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Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summer!
#325Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/22/11 at 5:34pm
According to Broadwayworld, the first rehearsal is ACTUALLY the 5th or 12th of JULY for chorus boys, and the first preview is the 7th of AUGUST.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/equitylisting.cfm?id=2159
Which is still too late for me :P but still.
The principle rehearsals start July 15th..
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
Updated On: 6/22/11 at 05:34 PM
#326Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/22/11 at 6:56pm
It's silly to talk about Karen Morrow and "bad taste." Karen Morrow transcends bad taste.
Karen Morrow sings 'I Had a Ball'
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#327Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/22/11 at 7:41pmqolbinau, this seems to get stranger and stranger...each casting call has a different rehearsal and performance start date.......
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#328Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/22/11 at 7:42pmJust realized Duke is 64....too young for Hattie, and she really couldn't sing Carlotta according to most people on here.
#329Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/22/11 at 7:42pm
I'm not involved in any kind of musical production, but isn't it reasonable that they might rehearse the principles at a different time from the chorus? (Or does everyone rehearse together?), I have no idea.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#330Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/22/11 at 7:57pmqolbinau - it's not uncommon for the ensemble/dancers to go in a week earlier, and then they'll add in the principals. But this is mainly about the ever-moving preview start date.
#331Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/25/11 at 11:15am
Hi everyone
Just been listening to a BBC Radio 2 interview with Stephen Sondheim, he was asked if Broadway or the West End would have a production of Follies anytime soon - the person asking the question obviously doesn't read Broadwayworld!! Anyway,
Mr Sondheim said the KC production would open on Broadway on the 22 July - so many dates floating around!! Interestingly, he said he knew of no plans for a West End production, wonder if Trevor Nunn has decided against his production now?
ps. Congratulations to all you New Yorkers on the Marriage Equality act being passed. Fabulous x
#332Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/25/11 at 4:58pmVeraCharles3, can you link to this interview?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#333Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/25/11 at 5:47pm
Oh, found it
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0122s8f/Graham_Norton_Stephen_Sondheim_and_Mari_Wilson_Mr_Broadway_and_Miss_Beehive_joined_Graham/
He must be mistaken, Jan Maxwell is involved in another show until July 31st..
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#334Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/25/11 at 7:41pmthis is tearing me apart, I can't wait for them to just make an announcement already!! Please, just let tickets go on sale, so I can buy a bunch and then get back to my normal life. Whatever THAT is.
"I chose and my world was shaken--so what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. You have to move on"
#335Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/26/11 at 4:59am
qolbinau, apologies, i should have just put on the link in the first place, just wasn't sure if it would work outside the UK.
Anyway glad you found it.
#336Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/26/11 at 9:02pm
Question--in the original production (or any other production for that matter), do Phyllis and Sally high five/low five after the Mirror Number? It stuck out to me for some reason--would two 49 year old women be high-fiving in 1971?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_five
"I chose and my world was shaken--so what? The choice may have been mistaken, the choosing was not. You have to move on"
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#337Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/26/11 at 10:15pm
High Five, yes
Low Five, no.
#338Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 6:27amChita Rivera would've been ideal, but if not her I would've loved to see Dame Shirley Bassey as Solange.
#339Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 12:11pmDid I dream it or was it mentioned some where that they are in talks with Debbie Reynolds for Hattie?
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#340Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 12:41pmThat would've been too good to be true.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#341Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:01pmI'm sure this may sound crazy to many of you, but I'd love to see Karen Black back on Broadway as Carlotta. She's perfect for the role both dramatically and musically, is a Sondheim veteran, and most importantly is everything Carlotta has been as a celebrity and an actress.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#342Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:06pmOh my.
#343Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 3:14pm
That's actually a very interesting idea. But I'm concern about Black's age. She's 71 years old and looks her age, unlike Debbie Reynolds who is almost 80, but looks at least 20 years younger.
Of curse it doesn't matter, since Paige is transferring with the show.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#344Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:17pmOf course you're right. She's too old and looks older. But I couldn't resist getting that idea out.
henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#345Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:29pm
Karen Morrow seems a definitive choice for Hattie.
If I couldn't have Sonia Braga as Solange, I'd want Jane Lapotaire.
#346Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 4:51pm
"Please, just let tickets go on sale, so I can buy a bunch and then get back to my normal life. Whatever THAT is."
I love that comment so much...
You look absolutely terrific, honestly.
#347Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 6:41pm
I'm surprised they are taking this long to put tickets on sale, unless they are waiting to cast all of the principles (which I guess sounds a lot more logical than I thought it did when I started writing this post, lol).
The Auditions finished 40 minutes ago..apparently.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
SondheimFan5
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/20/10
#348Kennedy Center FOLLIES to Transfer to Broadway's Marquis Theater This Summe
Posted: 6/27/11 at 7:05pm
but, qolbinau, are they ACTUALLY going to cast Hattie Walker and Solange out of auditions?? Maybe standbys for them but one would assume whomever they cast for those roles (particularly Hattie) will not have auditioned. Solange could be an auditionee though...but it's not that likely...
COMEON let's release this cast list already!!
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