Dear Cameron Mackintosh: STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT- Page 2

[Patash]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 11:38am

I think the idea of a sequel to CATS has been dumped. Instead they're looking at doing a prequel. It's to be called KITTENS.

[notyourmomma]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 12:34pm

^LOL.

I'd be glad to see a "new" Les Mis revival, but not a rehash like the last one.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:01pm

Can they revive Miss Saigon instead, please??

[sanda]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:05pm

I missed Les Miz in Wolftrap only because it was playing in Wolftrap which I am not a fan of. Anyway, I look forward to this if it comes close to my area.

[winston89]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:17pm

Honestly if I had to choose between Les Miserables as a show for them to revive. I would go with Les Miserables. As much as I love Miss Saigon it sounds at least to me as if it was very quickly thrown together as a show to do after their success with Les Miserables.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:38pm

This makes me happy

LES MIZ is my favorite show of all time and Broadway isn't Broadway without it.

I think I can deal with no turntable and some restaging as long as the costumes stay the same *lol*

But then on the other hand... why so soon?

Updated On: 9/9/08 at 01:38 PM

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:51pm

winston89: Are you kidding? Read/watch The Making of Miss Saigon and you'll learn the sheer amount of effort and thought that was put into it.

Plus IMO it's far superior to Les Mis in terms of storyline cohesiveness.

Updated On: 9/9/08 at 01:51 PM

[Amalia Balash]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 1:54pm

I enjoyed Les Miz all of the times I saw it, and I'd be fine with a Broadway revival in 2010 as long as Mackintosh doesn't come up with any bright ideas of changing it to be brighter or happier or whatever it was he was trying to do when he screwed up the 1987 West End version of Follies. I've been suspicious of anything he touches ever since.

[eatlasagna]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 2:58pm

i think he should at least have another go at MARTIN GUERRE... i actually liked that musical!

[winston89]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 3:21pm

Spork, I know the amount of effort that went into making both Les Miserables and Miss Saigon. But, to me Miss Saigon sounds like a rushed work. Like Boublil and Schonberg were trying to find another show that would be a hit after the success they had with Les Miserables.

Considering that they got mocked by people in France when they said that they were going to turn Les Miserables into a musical and that there were comments to the effect of Victor Hugo would turn in his grave at the thought of making a musical of Les Miserables. They proved everyone who was mocking them wrong. And they an AMAZING job of adapting a 1200 page book into 3 hours. No small accomplishment.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 3:40pm

They did a good job, but Miss Saigon is just a more intimate story and I prefer that.

[blaxx]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 6:40pm

They proved everyone who was mocking them wrong.

They did? I'm sure they are still mocking them.

[WickedBoy2]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 7:02pm

Even more mocking now with the collapse of 'Margurite' in the West End

[BWNUT]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 7:29pm

Animated projections? Hmmm...that's new.

[wonderwaiter]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 8:27pm

The OLC version of The Jellicle Ball came up on my iPod yesterday, and as I was listening I was shocked, SHOCKED, to realize that I miss it a little. It toured here just last year, but I was too busy being hip and blase to attend.

[SDav 10495]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 8:28pm

Those Hugo drawings and paintings are fascinating, actually. I'd love to see a production of Les Miz that could successfully incorporate them, or at least their "spirit", into its scenic design.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 9/9/08 at 10:04pm

I would absolutely love a Les Mis production that lets Cosette be fashionable like she was in the book. And I don't mean that she simply wears a white dress instead of a black one like in the revival.

Small detail, yes, but it matters to me.

[EVIE]

Posted: 9/11/08 at 5:10pm

I would love another Les Miz tour and if there is in fact another Broadway revival in the works, I would definately have to make the trip to the East Coast to see it this time.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 9/11/08 at 6:03pm

Even more mocking now with the collapse of 'Margurite' in the West End.

Eh, not really the same thing. Michele LeGrand wrote the music.

This article sounds like the slew of hopeful "Broadway" announcements that get tossed around any new regional production. If it comes back, so be it, but I'm not sure they will generate too much interest considering the revival just closed shortly after the original closed. I'm just surprised he still hasn't brought his beautiful revival of My Fair Lady to Broadway. It's quite mystifying. But then, if Cameron were foolish, he wouldn't be so successful.

Personally, I never tire of Les Miserables, but I do think it is too soon to even be thinking of a return. I think an expansion of the tour would be more appropriate.

[Neverandy]

Posted: 9/11/08 at 7:36pm

MisterMatt
I agree. As a member of this current touring production, I think the expansion is much more likely. A Broadway revival would probably be a lot further down the road than the timeframes alluded to in that article.
Last night we filled KC Starlight in the rain, and last week we packed them in at Wolftrap, so there is surely an audience for this show on the road. Especially since standard touring houses are much smaller venues, traditionally.
Cameron is coming to see us during our Atlanta Engagement at the end of the month. He also visited us in New York during the rehearsal period.

[broadwayboy101]

Posted: 9/11/08 at 7:38pm

A new tour would be ideal; I saw the "final" tour 2 or 3 years ago and had never heard the music before and knew little of the storyline; I would appreciate it MUCH more this time around.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 9/12/08 at 5:54pm

Dear Cameron Mackintosh,

Please concentrate on getting the promised Sondheim Theatre open on Shaftesbury Avenue. It would be great if it could be there in time for his eightieth birthday, but if you're to achieve that you need to get started NOW.

Kind regards,
Scripps.