Exciting 2005-2006 season! — Page 2

What do we mean by "original." Some story made up out of thin air? Very rarely happens. Nice when it does.

I think Matt_G meant, why aren't we excited about new musicals that aren't revivals.

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IM so excited for the new season! cept for Tarzan, for some reason....

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BlueWizard: "I think Matt_G meant, why aren't we excited about new musicals that aren't revivals."

Okay. My problem with the upcoming revivals is that I can't get excited over The Pajama Game or The Wiz.

Updated On: 5/14/05 at 12:58 PM

I believe Jersey Boys is opening next year. It's an excellent show. It's more of a musical biography of Frankie Valli. The songs are presented more as concert versions as Frankie and the Four Seasons perform them on their climb to fame. So I guess it would be jukebox show, but the book is about Frankie and too a lesser extent the other three Four Seasons guys.

It was a big hit here in San Diego both with audiences and critics. I loved it, but the casting is crucial. David Norona played Frankie here, and he was phenomenal. Great voice and sexy as hell. (His resume says he played Ramon in Love, Valor, Compassion...would have liked to see that!) I've not been a big Frankie Valli fan, but this show was very enjoyable. I believe it's been discussed for fall of this year on Broadway.

In My life
The Color Purple
The wedding Singer
Lestat
A chorus line (revival)
sweeney todd (revival)
A tale of two cities
Tarzan

Yeah, but it's with Glenn... *shutters*

They better get one damn good Fredrik.

I'm pretty sure it's NOT a rumor. I remember reading or hearing somewhere that Glenn has an exclusivity clause to play Desiree, so they are tailoring it around her schedule. That is too bad, since I can think of at least ten other actresses off the top of my head who would be better in the role.

Michele Pawk would be my choice for Desiree. She is in her mid-40s, which would be the ideal age for the character (let's not forget that Fredrika, Desiree's daughter, is 13). Juliet Stevenson was 46 when she did it 2 years ago at NYCO. I believe Glenn is nearing 60.

Whatever happened to reports of a "Little Mermaid" musical

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Thats not cool, Mermaid is waaaay better then tarzan, its probaly only because phil collins wrote songs for tarzan

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I'm very curious too see how they're going to do Tarzan. It'll be interesting to see how they do the vine swinging scenes. I also can't wait to see the revival of A Chorus Line and Sweeney Todd

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