Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES

[Pgenre]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#1

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:21pm

"Trevor Nunn, the director of the new revival of Night Music, said in an interview that he had aimed for a production that was a good deal more Chekhovian in its intentions than a lavish spectacle might have achieved. He added that he was soon hoping to mount a revival of Mr. Sondheims Follies, the 1971 musical about a reunion of showgirls and others who were part of a Ziegfeld Follies-like company, and that he would seek a similarly intimate feeling, though it would be performed in a larger space than the Menier Chocolate Factory in London, where the current Night Music originated."

::places barrel of shotgun in mouth::
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Kill. Me. Now.

[binau]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#2

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:22pm

HAHAHA *DIES*. God.

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

Updated On: 1/3/10 at 05:22 PM

[Jordan Catalano]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#2

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:24pm

Dear God,
Mister come home talkin' bout how he directin' Follies. Nettie better hurry and come back so's I can get the hell outta here. Dis man crazy.

Love,
Celie.

[once a month]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#3

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:29pm

"Careful watch you wish for"...

I think he'll do a fantastic job. Naysayers be damned...I loved A Little Night Music. I feel that his creative input helped make The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby the best show I've ever seen, and this from a man who adores musicals. I just might have to fly there for the first time to experience Follies once again.

THANKS for the good news!!

[Mr Roxy]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#4

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:29pm

Do you want Rob Marshall instead?

Poster Emeritus

[Pgenre]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#5

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:31pm

Well, I'm sure he is dead set on proving that the Roundabout version was far from as bad as it could get.

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[binau]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#6

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:32pm

Eric Schaeffer (Kennedy Center) vs Trevor Nunn (West End) Follies.

Who will win the race to Broadway?

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[ljay889]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#7

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:42pm

That's a great article. I don't think a chamber FOLLIES would work. I would imagine the forthcoming Kennedy Center production (if good) would transfer over Nunn's.

I really hope we do get one more new Sondheim musical.

[wickedfan]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#8

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:43pm

Wonderful, I've always wondered what a 5-hour long Follies would be like.

"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.

[Jordan Catalano]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#9

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:45pm

When Buddy, Phyllis, Ben and Sally leave the theater at the end of the show, they can open the door on the actual sun coming up.

[timote316]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#10

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:54pm

I saw a production of FOLLIES in Boston somewhat recently in a 200-seat theatre, with a performance space just bigger than you'd see in a black box theatre. While the performances weren't all that great, the material was just fine in that type of setting, with just the principles and the ghosts. I can't comment on Nunn's pacing and other directing tasks, but the size of the production shouldn't be an issue.

Also, it must be said: heaven forbid anyone actually SEE Nunn's FOLLIES before flipping out about it.

[MusicSnob1]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#11

Posted: 1/3/10 at 5:59pm

I've seen FOLLIES in an 80 seat dinner theatre. It made me feel dirty and strange...

xoxo

When I think about you, I touch myself.

[Mattbrain]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#12

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:01pm

So I take it the new revival of Night Music has pacing issues?

Butters, go buy World of Warcraft, install it on your computer, and join the online sensation before we all murder you. --Cartman: South Park ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."

[ljay889]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#13

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:03pm

Well they did reduce the running time by 10-15 minutes since the first preview. So the pacing has certainly improved.

[orangeskittles]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#14

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:03pm

Maybe he'll go with his original "concept" for the Night Music cast- the characters will all be 35 and their younger counterparts can be 16.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[Jordan Catalano]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#15

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:05pm

Like Muppet Babies, we can have FOLLIES Babies.

[binau]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#16

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:13pm

Hannah Waddingham for Carlotta!

Give me claws and a hunch, just away from this bunch.

[Play Esq.]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#17

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:15pm

Shoot, Pgenre! Please!

[orangeskittles]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#18

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:15pm

Oh my god Jordan, I could die happy if I saw Miss Piggy perform I'm Still Here.

Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how

[pinoyonbroadway]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#19

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:16pm

Oh Boy, A Diet Follies...

Everybody's Playing The Game But Nobody's Rules Are The Same Nobody's On Nobody's Side

[Pgenre]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#20

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:22pm

CZJ for Hattie!

Aaron Lazar and Leigh Ann Larkin for Vincent And Vanessa!

Angela Lansbury for Loveland, now a character instead of a place!

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[gvendo2005]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#21

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:26pm

And the award for Snarkiest Post of the Year goes to the indie writer who thinks he has a future! Savor the award, P. Only one you'll ever win.

"There is no problem so big that it cannot be run away from." ~ Charles M. Schulz

[Brick]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#22

Posted: 1/3/10 at 6:55pm

I must say, this seems like a tricky one to imagine chamber style....

[MusicSnob1]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#23

Posted: 1/3/10 at 7:02pm

gvendo - I'm assuming that award was given only for the mere fact that Pee Genie is no longer with us? I'll accept on his behalf.

xoxo

When I think about you, I touch myself.

[Pgenre]

Hello, Apocalypse: Trevor Nunn directing West End FOLLIES#24

Posted: 1/3/10 at 7:05pm

It's like when Anne Bancroft sent Joan Crawford to accept her Best Actress Oscar over also-ran Bette Davis.

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