Brigadoon, Revised-Revival heading for Broadway....

[DrTheatre]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 2:56pm

"A casting notice for a revised revival of Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's mystical musical, Brigadoon, is very much in the works for a Broadway future.

Bill Haber and Liza Lerner (Alan Jay Lerner's daughter) are the producers attached to the revival, which has a new book by John Guare, based on lyricist-librettist Alan Jay Lerner's 1947 original, about two American hunters in Scotland who happen upon a centuries-old Scottish village — which is still stuck in the old days.

According to the casting notice, "rehearsal and opening dates for this production have not been set.""

www.playbill.com

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:00pm

let's liven up the score for it to even stand a chance against the ADD MTV generation of today's musical theater goers.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:04pm

I say in addition to the new book, commission a new Duncan Sheik score. That'll make it live for today!!!!!

[MCfan2]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:04pm

New book? Bleah!!

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:09pm

This would be great, I would love to see Brigadoon on Broadway.

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:14pm

If this comes in for the 2008-2009 season, we'll already have four revivals to fill out the Best Revival category:

GODSPELL
PAL JOEY
WEST SIDE STORY
BRIGADOON

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:14pm

Funny, I was just listening to Brigadoon yesterday! I'm not familiar with the book, but I really hope they don't touch the score.

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:23pm

MMM a rock score about a bunch of pacifists who didn't want to live in a world torn by war! How about a jam band score so we can all toke up and let the good times roll!

[Ed_Mottershead]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 3:36pm

Because it's one of the few post-war musicals that I've never seen ANY production of (the other's On the Town), I'm glad to have the chance. I'm not so sure I'm looking forward to any heavily-revamped book, however. I assume people are joking when they say get rid of the score.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 4:01pm

FINALLY....and about time!

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 4:18pm

It's weird. It's a hoary, but solid script. I directed a production of it in 1976 and the script gets the job done, but in a sort of Republican America old-school sort of way.

[philcrosby]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 4:20pm

Alan Jay Lerner is now rolling over in his grave after being called a Republican.

And yes, I was kidding about the score. The McGlinn studio recording with Brent Barrett, Rebecca Luker and Judy Kaye is near perfection.

[acrocksyo]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 4:24pm

Who's kidding? I am totally 100% for cereal!

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 4:27pm

Philcrosby, I meant the SHOW is Republican, not the creators (although Fritz Loewe...?)

[bbabe24]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 4:51pm

I'm glad it's back- it's a classic. The music is beautiful.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:00pm

I remember there was a thread where someone mentioned the names attached to this, but can't remember who it was. Was it Jason Danieley?

[baddadnpa]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:01pm

One of the most beautiful shows ever. No changes required.

[puppetman2]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:08pm

There was a TV version with Robert Goulet and the book was changed to having a group of robbers and theives coming as the reason Brigadoon would fade away except for one day every 100 years. It SUCKED and did not work.

Leave the book alone. And a new score is rediculous. This is one of the all time classic shows.

[mmousefan]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:16pm

The book does have its challenges (particularly the "Lundie one act" right toward the end of Act One, which bogs down the forward moving plot with a lot of exposition); I'd love to see what a talented playwright like Guare can do with it, particularly if it's based on original ideas the first time around that may have been removed.

[H.Higgins]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:21pm

The score is magnificent. Suggestions that it should be touched are essentially absurd.

[nealb1]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 5:51pm

"Brigadoon" is an absolutely magical, wonderful show....beautiful songs. It's about time that this show comes back to Broadway.

No changes required. The key to the magic of the show, is a brilliant Mr. Lundie. When he tells the story of Brigadoon, that scene is so pivotal to the story. You need a brilliant, loving and sensative actor.

Now if we could get a revival of "Mame," that would be great.....

[ski2904]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 6:52pm

I would love to see Brigadoon come back, it's a great show. I am just worried that moving up the disappearance date will change it too much and take away from the story and the show.

There's a lot bigger change in culture and in culture shock between the 1740s and 1940s that there is between 1939 and now.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 7:06pm

I am still bummed out by the way the score was cut for the movie.

Having said that, I loved the movie & never having seen it think a revival would be great.

Hopefully, the PC police will not get their hands on it as they did with Annie Get Your Gun.

Updated On: 3/12/08 at 07:06 PM

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 7:16pm

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'm glad they are fixing up the book.

[ski2904]

Posted: 3/12/08 at 7:44pm

I'm not necessarily upset that they're fixing up the book, just with the advancement of the story 190 years, I think it may take away from the story some.

Then again, I could and hope to be pleasantly surprised.