ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24- Page 2
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#25
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:45am
This was spectacular at the Armory. I got teary eyed during The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts. I do hope it snags best choreography.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#26
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:51am
God bless these poor dancers’ bodies. They’re performing 8 shows between April 24th and 27th. 4 two-show days almost in a row. Woof.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#27
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:55am
ColorTheHours048 said: "God bless these poor dancers’ bodies. They’re performing 8 shows between April 24th and 27th. 4 two-show days almost in a row. Woof."
It looks like they're doing that to satisfy the Tony rules requirement that shows opening this close to the eligibility cutoff make available 8 performances prior to the Tony meeting.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#28
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:56am
I hope Robbie Fairchild will pick up his second Tony Nomination, this time for Featured Actor in a Musical. It truly is an ensemble piece, but he stood out most to me among the individual performers. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts, led by Fairchild, was the show's strongest number.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#29
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:58am
Kad said: "ColorTheHours048 said: "God bless these poor dancers’ bodies. They’re performing 8 shows between April 24th and 27th. 4 two-show days almost in a row. Woof."
It looks like they're doing that to satisfy the Tony rules requirement that shows opening this close to the eligibility cutoff make available 8 performances prior to the Tony meeting."
Of course. But ouch. Literally.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#30
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:59am
KingGeorgeIII said: "I hope Robbie Fairchild will pick up his second Tony Nomination, this time for Featured Actor in a Musical. It truly is an ensemble piece, but he stood out most to me among the individual performers. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts, led by Fairchild, was the show's strongest number."
He won’t be transferring because he’ll be in the UK prepping for The Artist.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#31
Posted: 3/19/24 at 10:59am
Are tickets available at the St. James box office? I can't find that information anywhere.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#32
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:09am
I’m curious how the tony eligibility for the cast and singers will work. I’d love to see Rickey, Ben, and Gaby get nominated, but I know that would be unlikely.
Understudy Joined: 6/21/22
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#33
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:09am
Glad it’s official and I’ll finally be able to see this without braving the standby line again! One failed attempt was enough for me.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#34
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:12am
Apparently the goal for this show is to take it on tour, and not to extend on Broadway after winning top honors.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#35
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:20am
ColorTheHours048 said: "KingGeorgeIII said: "I hope Robbie Fairchild will pick up his second Tony Nomination, this time for Featured Actor in a Musical. It truly is an ensemble piece, but he stood out most to me among the individual performers. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts, led by Fairchild, was the show's strongest number."
He won’t be transferring because he’ll be in the UKprepping for The Artist."
Do you know who is taking over Robbie’s track? They don’t have the character names in the press release, so it’s very unclear if there’s someone new or not.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#36
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:25am
I don't see any acting wins for them, but def. Best Musical, Best Direction, etc.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#37
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:27am
They haven’t released anything related to casting yet. I don’t have any insider info on this. Based on his latest IG post, Robbie is leaving for the UK right before this closes on the 26th, so I imagine whoever is standing in for him for the last few performances at the Armory will be assuming the role on Broadway.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#38
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:34am
Is this a ''Contact'' situation? Wow, things got really interesting!
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#39
Posted: 3/19/24 at 11:48am
Man of Steel was performed by Brandt Martinez at Bard. And he was phenomenal. I liked his performance more than Robbie’s.
Illinoise on Broadway is on his Insta stories right now, so….maybe he’ll be back since he already knows the track.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#40
Posted: 3/19/24 at 12:07pm
ColorTheHours048 said: "They haven’t released anything related to casting yet. I don’t have any insider info on this. Based on his latest IG post, Robbie is leaving for the UK right before this closes on the 26th, so I imagine whoever is standing in for him for the last few performances at the Armory will be assuming the role on Broadway."
Actually yes, they have. Per the press release:
The cast of Illinoise includes Yesenia Ayala (film West Side Story, on Broadway in West Side Story), Kara Chan (Twyla Tharp Dance, Pam Tanowitz Dance), Ben Cook (film West Side Story, on Broadway in West Side Story), Gaby Diaz (Winner of So You Think You Can Dance?, films Maestro, West Side Story, and tick, tick… BOOM!.), Jeanette Delgado (Miami City Ballet, West Side Story film), Carlos Falu (West Side Story film), Christine Flores (Dance Heginbotham, Pam Tanowitz Dance), Jada German (Twyla Tharp Dance, Metropolitan Opera), Zachary Gonder (Carmen at Lyric Opera, Pam Tanowitz Dance), Rachel Lockhart (Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors program, Jacob’s Pillow), Brandt Martinez (Aladdin), Dario Natarelli (New York City Center Encores!, Maestro film), Tyrone Reese (Juilliard School), Craig Salstein (American Ballet Theatre, associate choreographer for West Side Story and Maestro films, Carousel on Broadway), Ahmad Simmons (Fosse/Verdon on FX, Hadestown), Byron Tittle (Dorrance Dance, In the Heights film), Ricky Ubeda (winner of So You Think You Can Dance Season 11, FX’s Fosse/Verdon) and Alejandro Vargas (Juilliard School).
The vocalists and band for Illinoise will be announced shortly.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#41
Posted: 3/19/24 at 12:12pm
kurtal said: "Man of Steel was performed by Brandt Martinez at Bard. And he was phenomenal. I liked his performance more than Robbie’s.
Illinoise on Broadway is on his Insta stories right now, so….maybe he’ll be back since he already knows the track."
Aah, yep! I think you’re right!
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#43
Posted: 3/19/24 at 12:43pm
Haven't been to the St. James in a while, do you think aisle closest to center on side mez row 1 or orch row m is better? Need an aisle and the middle orch aisle and middle mezz aisle is taken
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/20/18
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#44
Posted: 3/19/24 at 1:03pm
schubox said: "Haven't been to the St. James in a while, do you think aisle closest to center on side mez row 1 or orch row m is better? Need an aisle and the middle orch aisle and middle mezz aisle is taken"
For a dance show like this, front mezz seems most ideal.
Broadway Star Joined: 11/15/13
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#45
Posted: 3/19/24 at 1:26pm
I saw this at the Armory, and while it is a beautiful dance piece ( I can see this winning for best choreography), I would certainly not call this a musical at all.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#46
Posted: 3/19/24 at 1:45pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "schubox said: "Haven't been to the St. James in a while, do you think aisle closest to center on side mez row 1 or orch row m is better? Need an aisle and the middle orch aisle and middle mezz aisle is taken"
For a dance show like this, front mezz seems most ideal."
That was my thought as well. I'm going for the music, so I figured a better view of the stage was the way to go
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/19
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#47
Posted: 3/19/24 at 1:56pm
ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "schubox said: "Haven't been to the St. James in a while, do you think aisle closest to center on side mez row 1 or orch row m is better? Need an aisle and the middle orch aisle and middle mezz aisle is taken"
For a dance show like this, front mezz seems most ideal."
Except front mezz at St. James has the worst sightlines. I saw NY, NY from the center mezz row G and my view was blocked by an average height person who didn't even lean. I'll never sit there again.
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/30/17
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#48
Posted: 3/19/24 at 2:54pm
Alessio2 said: "I saw this at the Armory, and while it is a beautiful dance piece ( I can see this winning for best choreography), I would certainly not call this a musical at all."
I disagree. This could easily follow the footsteps of Tony award winning Best Musicals 1999’s FOSSE and 2000s CONTACT. We found it better than both.
ILLINOISE at the St. James Beginning April 24#49
Posted: 3/19/24 at 3:18pm
For the purposes of the Tonys and other awards, "musical" has a history of being interpreted rather expansively- it's included dance pieces (Contact, Movin' Out, etc), legit operas (Baz Luhrman's La Boheme), operettas (Pirates of Penzance, etc), and revues (Smokey Joe's Cafe, etc). It's basically come to mean "anything that tells a story largely through musical performance."
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