Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
kjhdfskjh
Swing Joined: 6/13/04
#0Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:48pmDo you think Chitty is going to do good on its new production on Broadway?
orchajaws
Featured Actor Joined: 5/16/03
#2re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 5:54pmI think if they play their cards right with publicity it will do WELL.
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#3re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 6:11pmVery well if they do it right and most importantly cast correctly. Good family entertainment and great for nostalgia buffs.
#4re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 6:13pmI loved that movie so much when I was a little girl, so I really hope it does well. We shall see...
"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky
#5re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 6:13pmHowever...not a fan of Michael Ball as the lead.
"First up was Max who sang "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" [...] I haven't seen that big of a reaction to a stair descent since Audra left the attic in Ragtime." --Seth Rudetsky
#6re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 6:16pmIt'll be interesting to say the least, here's hoping there is some great casting and insightful direction
You, you are the worst thing to happen to musical theater since Andrew Lloyd Webber... and you I just don't like you.
#7re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 9:41pmAre you kidding? A family show with a flying car on stage? It'll be a hit.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#8re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 10:23pmWell, I saw the movie many times when I was younger and really liked it, but I'm not sure how it would do on Broadway. Although I have to say the title isn't much for advertising on subconscious levels, with a name that sounds like 'SH*Tty.'
You know it and you want it... you just can't believe you've got it.
#9re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 10:35pm
I saw the musical in London several times, and enjoyed it very much. I thought Michael Ball did an excellent job as Caractacus, and I hope he will be able to reprise his role on Broadway.
I think the show will do very well on Broadway, both for the children of today for whom the flying car will be a draw, and for the children of yesterday who have fond memories of the film.
JP
Understudy Joined: 11/15/03
#10re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 11:40pmI would love to see Michael Ball return when Chitty flies in NYC. There was a certain magic with the original cast, especially between Michael and Anton Rogers who I would also like to see reprise his role. But really the car is the star.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#11re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/13/04 at 11:58pmOw, my frickin' eyes. That thread title.
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Madelon
Swing Joined: 5/9/04
#12re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 12:54amThere's talk of Charlotte Church for the role of Truly Scrumptious
#13re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 1:00amIsn't Charlotte Church a little young for the role? I seem to remember her being about 12 when I was 13, I'm now 18. I could be wrong. But I don't really want to see an 18-20 in love with Micheal Ball. Oh well, I loved the movie and hope that it will at least get some nice recognition.
alterego
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/5/03
DofB5
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/12/03
#15re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 6:46am
But I don't really want to see an 18-20 in love with Micheal Ball.
I know that new face cream I'm using promised a younger look but now I'm going back and buy the store out! 
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jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#16re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 6:53am
Exciting news - CHITTY finally comes to Broadway. I enjoyed the stage musical ( Michael, Emma and Chitty 
)very much and have fond memories of the movie.
Lori
Featured Actor Joined: 9/8/03
#17re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 6:58am
ROFL D -
Emma Williams was 18 when she orginated the role of Truly in the West End and Michael Ball was 39...it worked, they had great chemistry, reprised recently in Sunset Boulevard in Cork.
Having said that, I'm not excited at the prospect of Charlotte Church in the role.
"Take Care! When I am thwarted I am very terrible!"
#18re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 10:21am
I personally am not excited for it, but I think it will do well.
As for doing "good", I guess that depends on the percentage of "do-gooders" in the cast
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Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#19re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 12:11pmI predict it will be next year's WICKED. Or next year's BOMBAY DREAMS...
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
#20re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 12:13pmI'm not looking forward to it at all. I was never a fan of the movie (but I DO love the music box number)...I'd certainly want to play the child catcher if it was an option, though...hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe.......
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#21re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 12:13pm
"D"
It is so nice to see you back. Here's hoping CCBB does well on this side of the pond
#22re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 12:16pmI think it has the potential to have the financial success of Wicked due to its family friendliness, but I doubt it will be THE show of the year. Nor do I think this board will have to endure thousands of Chitty posts.
broadwayguy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/03
#23re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 3:56pmThey could have a GREAT publicity campaign if they cast Micheal Jackson as The Childcatcher. MANY ty-ins ya know......
#24re: Do you think Chitty is going to do good?
Posted: 6/14/04 at 4:23pm
Oh you guys are just so smart and funny! "next year's wicked"...could be. "Michael Jackson as the child catcher...LOLLY POP! Here kiddie winkies!" Phanty, we would have to hire Tanya Harding to break his knees!
The critics will have a ball with a show that rhymes with S**TTY if it bombs. Truly will truly be "toot sweet". (...sorry, I'm a huge fan of Chitty!!), my little Chuchie Woochie Faces grew up with Cracticus Potts!
I think it's simply MAH-VAH-LOS that it's coming to NY! Michael Ball should be fine...finally getting him to NY!
As far as publicity...Don't think it will need too much. I'm just hoping the staging and music is top notch, more than the casting. AND above all else...let's not compare it to the movie or book or whatever and discet it to death like WICKED.
Give it up for Chitty! :)
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Updated On: 6/14/04 at 04:23 PM
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