Fall shows ... What are you looking forward to most?- Page 2

[WhizzerMarvin]

Posted: 8/20/13 at 10:55pm

I guess I'm most excited for The Snow Geese and curious about Gentlemen's Guide. At least they are both new and have the opportunity to surprise.

Lots of play revivals, and no doubt Rylance will put on a show in his two Shakespeare productions, but we've seen almost all of the revivals so frequently in the last 5 years alone that it's hard to drum up too much excitement for them.

On the musical side things look a bit grim unfortunately. It's sad for me to see so little original music being presented. As newintown pointed out upthread, it's all revues and jukebox musicals. We have musicals, but without new composers.

[jnb9872]

Posted: 8/20/13 at 11:06pm

What excites me most about the Rylance double-bill, honestly, isn't even the chance to see one of the greatest actors working anywhere in the world (in two shows, no less!) What excites me most is that this represents Shakespeare's Globe's first Broadway production as a company. They are a tremendous and unique theatre company, whose style and voice is refreshingly distinct. I haven't seen a lot of their work (KING LEAR back when I was in London years ago, and clips of RICHARD II w/Rylance, HENRY V and MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING which are all on YouTube) but everything I've seen has been utterly thrilling. I hope their Broadway bow is a great success, if only to encourage them to come over more often.