Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman- Page 2
Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/13
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 11:27am
Is no one interested in In the Heights for the Fall? Or was it previously anounced?
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 11:28am
inception said: "Is no one interested inIn the Heights for the Fall? Or was it previously anounced?"
That was announced in February if i remember correctly. It's also NYCC's gala show, not an encores production.
Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman#27
Posted: 4/29/26 at 11:28am
In the Heights was announced a few months ago.
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 12:48pm
inception said: "Is no one interested inIn the Heights for the Fall? Or was it previously anounced?"
I missed that announcement, too. Running three weeks instead of two.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 1:01pm
I'm so thrilled about Kiss. I was kind of worried the film was gonna kill the show for the foreseeable future, now I get to actually move on instead.
Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman#30
Posted: 4/29/26 at 1:27pm
Wow. Pretty wild that they are not doing the Lippa additions. It’s a much shorter show and it’s
Patty.
not Peppermint Patty. But- Patty. The random girl in gingham from the early strips.
hmmm
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 2:24pm
The tone is also very different: gentle, whimsical and precocious, with much less of the "edgier" material that came in around the time of the television specials and defined it moving forward. Charlie Brown's anxiety and various psychological complexes, Lucy's histrionic nastiness, the total absence of Sally's zaniness, etc.
It's a little cute, a little sweet. And Lippa's use of jazz and Latin touches throughout gestured towards the Latin cool-jazz that Vince Guaraldi made the voice of the franchise.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 4:07pm
tacotheatrelover said: "Kiss of the Spider Woman and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown we fvcking won.
I will bet that HB will be the audience pleaser. I saw it 3 times 60 years ago, and there were multiple showstoppers at every performance. I recently played the cast recording for the first time in a long while, and find it on repeat because it is so enjoyable. I personally think that the score is much better than Kiss. I have never liked Charlie Brown, which I also sawfor the first time almost 60 years ago...it just doesn't seem to me like the right choice.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 4:13pm
I don't know Hallelujah, Baby! at all- is the lead a good fit for Jasmine Amy Rogers? I just want to see her star continue to rise.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman#34
Posted: 4/29/26 at 4:27pm
Kad said: "I don't know Hallelujah, Baby! at all- is the lead a good fit for Jasmine Amy Rogers? I just want to see her star continue to rise."
I only know the score but she could absolutely do a great job singing it.
But there are other, talented Black women who could do a great job too. Adrienne Warren, Christiani Pitts, Joy Woods (probably busy with Galileo), Amber Gray, Patina Miller, Joaquina K, Lorna C, Hailey Kilgore, Maleah Joi, etc.
Uggams was 24, but it was originally written for Lena Horne who was almost 50. But they tailored it for a younger actor after Horne dropped out, and Laurents felt they should have abandoned it altogether.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:25pm
Kiss of the Spider Woman being on a date that I usually have to make my yearly trip to New York is a SIGN, give me AURORA!!!
Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman#36
Posted: 4/29/26 at 5:50pm
Scarywarhol said: "I'm so thrilled about Kiss. I was kind of worried the film was gonna kill the show for the foreseeable future, now I get to actually move on instead."
The current small UK tour of Kiss is getting good press (although I did find one positive review odd--they had a problem with the song My First Woman because it implied underage "sexual coercion..." Have we come to this??)
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 6:13pm
YES to Spiderwoman, but the other two, I'll pass. Not a great season; it could be much better.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 6:43pm
I'd like to see Katrina Lenk as Aurora. I know she's a little over 50,but her voice is in great shape and she can dance. Chita was over 60 when she played it. Of course,there's only one Chita.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 6:43pm
Curious if they'll be using the tweaks Laurents made for the 2004 production of Hallelujah Baby!
I'm so deeply intrigued by this show (largely because there's such scarce online literature regarding the original production). I've listened to the OBCR a handful of times but the score does little to explain the plot. For those who have seen it, what exactly is the point of having the characters' ages frozen in time? Is there some greater commentary on the (from what I believe to be largely unexplained) agelessness of the characters a la Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9?
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 6:58pm
There were more than just tweaks made to Hallelujah Baby in 2004--it was a much bigger revision than, say, the one Laurents and Sondheim had done to Do I Hear a Waltz a few years earlier (which WAS the version that Encores based their production on in that case.) Would Amanda Green need to get a credit for the revised version?
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 9:39pm
I just think Lippa really made the original score POP out more.
His additions to the already vocally layered Book Report I really love
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/22
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 10:03pm
Brandon Uranowitz for Molina.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 10:09pm
Zeppie2022 said: "Brandon Uranowitz for Molina."
I mean…yes.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 10:20pm
Either Uranowitz or Robin De Jesus for Molina.
Nicole Scherzinger as Aurora.
Nick Christopher as Valentin.
Please and thank you.
Broadway Star Joined: 7/18/11
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 10:33pm
Does anyone really think they’ll hire a white guy to play Luis Alberto Molina in 2027? What century are we in, again?
Encores 2027: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Hallelujah, Baby!; Kiss of the Spider Woman#46
Posted: 4/29/26 at 11:23pm
Kad said: "I don't know Hallelujah, Baby! at all- is the lead a good fit for Jasmine Amy Rogers? I just want to see her star continue to rise."
It absolutely would be. Leslie Uggams had a strong voice, but also a sweet one; I think that sweetness works well for the character. I believe JAR has both, but I imagine there are other people who would as well.
Someone else asked about the passage of time. I was intended (I believe) to show that things change slowly for the characters over time, but do change, while the characters are still themselves. I will remind that the show had issues, mainly the fact that the passage of time with them not aging actually sort of got lost, but the score was terrific, the performances of Uggams, Lillian Heyman, and Robert Hooks were excellent, and will provide ample opportunity for the people who assume their roles to shine. Barbara Sharma and Marilyn Cooper also added some comical moments, so there are a bunch of good vignette roles. The only weak link was the 'white male lead', Allen Case, who I had never heard of before and never heard of again. His solo was probably the either the weakest song in the show or was damaged by the fact that he had a really weak voice. The right person could probably make a case for the song and the role being better than I think.
To Tenor8674, I would not rule this one out so quickly. Good Jule Styne classic overture, some really good songs and orchestrations, and some laughs. Of all the shows that failed in the 60s and 70s, this may be my favorite. Ironically, the same season produced two other flops (one mega) that I also loved, The Happy Time (which was a bloated production...should have been scaled for a smaller Music Box sized theatre, and it played the Broadway. The other one was Darling of the Day, also with a Jule Styne Score (with Yip Harburg lyrics) and a performance by Patricia Routledge that made you love the actress before the curtain came down, even if you had never heard of her before. But Hallelujah Baby has the best score.
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Posted: 4/29/26 at 11:34pm
Someone on Twitter suggested Cole Escola as Lucy
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Posted: 4/30/26 at 12:02am
KevinKlawitter said: "Someone on Twitter suggested Cole Escola as Lucy"
I saw that as well! They’d also be a great Snoopy, I think.
Also, I second Katrina Lenk for Aurora!
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Posted: 4/30/26 at 12:20am
That spider woman poster is lit.
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