DONMAR Guys & Dolls...

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DONMAR Guys & Dolls...

Posted: 5/19/05 at 5:59pm

You all think it will come here? Looks rather good, but it was revived in 1992, so, I don't know, what you all think? Would you want to see it? I think I would, I love the show...and Krakowski, and McGregor...

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Posted: 5/19/05 at 6:01pm

Yum, Ewan McGregor...

Who knows? I guess it depends if it's a hit. It's been 13 years, so I don't know. We'll see soon enough.

~Steven

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Posted: 5/19/05 at 6:06pm

unless Ewan whips it out, I'm not interested...

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Posted: 5/20/05 at 2:32am

if Tony does, I'm interested. No, actually I like Jane and will probably see this next month.

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Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:25am

get tickets!!!!! we got ticked like a month ago and they said there were almost all sold out.

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Posted: 5/20/05 at 4:38am

13 years ago since the revival?! God, where does the time go? In my mind I'm still 24 and the revival closed a couple of seasons ago...if only.

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Posted: 5/20/05 at 11:49pm

In my mind I'm still 27! I'm 39 but I still feel like I'm in my twenties.(except when I try to kick up my heels like Miss Rivera)

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 1:35am

On the LaGuardia High School call board, there's a notice that their proposed production of Guys and Dolls for next year has been cancelled because of a possible Broadway revival. Thought it was interesting enough to post here.

~Steven

Updated On: 5/26/05 at 01:35 AM

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 3:07am

It's a good show, but I'm not convinced it's good enought to transfer to Broadway. Jane is great in it, though, and Ewan performs nicely, but I don't really think he's the star of the show.

Mary P x

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 9:29am

Ewan has definite stage presence (thank goodness), but only a servicable voice. Jane lights up the stage, as usual. The British/Brooklyn accents are a riot (on purpose i hope.) 'Sit down, your rockin' the boat' had amazing choreography--the applause went on forever. Douglas Hodge as Nathan Detroit was good, but i couldn't help but think back to Nathan Lane's star-making performance.
With Ewan, it would do well here

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Updated On: 5/26/05 at 09:29 AM

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 11:25am

I'd love to see it, but I kind of doubt the show will transfer to Broadway unless its a limited engagement at a company like the ROUNDABOUT.

Most film stars "can't afford" to take a year or two from their movie career to do lengthy stage contracts.

There have been a lot of great performances in London by actors primarily known for their film work (Cate Blanchett in PLENTY being a good example) that have been announced for Broadway but almost none of them have happened.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 11:55am

Wasn't Meghan Mullaly originally announced for this production? Perhaps she'd be willing to appear in an American staging.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:00pm

She wasn't ever officially announced for it but she was definitely in talks. The dates couldn't fit with her break from Will & Grace, so it didn't happen.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:03pm

Right...maybe she'd be willing to make more time to do the show in NY. I'm sure she'd want to do it.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:03pm

The ads say 'now booking for 2006.' How could Megan ever have done that with the tv show? Was the run expanded into 2006 when she dropped out?

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:06pm

Well, W & G tapes during the summer and fall and early winter. With the run just beginning this past week or so, there was no way she could have done it.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:10pm

Exactly. It's possible they were trying to work something out with Will And Grace so she could have not been in every episode or something. Matt LeBlanc flew back and forth from London to LA to film Friends while filming Lost In Space, so while it would have been a titch on the cramped side, she could have maybe made it work. But then the amount of rehearsal time and the length of the run pretty much put paid to that.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:24pm

There actually was a lot of talk that Will and Grace wouldn't return next season. Mullaly may have been considering this as an alternate plan. The show was, of course, picked up so that took her out of the show.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:28pm

No, it extended after talk of Mullaly joining. Apparently the stage door for this has been enormous.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:29pm

Really? Even though there's nobody famous in the show? That's weird.

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 12:37pm

Guys and Dolls was harder to get than Billy Elliot! My friend, god bless him, queued up at 5:00 am for the first row seats they release each morning at 10:00 am (20 seats/day @ 20 pounds each.)

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Posted: 5/26/05 at 8:49pm

Really? Even though there's nobody famous in the show? That's weird.

You're kidding me, right?


Jane seems like she would be THE Adelaide. Mullaly, as well. Her voice seems like it would fit Adelaide, but I'll always view Meghan as Karen, first and foremost.

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