'Emma' musical (Paul Gordon) will be streamed

[Fan123]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 5:46am

(Edit: The TL;DR version of the below is that it turns out this is indeed legit, and this group is now using a different website: https://www.streamingmusicals.com/#!/browse/film/6604/emma.)

 

Does anybody happen to know if this is legit? This site is saying that Paul Gordon's musical of 'Emma' will be... or has been?... filmed on a soundstage in a 'mid-century modern' reimagining, and will be made available to stream online for a price. A group called 'Streaming Musicals' is behind this. The webpage seems a bit half-finished, the pre-order button doesn't go anywhere, the video is from another show, and some of those photos don't look very professional... I'm confused. If this is real, I guess this must be a low-budget endeavour. Not that there's anything necessarily wrong with that.

https://theatrenerds.com/streaming-musicals/

On the "perhaps it's real" side of the scale, Paul Gordon has written a couple of articles for this site in the past, unless they're fake too. And we know he's okay with having his productions filmed.

https://theatrenerds.com/author/paul-gordon/

According to Paul Gordon's website (though nowhere else that I can find), there were once plans to bring 'Emma' to Off-Broadway (live, presumably) in Spring 2018. That page also mentions a stream of his 'Sense and Sensibility' that I don't think ever happened.

http://www.paulgordonmusic.com/shows/

Who knows? Is this the start of something wonderful and new, or one more stream that they cannot make true? Seriously, does anybody know?

Updated On: 10/6/18 at 05:46 AM

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 12:44pm

I don't know, but I'm glad to see something coming for this show. I know it was at the Old Globe a few years ago and I think the score is delightful.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 1:42pm

Eventually there's got to finally be a hit Jane Austen musical, right?

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 1:58pm

henrikegerman said: "Eventually there's got to finally be a hit Jane Austen musical, right?"

It seems likely that Paul Gordon may write it too. He's making his way down the list.

[broadwayboy223]

Posted: 5/22/18 at 4:03pm

I remember seeing something on Kelli Barretts Instagram a while ago about filming something for Paul Gordon

[Fan123]

Posted: 5/27/18 at 4:30am

The site for this has now been updated with a couple of relevant videos, so looks like this is indeed happening. Cool!

I looked up Kelli Barrett's Instagram too; recent post:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BjOCcZgj-me/?hl=en&taken-by=kelli_barrett

[Fan123]

Posted: 8/26/18 at 5:46am

This group now has a spiffy website, and a trailer and release date (3 October) for 'Emma':

https://www.streamingmusicals.com/#!/browse/film/6604/emma

 

[ChairinMain]

Posted: 8/27/18 at 3:31pm

A good number of folks from the original cast in California are doing this...I recognize Brian Herndon and Dani Marcus in the Trailer as Mr. Elton and Harriet. 

[ditsylife09]

Posted: 9/29/18 at 10:42am

Bump as its happening in less than a week.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 10/6/18 at 12:33am

$20 is reasonable I guess considering the price for a musical but it's expensive for streaming and based on the trailer, it looks like it was shot terribly. What are those angles? The only part that looks directed for streaming is the otherwise inexplicable straight to camera shots. Also, what period of time is this supposed to take place during? I don't understand those costumes at all. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/7/19 at 8:44pm

Emma is getting a cast album. That cover art is truly something else.

https://www.broadwayrecords.com/cds/emma-original-soundstage-cast-recording

[zainmax]

Posted: 1/15/19 at 7:00pm

It looks like the cast and creative team got 25% profit-sharing. Better than at a lab. Haha. https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/01/15/new-streaming-platform-threatens-to-disrupt-theatre-business/