Encores! 2023 Production hints???- Page 3

[nophibbing]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 10:37am

jenn328 said: "where did you get that screenshot from the website? I can't find it."

They were working on webpages and building the subscription check out page yesterday and neglected to make them private. They're all private now. You should be able to see it here shortly. Parade tickets go on sale at noon so I'd assume at least subscriptions for the rest of the season go on sale at that time as well. 

[binau]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 10:40am

For those that don't know DEAR WORLD a couple of amazing tracks from the OBC (Angela Lansbury) I'd recommend [if I recall Lansbury once claimed this is the best she has ever sung]. I think the songs would be a great fit for Donna Murphy's acting abilities and current vocal abilities. They are as good as anything else Jerry Herman has ever done. 

* "I Don't Want to Know" - a moving track about how the character would rather escape the a harsh unpleasant reality and cling onto her happy memories of the past 

* "And I Was Beautiful" - a deeply nostalgic reflection on what it felt like to be young and be loved

* "Kiss Her Now" - an inspirational but haunting ballad about taking the opportunity to love while we are young and still can

With the right cast & direction I think DEAR WORLD could be one of the most exciting events of the season!

 

[Emmeline Carter]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 10:45am

jenn328 said: "where did you get that screenshot from the website? I can't find it."

Appears that it's private now, but someone on Reddit suggested typing in "Dear World New York City Center package" into Google and it will take you to a site where you can select what day of the week package you want. Probably will become public again when the "official" announcement is made later today. 

[Kad]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 10:57am

theatreguy said: "The three categories as laid out by Lear DeBessonet are:

1. Revivals of hidden gems

2. Productions where artists reclaim work for our time through their own personal lens

3. Celebrations that look at the ways musical theater connects us

Of the 3 shows, Dear World strikes me as the only "hidden" gem."

This past season saw two major revisals of shows, though- both The Life and Tap Dance Kid. Neither was treated as a “hidden gem.”

[Phillytheatreguy10]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 11:01am

Jack Viertel wanted to do Dear World many many times, but Jerry Herman (and I am assuming later his estate) would only let him do the rewriitten version, which is designed more as a chamber musical with a very small cast and no ensemble. Viertel did not wish to present that version of Dear World (I have looked into producing Dear World myself and I am really not a fan of the new version). I am sure they will put together a great cast, and I am looking forward to seeing the show, but I wish it was the original version.

Curious, does anyone know if the one night only version presented by The York Theatre starring Tyne Daly, I believe in 2016 is the new version or the original? Which ever one that was, was quite charming. 

Updated On: 6/14/22 at 11:01 AM

[binau]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 11:08am

Anyone correct me if I'm wrong but based on the placement of songs (e.g. 'Kiss Her Now' appears later in Act 2) I believe it was the revised/new version, as was the Betty Buckley version in London.

[lachri5]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 11:16am

The google search worked! This is a cached version: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:X5lKbThcIgoJ:https://www.nycitycenter.org/subscriptions/full/selectsubscription.aspx%3FConfigID%3D8208+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 11:51am

Where's the announcement...?

[mattmarkowski99]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 12:04pm

Page is live and announced on their twitter

https://twitter.com/NYCityCenter

https://www.nycitycenter.org/About/our-programs/encores/

[Emmeline Carter]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 12:08pm

Announced on their Instagram too

 



 

[Emmeline Carter]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 12:12pm

Ruthie Ann Miles will be in Piazza, and Donna Murphy will be in Dear World. No cast announcements for Oliver! yet.  

[MackTheKnife2]

Posted: 6/14/22 at 12:16pm

So what does this mean for Love Life?