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[Bwayfan292]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#50

Posted: 3/8/18 at 6:56pm

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ll6AmHOYzU

Press day! Thoughts?

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[LesWickedly]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#51

Posted: 3/8/18 at 7:04pm

LaChanze sounds fantastic, but this just looks like an overall mess. 

[bwayphreak234]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#52

Posted: 3/8/18 at 7:20pm

This actually looks fun. LaChanze and Ariana Debose sound incredible.

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[stlrod]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#53

Posted: 3/8/18 at 7:30pm

This looks so bad (and unnecessary) but LaChanze sounds amazing!

[stlrod]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#54

Posted: 3/8/18 at 7:30pm

Double post sorry

Updated On: 3/8/18 at 07:30 PM

[bwaylyric]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#55

Posted: 3/8/18 at 7:37pm

Are those suitcase chicks from Deal or No Deal?

[Bwayfan292]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#56

Posted: 3/8/18 at 7:39pm

I dont understand if there will be a legit story to it like beautiful or it will be a lousey quick story that makes zero sense cause its so rushed.

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[BwayLover5]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#57

Posted: 3/8/18 at 8:05pm

It is like Beautiful as in that it is a bio musical but a little more non-linear with the device of the three Donnas. The musical numbers are very entertaining and engaging and a joy... but, the book, as stated before, is awful.

[RippedMan]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#58

Posted: 3/8/18 at 11:21pm

Just judging by how rushed it was to get to Broadway, and the fact that the marquee poster looks like a quick google image search and powerpoint font choice....I'm gonna think this is gonna be a mess. But maybe an entertaining mess.

[BJR]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#59

Posted: 3/8/18 at 11:57pm

Lord does this look awful. That staging for She Work Hard for the Money. Oof. I love me some Donna, and indeed LaChanze sounds great, but...oof.

[Olivia11]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#60

Posted: 3/9/18 at 12:03am

This clip was fairly representative of the show I saw in La Jolla: really outstanding lead vocals... poor use and choreography for the ensemble with lackluster scenery and odd direction.

[perfectliar]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#61

Posted: 3/9/18 at 9:46am

Olivia11 said: "This clip was fairly representative of the show I saw in La Jolla: really outstanding lead vocals... poor use and choreography for the ensemble with lackluster scenery and odd direction."

Dude, its a rehearsal space.

[IdinaBellFoster]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#62

Posted: 3/9/18 at 10:02am

The lyrics have always been absurd, but hearing someone sing "Someone left the cake out in the rain..." in a serious theatrical context actually made me laugh out loud. 

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[BroadwayNYC2]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#63

Posted: 3/9/18 at 10:06am

Dude, its a rehearsal space.

Olivia11 is referring to La Jolla

[Olivia11]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#64

Posted: 3/9/18 at 10:06am

Dude, its a rehearsal space."

I was speaking of the show itself. Obviously, it's a rehearsal hall. The real sets are not that much better. 

Updated On: 3/9/18 at 10:06 AM

[Call_me_jorge]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#65

Posted: 3/9/18 at 10:09am

Is it an all female cast? I didn’t see any men in that rehearsal clip.

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[Olivia11]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#66

Posted: 3/9/18 at 10:14am

Mostly women - ensemble is women playing both genders. There are a few men -- her father, an agent, etc.

 

The dual gender directorial choice didn't help the show. Sometimes it works. I did not feel it worked in this show.

Updated On: 3/9/18 at 10:14 AM

[ScottyDoesn'tKnow2]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#67

Posted: 3/9/18 at 4:28pm

I wonder if LaChanze will get a random Tony award nomination for this like Mary Bridget Davies did for A Night with Janis Joplin. I can see some in the Tony nominating committee responding to Donna Summer even if there is an obtuse, confusing book in-between the songs and some distracting and low-rent choreography enveloping the staging. I'm sure people are just going to come for the songs and some lighting effects anyway. I expect it to be basically Dreamgirls' "One Night Only" but with much worse staging and lasting about 2 hours more-or-less.

Updated On: 3/9/18 at 04:28 PM

[Call_me_jorge]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#68

Posted: 3/9/18 at 4:33pm

^i can definitely see that. Especially if the tony nominatiors feel the same way about Carousel as this board does.

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[VintageSnarker]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#69

Posted: 3/10/18 at 1:09am

Olivia11 said: "This clip was fairly representative of the show I saw in La Jolla: really outstanding lead vocals... poor use and choreography for the ensemble with lackluster scenery and odd direction."

I kind of want to go just to hear LaChanze sing but WHY is that the choreography? Also, neither of them really look like Donna to me or seem to be channeling her.

[Unknown User]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#70

Posted: 3/14/18 at 9:46am

Couldn't agree more!

[Alessio2]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#71

Posted: 3/14/18 at 5:44pm

My husband and I are huge Donna Summer fans and we saw this mess of a show in La Jolla, we were so disappointed.  We will be in New York next month and he is insisting on seeing this again because he thinks it will have gotten better and he really "wants to love it"...ugh.  Personally I think this is a waste of a show slot.

[David10086]

Breaking: SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL Will Hustle to Broadway This Spring#72

Posted: 3/14/18 at 8:23pm

As a huge Summer fan for the past 40 years, I'm so disappointed to hear these negative reviews of the show. With the pedigree of the people behind it, I would expect a top-notch, engaging musical about Summer's legacy. I'm not too excited about seeing this in the future.