CAROUSEL at the Lyric Opera in Chicago- Page 2

[AEA AGMA SM]

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]

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

I hope this transfers.

[jimmycurry01]

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

Thanks for the info, AEA AGMA SM.

[Griffin2]

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

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

[HorseTears]

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]

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

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

 

curtain

[jon5202]

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]

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]

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

I REAAALLLY hope this transfers

[tgrabon2]

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

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

[gleek4114]

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

 

[jon5202]

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]

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

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

Here is the Carousel program! 

[decast]

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]

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]

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. 

[broadway_show_fan]

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

Yes, it is depression era.

[Griffin2]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

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

[decast]

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

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