wish they went back to Victor Garber though.

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re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:37pm

JV, Well it did win 7 Tonys including BEST SCORE, BEST BOOK, along with BEST MUSICAL. Though after this year, I don't know how much merit those awards hold.

But I believe KISS has a truly stunning score.

Updated On: 6/15/07 at 12:37 PM

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:38pm

Kiss was much better with Chita. I think that it became too big though. That's what annoyed me. It wasn't bad or anything. (Well, the one song poor Valentin has to sing, no scream rather, is pretty bad and totally un-Kander. I'm surprised he threw in a power ballad.) I really want to see it done smaller.

#17

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:40pm

Ray, can you explain the Lauren Kennedy as Aurora thing?

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:44pm

Oops, I got completely confused, I meant Lauren Mitchell. Sorry, let me edit my original post.

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#19

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 12:52pm

Oh my God! I hope this happens! If it does, then I can die happy.

Richard Kind still might be in it. He was in the reading last year and then he originated the role out of town. So, I wouldn't be surprised if he came back with it.

So will Gavin Creel. Since Mary Poppins is closing in London.

I'd like to see this:

Richard Kind as Addison Mizner

Michale Ceveris as Wilson Mizner

Mary Louise Wilson as Mama Mizner

Donna Murphy as Nellie

Gavin Creel as Hollis Bessemer

Gary Beach as Papa Mizner, Yukon bartender, Hawaiian businessman and others


Any chance on this cast?? lol.

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#20

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:15pm

I HIGHLY doubt Beach would do such small parts, though I do have to say that they're well suited for his type of acting.

Stritch as Mama? She's a tender woman! I couldn't at all imagine Stritch seriously singing "Isn't He Something".. Mary Louise Wilson would be QUITE good though.

Bernadette would be pushing it, agewise, with Nellie. Yes, she's still beautiful, but she doesn't look 30 anymore..

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#21

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Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:19pm

I realized that about Stritch after posting that. She isn't soft enough for it.

You never know. If the script is good, I think that Beach would do it.

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#22

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:21pm

Well, the article on the front page says it will not have actors playing instruments. :P

What's this about an amusing Sondheim/Esparza conversation?

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#23

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:29pm

Nathan Lane Stalker

1) Wison as Mama and Cerveris as Wilson.

I LOVE IT! I'd watch a cast like that do pretty much anything. I'm Excited!

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#24

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:42pm

Let's hope the new book includes characters that the audience can care about and the new score has more interesting songs. I saw the show in Chicago and it was mostly bland and foregettable. The brothers were sleazy and pathetic and not in any interesting kind of way. I didn't care what happened to them. The role of the mother was...what did she do...oh, yeah...not much. I'd much rather see Sondheim throw in the towel on this one and try something else instead.

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#25

re: 'Bounce'ing Back?

Posted: 6/15/07 at 1:49pm

I saw the show in D.C. Yes , it was flawed BUT flawed Sondheim is a hell of a lot better than some of the shows playing now. I can't wait to see how they revised it.