Brigadoon Revival directed and coreographed by Rob Ashford? — Page 2

By the time this gets going, the top is going to be over $100.00 for any musical. Trust me.

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I was actually thinking that. I would love to hear Thorell sing it! But doesn't it seem that Borle is at the point in his career where he's not going to take a non-singing supporting role?

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Maybe they are re-assigning songs? If they are really overhauling the book, maybe the character of Jeff will sing some?

Hmmm

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I have mixed feelings about that, but it's purely for selfish reasons: I'm ashamed to admit that I NEVER have seen a production of Brigadoon anywhere -- not on Broadway, not in summer stock, not high school, nothing. Therefore, I'm feeling somewhat gypped that I'm not seeing a "traditional" production. Of course, if I had seen a traditional production, then I'd be revved up about seeing the revised version. But (hopefully) at least I'll be able to add it to my list.

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I think it has the potential to be beautiful and even thrilling. Though I've never seen a production that's either.

However, I was NEVER really a fan of Camelot until I saw PaperMill's production in...was it 1995? It starred James Brennan (who was wonderful) and a production design that was overwhelmingly magical. And the Guenivere (sp???) was magnificent. Can't remember her name for the life of me.

If Camelot can be saved for me, I imagine Brigadoon could be saved as well.

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I would love to see a "Brigadoon" revival, but I don't think the book needs to be rewritten. I have a great deal of respect for Guare, but this retooling sounds like a bad idea to me.