IN MY LIFE

[Carl Magnum]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:42pm

Saw the ad in the times on sunday. I haven't heard anything about this musical, which is unusual because someone on this board usually has "insider" info for all of us. Anyone know anything about this musical?

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:48pm

there WAS a thread on this...where it went is the biggest question...

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:49pm

Joe Brooks has written the book, music and lyrics and will be directing. In other words it's a vanity project.

"In My Life, according to production notes, concerns "a musician with Tourette's syndrome and a journalist with obsessive compulsive disorder [who] meet cute at a grocery store — with some help from above — and begin an unlikely romance that proves that life's greatest affliction is the one they share — true love."

Sounds like a candidate for the next edition of "Not Since Carrie."

[WOSQ]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:50pm

Written and directed by Joe Brooks who wrote and directed the film You Light Up My Life among others and won a Best Song Oscar, the show ought to examine the fate of The Mambo Kings which also had a first time writer-lyricist-director.

Inexperienced people wearing too many hats don't work. Experienced people wearing too many hats don't work either.

[Caroline-Q-or-TBoo]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 4:52pm

well, its either going to be either very good or GAH HORRIBLE RUN!

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 5:00pm

Im pretty optimistic about this one...I think it just might be the Little Show that could. "Light In the Piazzas" lighting designer & costume designer - both Tony Award winners, will be lighting and costuming this production as well.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 5:01pm

What's Brooks been doing the last 20 years? IMDB lists no credits for him since 1985. He also has no listing on IBDB.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112072/

Who gave him the money for this (and let him direct it himself)? And there's apparently not going to be an out of town tryout either. A neophyte director/book writer opening cold on Broadway? This is going to be a chapter in the big Broadway book of "How NOT to produce a Broadway show."

[LaCageAuxFollesFan2]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 5:06pm

Unless..IT'S GOOD! Speculating is fun, but condedming before it's even started is pretty hard on something none of us really knows anything about.

[jaded_october]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 5:55pm

i thought this was going to about les mis

[B.B. Wolf]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 6:03pm

I agree completely, Margo.
This IS vanity project.
And Brooks is a little, shall we say, "eccentric."? Anyway, the script is actually pretty cute and has some nice moments. But, expect lots of schmaltz and self-aggrandizement from the music. It will also NOT have a major star to headline it, which is a serious deathknell for any vanity project. I give it a month and a half at the Music Box. Tops.

[ashley0139]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 7:04pm

In my life, there are so many questions and answers... nope. Too easy.

Updated On: 6/27/05 at 07:04 PM

[dietcherryemma]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 7:10pm

I have all that I want you are loving and gentle and good? Ok... nevermind, enough Les Mis jokes, for serious

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 9:56pm

Well in a previous thread someone said it wasn't doing an out of town tryout because it was coming from Off-B'way and most shows that come from off-b'way don't do out of town tryouts. Anyone know when they'll put up the marquee or when this show starts previews? I'm actually really excited about this musical. I hope its good, it sounds pretty good.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 9:59pm

It NEVER played off-Broadway. It had two AEA workshops -- that's it. It's NEVER been in front of an audience before or been fully-staged.

NOT a good idea.

Updated On: 6/27/05 at 09:59 PM

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 10:02pm

It begins previews Sept. 27 with an official opening set for Oct. 20 at the Music Box.

[temms]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 10:04pm

Whenever I see the title, my first though is that they changed the title of "Lennon" (since "In My Life" was one of his more memorable compositions.) I can't help but wonder if maybe that's intentionally misleading...

[TennesseeTwang]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 10:08pm

Why am I expecting a Dracula-style critical smackdown?

[broadwaybelter]

Posted: 6/27/05 at 10:09pm

well we'll see what happens it could be the next mega hit or it could be the next unbelievabally horrible flops....i have faith in it...it sounds interesting...
ric

[RentBoy86]

Posted: 6/28/05 at 12:09am

oh my bad Margo, just relaying info, guess they were wrong.