GUYS AND DOLLS London Revival Clips - Krakowski, McGregor, Russell

[Wanna Be A Foster]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 10:21am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njot_bGrxQ4&feature=related

It's a shame we couldn't get this production transferred over here.

[PiraguaGuy2]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 10:24am

Or even the rumored Anne Hathaway/John C. Reilly/Debra Messing/Patrick Wilson production.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 10:28am

What was great about ours was that the sets etc took a back seat to the performers and the show itself, looking at the clips and pics from the revival the production seems to swallow everything else up.

[Mark_E]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:00am

Hmm everyone raves about the London production of Guys and Dolls.

I saw it and personally hated it, and it is one of my least favourite shows that I have seen. Maybe I just don't like the source material. Sure there are some good numbers but in whole it was a very lackluster show.

[mallardo]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:11am

I also disliked it. Only Jane Krakowski shone. Ewan McGregor's performance would have you longing for Craig Bierko.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 11:12am

My opinion is the complete opposite: none of the clips I've seen on Youtube do justice to what I saw unfold before me in the theatre. It was sensationally good with Jane and Jenna turning in truly great performances.

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 12:45pm

PiraguaGuy2, the production that Reilly, Messing, Wilson, and Hathaway were rumored to be starring in was a transfer of this Michael Grandage-directed London production.

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 12:53pm

Mallardo, you were tricked by the concierge into buying tickets for a cheap knockoff. The show I saw was fabulous. Always check for the union label.

[songanddanceman2]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 1:07pm

unless you hate the source material i cant see how anyone could have dislike the London production. It was as close to a perfect revival you could get

[Jon]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 1:26pm

Of course, dozens of high school kids put comments on YouTube saying Krackowski is terrible, and their school's version was better.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 1:35pm

Krakowski's Adelaide is sexy, hilarious, but also really sad, she just really got the role. Not to mention that this was right after she had gone through heavy singing lessons for NINE, so her vocals were simply top-notch for GUYS & DOLLS. Her mild belting during "Take Back Your Mink" and "Adelaide's Lament" was thrilling, and overall her vocal performance was just perfect. Nothing compared to that woman at the Nederlander.
Being one of Krakowski's biggest fans, I'm obsessed with this clip of "A Bushel and a Peck" and *gasp* I prefer it over the Faith Prince performance.
I love you a bushel and a peck

[allofmylife]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 2:41pm

And at Donmar, the song was down to size, exactly what it should be, not some huge musical extravaganza put on by Mike Todd but a small-scale show at the Hot Box Revue ie SMALL time nightclub singer, not Broadway show with fabulous costumes scale.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 3/8/09 at 5:34pm

I will admit here, which I know can be dangerous, to having a soundboard recording of the London revival, and it is pretty damn fantastic. Jane's Adalaide is amazing, and the rest of the cast is great too. It sounds like it is a really true shame that it did not get the transfer. If we can have to Gypsy revivals so close together maybe we can get that Gus and Dolls over here yet.