CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago- Page 2

[AEA AGMA SM]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#25

Posted: 4/8/15 at 11:32pm

It all depends, jimmycurry.  Sometimes it is a planned co-production with companies sharing the cost, such as Show Boat (which was conceived as a co-production between the Lyric, Houston Grand, Washington National, and San Francisco).  

Other times a company will keep a production in storage and rent it to other companies.  Depending on the production it may come with stipulations that the original director has to be hired to re-stage it, or at least offered right of first refusal, along with various other members of the design team.

And sometimes a company may no longer have the space to store a production so they may indeed try to sell it outright to another company instead of trashing it.  That company may then decide to use it once or add it to their own rental stock.  I worked for one company that bought several productions from other companies while I was there and subsequently made some money back renting them out.  

Set rentals can provide a nice flow of extra cash for a company if they happen to own a well-designed production of a popular piece (such as Carmen, La Boheme, or Madame Butterfly, for instance).

[ACL2006]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#26

Posted: 4/8/15 at 11:35pm

I hope this transfers.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[jimmycurry01]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#27

Posted: 4/8/15 at 11:52pm

Thanks for the info, AEA AGMA SM.

[Griffin2]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#28

Posted: 4/9/15 at 1:32am

Seeing this next week! Can't wait!  Will also be listening Sunday night.

[HorseTears]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#29

Posted: 4/9/15 at 1:36am

Just getting caught up on this.  Wow.  Great casting here. And so smart of them to cast mostly musical theatre actors instead of opera stars.  That's what LA Opera did with their Little Night Music production (Laura Benanti, Victor Garber, Judith Ivey, Marc Kudisch, Michelle Pawk, Zoe Wanamaker, Kristen Bell) that's still burned in my memory.  

 

Man, I am jealous of you windy city residents (and visitors) seeing this production with the full Lyric Opera orchestra, too.  

 

This sounds like a perfect production for Great Performances and a nice opportunity for them to broadcast something that isn't NY centric.  

[Broadwaywest]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#30

Posted: 4/9/15 at 3:20pm

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCK6ytlWMAIrFP7.jpg:large

 

curtain

[jon5202]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#31

Posted: 4/9/15 at 3:28pm

Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune contemplates if this production is headed for Broadway:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ott-0410-jones-loop-20150408-column.html?fb_action_ids=10153303696483854&fb_action_types=og.shares

[jon5202]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#32

Posted: 4/9/15 at 3:39pm

Trying to paste in article again

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/

Note:  Another possible Broadway bound musical is playing in Chicago - Louis and Keeley Live at the Sahara.  This is a musical about Louis Prima and Keeley Smith.  Chris Jones review is further down the website page.

 

Updated On: 4/9/15 at 03:39 PM

[gstrus2]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#33

Posted: 4/9/15 at 3:46pm

I REAAALLLY hope this transfers

[tgrabon2]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#34

Posted: 4/9/15 at 3:49pm

Steven Pasquale on stage is a must-see. I will be at the Sunday matinee.

timmmmmmmmy

[gleek4114]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#35

Posted: 4/9/15 at 5:58pm

 

[jon5202]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#36

Posted: 4/9/15 at 11:26pm

From Lyric Opera Twitter account

https://twitter.com/LyricOpera

Final dress rehearsal was today.  First public performance is tomorrow afternoon and opening night is Saturday night.  Opening night is being recorded by WFMT - FM in Chicago and will be delayed broadcast on Sunday night (April 12) at 7:15pm CST.

 

 

Updated On: 4/9/15 at 11:26 PM

[Griffin2]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#37

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:31am

http://lyricoperamedia.s3.amazonaws.com/_pdf/program-books/CarouselProgramBook/index.html

Here is the Carousel program! 

[decast]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#38

Posted: 4/10/15 at 7:13am

"From Lyric Opera Twitter account
https://twitter.com/LyricOpera
Final dress rehearsal was today.  First public performance is tomorrow afternoon and opening night is Saturday night.  Opening night is being recorded by WFMT - FM in Chicago and will be delayed broadcast on Sunday night (April 12) at 7:15pm CST.
 
 "

 I could have sworn I'd posted that, maybe it didn't post. Oh well.

[Broadwaywest]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#39

Posted: 4/10/15 at 11:37am

Is this production set during the depression? From what I've seen of the sets and costumes, it has a 30's feel.

[Kad]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#40

Posted: 4/10/15 at 11:43am

I was somehow ignorant of the fact that Tony Roberts, Jarrod Emick, Charlotte D'Ambroise, and Rob Ashford were involved with this. 

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[broadway_show_fan]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#41

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:07pm

Yes, it is depression era.

[Griffin2]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#42

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:13pm

Are there ways to record radio broadcasts onto your computer? A quiet house with an iPhone voice recorder is not the best plan. Or is it? 

[gleek4114]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#43

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:33pm

I'm curious as well, as I can't control the volume of my house lol. But an iPhone recorder is not the way to go. It will come out echoy. 

[HenryTDobson]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#44

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:36pm

This cast/creative team is top notch - I'm sure Broadway is in the back (or front) of their minds. While I would love to see Laura Osnes back on Broadway, I was hoping in her next project she would create another original role. 

[gleek4114]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#45

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:43pm

Griffin2- I might try to get this chord and do this Sunday night:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hoNLxILds

Updated On: 4/10/15 at 02:43 PM

[EricMontreal22]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#46

Posted: 4/10/15 at 2:51pm

Yeah, in that program linked above, there's an interview with Ashford where he defends his Depression setting (though he kinda says it's vaguely Depression and vaguely New England and "everywhere"...  Hrmm)  Some of what he says makes sense to me, some less so...

[HorseTears]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#47

Posted: 4/10/15 at 3:05pm

"Are there ways to record radio broadcasts onto your computer? A quiet house with an iPhone voice recorder is not the best plan. Or is it? "

 

If it's simulcast online, ReplayMediCatcher or TubeDigger may work.

 

[gleek4114]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#48

Posted: 4/10/15 at 3:19pm

It looks like it will be re-broadcast on June 13th as well. 

[decast]

CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago#49

Posted: 4/10/15 at 3:27pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeKGTlF4sOA