From Marc Shaiman on the Tony's- Page 2

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 5:23pm

We may have to throw Dame outta the group for getting the Flo Ballard thing wrong, Marc. You know, just like we did with VoiceAnth.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 5:29pm

Poor Dame. Senility is a terrible thing.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:09pm

Funny. I was chatting with Marc Shaiman on Manhunt Chat and he told me he was working on something REALLY big.

[ZONEACE]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:13pm

THAT'S NAUGHTY!!!

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:14pm

wait a second...Namo, Dame, Pal Joey and I? Have I awoken from a dream, is it still 2004?
Updated On: 6/6/09 at 06:14 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:16pm

And you were there. And you were there. And you were there...

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:21pm

2004. Times were so much more innocent then.

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:26pm

they were? I just got nostalgic and searched and sure enough...it still exists
Pick-A-Little Updated On: 6/6/09 at 06:26 PM

[Pgenre]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:27pm

The crime of the century is that there is no commentary from Marc Shaiman and/or Scott Wittman on the HAIRSPRAY dvd. They are the men truly responsible for HAIRSPRAY being as magically delicious as it is! Shankman, Blonksy, Zadan and Meron, while fun and interesting, are all people from the movie side... Marc and Scott are everything that makes HAIRSPRAY great!

I want to know every single detail of how he devised such a brillitantly ebuilliant score, and all about equally great but unfortunately cut songs, and how he chose to mix it/edit it/enhance it for film as he did plus all the juicy stuff we know was cut out of the MAKING OF...

I remember at the time when anticipation was building for the release he would post tantalizing updates all the time.

Please, Mr. Shaiman, put up a podcast commentary for the millions of fans of the score to sync up with their dvds!

A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely,
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[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:28pm

Uh, we were just as shocked as you to not be asked. Bizarre.

[Pgenre]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:34pm

How unbelievably rude of them! Whatev, if you ever have a spare moment you can always record a podcast to sync up if you ever sit down to watch it again (and why WOULDN'T you? Esp the fantistic 7.1 bluray mix - the best movie musical experience on dvd). Were you involved at the all with the production of the mix on the dvd? I'm sure you at least approved the mix that made it on to the dvd... right? It's always such a shame when the dvds are not representative of the film experience, though it happens all the time.

When I saw the film in theatres I actually visited my friend in the projection booth and told him to raise the luminescence, as you had told us, which was set super-low as it ususally is at mall-super-complex theatres. The image positively popped! I'm glad I took your advice!

BREAK A LEG tomorrow! The song promises to be the highlight of the evening no doubt! A Liza/Marc duet, perhaps?!

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Updated On: 6/6/09 at 06:34 PM

[Marc Shaiman]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:41pm

did someone say Liza/Marc duet?


What Makes A (shai)Man? Updated On: 6/6/09 at 06:41 PM

[Pgenre]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:51pm

I remember this when it was on (didn't Mandy Moore introduce you two?!)... chillingly exquisite.


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HD version Updated On: 6/6/09 at 06:51 PM

[musikman]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:55pm

So, I hate to thread-jack, but Mr./Maestro/Marc Shaiman, but I just have to say that I think the South Park Movie is one of the smartest, best, and most clever pieces of writing I've ever seen, and I am still waiting patiently for the day when I can see it live onstage.

Also, Hairspray is awesome!

*End of thread-jack.

[TIGGOSAURUS]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 6:57pm

It sucks not having any Tony coverage at all on UK television - will be scouring t'internet for Marc & Liza's next collaboration. Hope you get to sing a few more words next time...

O/T (slightly): can't wait to hear more about Hairspray 2 and Catch Me If You Can - CMIYC will be the catalyst for / highlight of my trip to NYC next year. :)

[Pgenre]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 7:01pm

Sondheim was right when he said SOUTH PARK: BIGGER, LONGER AND UNCUT was the best musical of the 90s (even better than his own PASSION) and as a college student I can tell you it is truly treasured by my generation like few other films.

That's another DVD that screams out for a commentay by you, Mr Shaiman! How did "Uncle F*cka" become "Uncle F*cka" and were there alternates to "What Would Brian Boitano Do?"

Ah well, MGM dvds are almost always whackattack.

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[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 7:25pm

I'm listening South Park now, I love it Marc!! It is brilliant & it NEEDS to be brought to the stage.

[Kad]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 8:16pm

The one-to-two minute songs in the South Park movie are better than a lot of stuff that's been on Broadway since that came out. I believe Stephen Sondheim even had praise for them.

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 9:12pm

I am animating the opening number from the movie on stage in Blender. Here is the curtain/Stan's house. In the actual show (in my mind) the door will open swing open & the curtain won't go until he Stan says "town".


It's a work in progress & the lights WILL change.

The casting for Sheila Braflowski - Mary Testa.

It would be perfect!

Updated On: 6/6/09 at 09:12 PM

[sabrelady]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 9:46pm

DANG! The Picl-A Little link to Standing Ovations won't open for me. That was such a hoot too! *sniffles*

[defyingravity07]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 9:56pm

Save it & open it in a video program on your computer.

[JP2]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 11:07pm

This entire thread is full of win.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 11:21pm

Awwww, I remember when "Pick A Little" first premiered. Those were the Golden Age days of bww.com

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 6/6/09 at 11:35pm

"Pick a Little" was the sine qua non and the zenith of message board parodies, the likes of which we'll never see again. Its impact was felt throughout the creative communities, its influence evident in everything from "Ave Q" and "Spring Awakening," to the recent revivals of "HAIR" and "Le Roi se meurt." And frankly, it made more than a few of us very big stars.

Forget looking back to the glory days before "South Park" became a libertarian circle jerk, look forward to "Catch Me if You Can," "Hairspray 3 in Disney Digital 3-D" and pray for "Pick a Little: Behind the Music."

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 6/7/09 at 12:30am

^^Brilliant!