John Doyle and the color puple?

[Broadwaywest]

John Doyle and the color puple?#1

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:08pm

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now this is interesting. I'll be in London during that time, may check it out.

[SeanMartin]

John Doyle and the color puple?#2

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:15pm

God, please, no actor/singer/musicians! Not for this show!!!

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[g.d.e.l.g.i.]

John Doyle and the color puple?#2

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:27pm

Jesus God, why?

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[bjh2114]

John Doyle and the color puple?#3

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:29pm

How is a show this big going to fit into that tiny space?

[bwayphreak234]

John Doyle and the color puple?#4

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:32pm

April Fools Day is TOMORROW...

"There’s nothing quite like the power and the passion of Broadway music. "

[RippedMan]

John Doyle and the color puple?#5

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:40pm

I think it could totally work. Strip it down so it's about the acting and relationships, and it could really work. It's such an emotional piece. I think in NYC everything always has to be so lavish, but this could really work.

[bjh2114]

John Doyle and the color puple?#6

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:55pm

I wasn't even thinking of the set/simplicity though. I was thinking about the cast size.

[nasty_khakis]

John Doyle and the color puple?#7

Posted: 3/31/13 at 5:57pm

Patti and her tuba HAVE to play Sophia!

[TheatreDiva90016]

John Doyle and the color puple?#8

Posted: 3/31/13 at 7:29pm

TCP was produced at the Gay and Lesbian theatre here in LA, and it only has 70 some seats in the theatre. It was a multiple award winning production.

Good things can come in small packages.

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[Jordan Catalano]

John Doyle and the color puple?#9

Posted: 3/31/13 at 7:35pm

But the main problem is this is a horrible musical.

[CATSNYrevival]

John Doyle and the color puple?#10

Posted: 3/31/13 at 7:42pm

C'mon. There was one good song in it...

[TheatreDiva90016]

John Doyle and the color puple?#11

Posted: 3/31/13 at 7:59pm

Push Her Butt-In?

"TheatreDiva90016 - another good reason to frequent these boards less."<<>> “I hesitate to give this line of discussion the validation it so desperately craves by perpetuating it, but the light from logic is getting further and further away with your every successive post.” <<>> -whatever2

[CATSNYrevival]

John Doyle and the color puple?#12

Posted: 3/31/13 at 8:03pm

Okay, two then.

[nasty_khakis]

John Doyle and the color puple?#13

Posted: 3/31/13 at 8:29pm

I plan on sitting in the audience and screaming "Get it, Tasia!!!!!" no matter who's singing the song.

[Jsturt]

John Doyle and the color puple?#14

Posted: 3/31/13 at 8:34pm

terrible idea

[Someone in a Tree2]

John Doyle and the color puple?#15

Posted: 3/31/13 at 9:05pm

Actually found lots to like in the original production of "Purple", especially the first half of Act I and the opening letter/ballet in Act II. Not sure why all the hate directed at John Doyle-- his Passion at CSC is simple and well-told (and no actors playing instruments).

[JohnyBroadway]

John Doyle and the color puple?#16

Posted: 3/31/13 at 9:14pm

What about love, is a guilty pleasure of mine.

Updated On: 3/31/13 at 09:14 PM

[SeanMartin]

John Doyle and the color puple?#17

Posted: 3/31/13 at 9:14pm

Because his actor/musician mania is something of a joke. Good lord, it hasnt been that many years since the BARNUM fiasco, and thank God we were spared his rather unique vision of this for NIGHT MUSIC.

It's a cute stylistic approach in small doses, but for a while he was using it with the kind of regularity that was astounding.

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[Jsturt]

John Doyle and the color puple?#18

Posted: 3/31/13 at 10:35pm

no its not I loved lachanze and the songs