Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

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Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:47am

What a great production. If you haven't seen it, get the DVD. We watched this a few nights ago and I thought it was great the way Lonny Price kept so much of the comedy intact. The show has such great pathos in it also. And the performances are wonderful.

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#2

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:25am

LOVED this on PBS. Cheno rocks.

There is a DVD?! YAY!

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#3

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 10:35am

My God, I love this production. In all fairness, this is my first Candide, but I think it's the one I'm gonna stick with. It's hilarious.

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#4

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 10:37am

I have this DVD also -- it's incredible. The whole thing is absolutely hilarious.

I got a fairly cheap copy used on Amazon

#5

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 10:45am

I like the DVD, but I still wish a CD was made.

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To Kill A Mockingbird

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re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 10:54am

Oh, a CD would've been awesome! I could've tortured all of my opera/musicals/theatre-in-general hating friends!

I can watch it on my iPod (so I guess I can listen to it that way) but it eats the battery so that's no good!

#7

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 11:10am

This is a great production. LuPone is outstanding as always. I bought multiple copies to give to my broadway fan friends as gifts.

Maybe we will get a recording one day...

#8

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 3:11pm

It is an amazing cast performing in a wonderful production of a marvellous show. Impeccable! (esp. Cheno)

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 03:11 PM

#9

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 6:57pm

i was obsessed with it last summer and still love it. go and buy it!

#10

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 7:09pm

Bought it out of curiousity about a year ago--watched it, and loved it. Very well done!

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#11

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 8:19pm

Cheno's "Glitter and Be Gay" is absoultely AMAZING and so effortless for her. It shows what a wonderful singer she really is--with a great range!!

#12

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenowith, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:28pm

I love that DVD! I would also love a CD of it, the music is such fun!

#13

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenoweth, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:41pm

I love my DVD so much, that when my computer broke and the DVD was stuck in it, I pried the drive open with a screwdriver and got it out.

I don't recommend doing THAT, but the show is amahzing!

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#14

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenoweth, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 9:53pm

It's too bad they couldn't also release this on CD, but I still need to get the DVD...ah, if only money grew on trees.

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re: Candide with Lupone, Chenoweth, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 10:06pm

Kristin Chenoweth performs my favorite rendition of Glitter and Be Gay. Many people feel that no one can beat Barbra Cook's difinitive version, but Chenoweth excels!

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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

#16

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenoweth, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 11:04pm

i don't like b. cooks glitter an be gay at all, actually. She's too breathy and slow.

#17

re: Candide with Lupone, Chenoweth, LaManna

Posted: 7/29/06 at 11:19pm

In her defense, she isn't "slow," the orchastrations are different.

The version we see as the concert is a blend of several previous productions: the original, the revival with Sondheim lyrics etc.

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"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view - until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
To Kill A Mockingbird

Updated On: 7/29/06 at 11:19 PM