Chess to be on pbs
Chess to be on pbs
#2re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 5:22pmYES! I've been dying to see a decent production of this.
#3re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 5:34pmi think i just died a little.. in a good way.
#4re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 5:35pmNow all they need to do is revive it on Broadway.
#5re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 5:40pm
It's a concert, not a full staging. There have been a couple "decent" concerts in recent years that are available to see.
Was there something in Idina's contract that required her picture to be the only one used in publicizing this event? First BWW, now Playbill. Will she be the only person on the cover of the DVD as well?
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#6re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 5:52pmI was really hoping for this ever since I saw the flyer for the concert at RAH in March. YAY!
Wildcard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#7re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:06pmI just hope the sound system is good and that the cast actually rehearses enough so as not to flub their lines. Other than that, woo hoo! I'm looking forward to this.
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#8re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:10pmWell, I hope certain persons' voices hold up for the roles. Or at least I hope the concert will have a good sound engineer to fix the screw ups in real time as much as s/he can.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#9re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:12pmDo they include "Someone Else's Story" in this version?
#10re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:13pmThis was the best thing I've heard all week. Anyone know anything about a CD recording?
#11re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:14pmIt already happened (and has been filmed), and yes, Someone Else's Story was in it.
#12re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:14pmYou mean held up and had a good sound engineer. The event has already taken place and been filmed. I hope it's also released on DVD.
jsg03jd
Broadway Star Joined: 11/24/04
#13re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:17pmJa. I meant in the past. I was thinking more along the lines of what to anticipate on the broadcast.
#14re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:19pm
It's supposed to be, CATS. 
#15re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:30pm
Sweeeet.
Thank God we're getting a good taping of that concert: I used to have an audio recording with the worst acoustics you could imagine (you couldn't make out half the lyrics).
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#16re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:49pm
"Was there something in Idina's contract that required her picture to be the only one used in publicizing this event? First BWW, now Playbill. Will she be the only person on the cover of the DVD as well?"
I guess you missed the part where her role is the main character
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#17re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:55pm
"This was the best thing I've heard all week. Anyone know anything about a CD recording?"
yes it comes out xmas this year i believe. there is someone else's story, which is sung beautifully by Kerry Ellis (Broadway's Newest Elphaba)
but frankly, i saw this in concert and i think u guys are gonna be disappointed. murney and foster do a much better job.
Plus the bad acoustics in Royal Albert Hall didnt help. Hope you guys enjoy it tho.
#18re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 6:55pmI am so pleased! I've loved Chess from the release of the original concept album. Flew to London to see it, and have seen it a few times since. I think a concert version is maybe the right forum for it to work at it's best.
#19re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:00pm
yeah chess only seems to work in concert doesnt it?
i think without the over the top costumes, stage lighting and whatever, the content speaks for itself better
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
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#22re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:30pm
This is my absolute favorite musical, so I am thrilled that it will be broadcast!
I think it was a good concert and "certain peoples' vocies" held up just fine, even though I prefer Julia Murney as Florence.
#23re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 7:30pmVery excited about this. Woo-hoo!
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#24re: Chess to be on pbs
Posted: 6/6/08 at 9:25pmGoing by what was written on some the forums, I am amazed that they are releasing this.
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