GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement

[WayTooBroadway]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#1

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:16pm

How is this not "BREAKING" to you, BroadwayWorld? It seems like every other casting announcement has been branded as such.

Asking and wondering.

"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim

[BroadwayConcierge]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#2

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:26pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Mitchell-Jarvis-Jay-Klaitz-Paul-Whitty-and-Sawyer-Nunes-Lead-Cast-of-GETTIN-THE-BAND-BACK-TOGETHER-20180302

While I think the announcement is “breaking news” for sure, there are zero names. Nobody even close to reaching the radar of anybody caring on here.

This will be a massive flop.

Updated On: 3/2/18 at 02:26 PM

[LizzieCurry]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#3

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:44pm

Also, what a weird way of saying "Please help us cast this one role!"

"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt

[newintown]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#4

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:48pm

Reading this, I kept thinking, "this sounds absolutely ridiculous," and then I saw the name Ken Davenport and it all made sense.

[newintown]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#5

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:51pm

I also like that this sentence: "An earlier, developmental staging of Gettin' The Band Back Together opened at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse in 2013, this is what the critics had to say:" is followed by cast bios, not reviews. Also that there's no info on the composer/lyricist, other then his name.

[JSquared2]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#6

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:54pm

WayTooBroadway said: "How is this not "BREAKING" to you, BroadwayWorld? It seems like every other casting announcement has been branded as such.

Asking and wondering."

 

Probably because no one gives a s**t?

 

[newintown]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#7

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:56pm

Has the Belasco, a noted prestige house, ever had a less prestigious-sounding tenant?

[JSquared2]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#8

Posted: 3/2/18 at 2:59pm

newintown said: "Has the Belasco, a noted prestige house, ever had a less prestigious-sounding tenant?"

 

Well, I don't know if Kathy Griffin would ever be considered "prestigious" --- but at least her show was entertaining and funny as hell!

 

[scripps]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#9

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:12pm

If this actually happens, I will purchase rush/lotto tix for Mitch Jarvis. Love him.

[WayTooBroadway]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#10

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:19pm

It's the "BREAKING" aspect of it. Casting announcements are never "BREAKING" news. 

"When the audience comes in, it changes the temperature of what you've written." -Stephen Sondheim

[10086sunset]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#11

Posted: 3/2/18 at 3:22pm

Waiting for the "What's next at the Belasco?" thread

[Elegance101]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#12

Posted: 5/4/18 at 5:56pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCHneBkxy1s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6zl9hUjpy0

Footage from a rehearsal.

Updated On: 5/4/18 at 05:56 PM

[Sutton Ross]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#13

Posted: 5/4/18 at 5:58pm

It's not news if no one cares about it.  

[BroadwayNYC2]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#14

Posted: 5/4/18 at 6:05pm

I...didn’t hate that? Could be fun evening.

[HogansHero]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#15

Posted: 5/4/18 at 7:00pm

I did. 

This is the stuff that gives muscials a bad name.

[BroadwayConcierge]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#16

Posted: 5/4/18 at 7:04pm

I predict this will be a short-lived flop of historic proportions.

[freewilma]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#17

Posted: 5/4/18 at 10:58pm

Marilu Henner???  Is she playing the mother?  

[VotePeron]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#18

Posted: 5/4/18 at 11:37pm

Why isn't this just called "Mediocre White Men: The Musical"?

[VintageSnarker]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#19

Posted: 5/5/18 at 2:47am

I'm confused. Why were some of these actors in the press preview performance and this photo but not in the casting announcement? Are they being replaced?

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/FREEZE-FRAME-Meet-the-Cast-of-GETTIN-THE-BAND-BACK-TOGETHER-20180504

I didn't enjoy watching the videos but then the audio was terrible. I don't think the show will be any good but I do think that footage doesn't show off their singing well at all.

[Mildred Plotka]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#20

Posted: 5/5/18 at 3:12am

Yikes at that press preview. This makes Glory Days and First Date look like high art.

"Broadway...I'll lick you yet!"

[Mark69]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#21

Posted: 5/5/18 at 5:43am

Well 'Grown Ups 2" took about $250 million with about 2.5 on IMDB so underestimating the public's taste isn't necessarily a problem.

[Stage Door Sally]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#22

Posted: 5/5/18 at 8:42am

I love Mitch Jarvis but am cringing at that preview clip. The music is dull as dishwater and uncreative. Sad.

[msmp]

GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER cast announcement#23

Posted: 5/5/18 at 12:46pm

Makes me wish Forbidden Broadway was still around. Their parody would be better than whatever this is shaping up to be.