For Pete's sake Roundabout...

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 4:48pm

...turn one of these benefits into another SHE LOVES ME!

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 4:53pm

Is it wrong to think that Roundabout's programming strategy involves throwing darts at a spinning wheel?

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 4:54pm

Listen, Maggie VERY talented and this being a concert I'm guessing they're not going to do major choreography, but...is she the epitome of sex? Well, I guess neither was Gwen Verdon, really.

[SomethingPeculiar]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 5:02pm

Whoopi as the devil is inspired casting!

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 5:07pm

Maggie is great but definitely not who I would have first thought of for Lola. FWIW I thought from the headline that Jake was playing Joe Hardy like he almost did in that move remake!

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 5:13pm

Listen, Maggie VERY talented and this being a concert I'm guessing they're not going to do major choreography, but...is she the epitome of sex? Well, I guess neither was Gwen Verdon, really.

Great to see no one bothered to even read what’s going on. This isn’t a concert it’s a reading.  Don’t expect to see any of the cast getting up to do a musical number.  I’m sure they’ll have a chorus sitting on the side to sing the ensemble sections whenever a musical number requires it.  

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 5:15pm

BroadwayConcierge said: "Is it wrong to think that Roundabout's programming strategy involves throwing darts at a spinning wheel?"

Dead

[JSquared2]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 6:04pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "Listen, Maggie VERY talented and this being a concert I'm guessing they're not going to do major choreography, but...is she the epitome of sex? Well, I guess neither was Gwen Verdon, really.

Great to see no one bothered to even read what’s going on. This isn’t a concert it’s a reading. Don’t expect to see any of the cast getting up to do a musical number. I’m sure they’ll have a chorus sitting on the side to sing the ensemble sections whenever a musical number requires it."

 

Dead.  Wrong.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 6:17pm

The Benefit Concert Reading will take place on Monday, December 11, 2017 at 7:30 PM at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre.

[nasty_khakis]

Posted: 10/13/17 at 11:59pm

Brody, I read it. That's why I said it won't require much dancing, even if it's a "staged reading" I doubt they'll be major dancing other than arm raising and box steps.

[perfectlymarvelous]

Posted: 10/14/17 at 2:07am

BroadwayConcierge said: "Is it wrong to think that Roundabout's programming strategy involves throwing darts at a spinning wheel?"

Given that EVERYTHING they had pending for Broadway this season apparently fell out from under them, this is a good guess. 

[BJR]

Posted: 10/14/17 at 8:02pm

in addition to SHE LOVES ME, Roundabout also did the benefit concert of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC with Natasha Richardson with hopes of bringing Trevor Nunn's production over starring her and Vanessa Redgrave, who was eager to work with her daughter. (What a tremendous tragedy Natasha isn't with us to give us her Desiree and so many other characters.) It's likely they're testing this casting, as well.

Whoopi is brilliant casting, for one.

[Mildred Plotka]

Posted: 10/14/17 at 8:18pm

Was t Kathleen Marshall attaches to a commercial production of this with Bryan Cranston as Applegate?

 

I’m sure there will be some choreography with Marshall involved. 

 

Would be be nice if this in for a full production this Spring.  We need more Golden Age Revivals these days to escape into. 

Updated On: 10/14/17 at 08:18 PM

[CindersGolightly]

Posted: 10/14/17 at 8:40pm

I think Maggie is an interesting choice, but not the choice I want for a full length revival, in all honesty.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 10/27/17 at 12:10pm

I think James Earl Jones has dropped out of this. His name is nowhere on Roundabout's website.

[WayTooBroadway]

Posted: 10/27/17 at 12:57pm

Seems like it.  I hope Mr. Jones is okay.

https://www.roundabouttheatre.org/Shows-Events/Events/Benefit-Readings/Damn-Yankees-GA.aspx

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 11/3/17 at 1:17pm

Danny Burstein and Victoria Clark onboard!

[somecheapfrenchthing]

Posted: 11/4/17 at 8:34am

If it's anything like their Kiss Me Kate reading last year, there will probably be choreography. Even though they used scripts for the scenes, there were still costumes, basic blocking, and choreography for all of the dance songs (the Lois Lane numbers, Too Darn Hot, etc.)... Obviously nothing too complicated, but pretty fleshed-out nonetheless. 

Updated On: 11/4/17 at 08:34 AM

[BroadwayConcierge]

Posted: 11/20/17 at 2:04pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Breaking-Matthew-Morrison-Adrienne-Warren-More-Join-DAMN-YANKEES-Benefit-Concert-20171117