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Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
#25re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:43am
Margo:
I don't really believe Prince was incorrect. He wasn't saying that LOVEMUSIK was the first musical at the Biltmore, but (and this is just my opinion) I believe that by saying "staged in the house", he meant really done from scratch in that exact theatre. And by that definition, he's not really wrong...LOVEMUSIK is really (I think) the first original to be "born" there.
HAIR (correct me if I'm wrong) was at the Public originally.
STARDUST was originally done at Theatre Off Park
THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM was originally done at The Acting Company.
DOONESBURY was of course based on the comic strip, but I don't know anything more about it's original production.
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#26re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:46amOf course, Ill be the first to ask. how was the set? show curtain?
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#27re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:51amTwo other misbegotten musicals played the Biltmore in the '80s...Reggae, and Honky Tonk Nights.
#28re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 12:53amI don't know how anyone could forget them...they were such big hits.
#29re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 1:04am
Here is the front of the Playbill.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#30re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 1:06am
They already have that posted on playbill...so for future reference, you don't have to scan.
Generally, they have the playbill cover several weeks before the show even comes ot NY.
gumbo2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/21/05
#31re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/13/07 at 1:10amI don't think that playbill needs (or should have) color. It's pretty cool black and white.
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#32re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/16/07 at 6:18pm
"And they say I'M tough! Yee-haw!"
No, you're just a guy desperately in need of a new hobby.
Seriously, are there no musicals that you actually like?
#33re: Just back from the invited dress rehearsal of LOVEMUSIK
Posted: 4/16/07 at 8:32pm
Ooooh I can answer some questions about Doonesbury, munkustrap178. I saw it twice. The cast included Mark Linn-Baker (before Perfect Strangers), Gary Beach (before... almost everything!), Lauren Tom (just before she did Hurlyburly... and got nekkid!), and an awesome performance by Kate Burton. The book was funny enough but appealed most to Doonesbury fans (obviously). Gary Trudeau used to write new material every week to keep it topical, but the most exciting thing for this budding set designer (at the time) was watching Gary Beach drive a bulldozer through the set at the end of the show :) The only song I really remember were 'Another Memorable Meal' and 'I Can have it All'. Oh, and I liked Peter Larkin's sets. Any other questions, ask me by PM or we can start another thread, but I dunno who else saw the show :) It might be a short thread!
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