Leap of Faith casting announced- Page 2

[misschung]

Posted: 7/23/10 at 9:16pm

See, now if I were independently wealthy, I would fly to LA to see this. Oh well. Excited for the Broadway show, tho!

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/23/10 at 9:29pm

Emick's principal billing leads me to believe he is definitely playing Sheriff Braverman.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/23/10 at 9:37pm

Well, like I said, I was just going on how they'd done it in the past. I wasn't paying attention to who was billed as what, so I could be wrong. It's not a very interesting part anyway, to be honest.

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 7/25/10 at 4:06pm

Who's the set designer for this and who is Kendra playing?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/25/10 at 4:18pm

Kendra is playing Jonas' (Raul's character) sister. She runs travels with him and runs his show.

Updated On: 7/25/10 at 04:18 PM

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/25/10 at 4:24pm

The set designer for the show is Scott Pask.

[wonkit]

Posted: 7/25/10 at 4:35pm

OMG - his COAST OF UTOPIA was outstanding.

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 7/26/10 at 9:53am

How big is Kendras part? Judging by the movie?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/26/10 at 11:25am

She's one of three leads, the other two being Jonas (Raul) and Marva (Brooke). It's a decently-sized part, but somewhat different from the movie. In the movie, the character (Jane, who has been re-named Sam for the musical) is not Jonas' sister, she's just his sidekick/stage manager, and the musical doesn't include her character's romantic subplot from the movie. I can't remember off-hand how many musical numbers she has, because I honestly found her totally unimpressive in the reading, but I can check the song list for you when I get home later if you want to know. She definitely had one big duet with Marva, at least as of January.

[Peter87]

Posted: 7/26/10 at 12:17pm

I'm kind of surprised the romantic subplot is not in the musical. The butterfly scene from the movie seemed like a perfect moment for a beautiful Menken song. :)

luvtheEmcee, if it's not too much trouble, would you mind writing down the whole song list of the January reading? It would be interesting to read the song titles. :)

[somethingwicked]

Posted: 7/26/10 at 12:25pm

Sam, Kassebaum's character, has two significant numbers.

One is a duet with Jonas (Esparza) early in the first act called "Slingshot" and the other is a duet with Marva (Shields) late in the second act called "People Like Us."

Updated On: 7/26/10 at 12:25 PM

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 7/26/10 at 1:52pm

Would you mind posting ALL the songs from the reading? Do you have a fav?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 7/27/10 at 11:25am

Peter - I was too, at first, but the way they've expanded the story in other ways doesn't leave much room for it, and is, I think, worth the exchange.

As far as the song list, to be honest, the reading wasn't open to the public, so I don't know how much the powers that be want the specifics of it out in the world, and I don't want to be responsible for putting them out there. It's not my decision to make. If someone else wants to post it, then that's their call, but I don't feel right doing it. I know that's sort of conservative of me, sorry.

My favorite musical moments included the opening, the act one finale, the initial Jonas/Marva meeting duet and the Jonas/Boyd duet for various reasons, as well as Jonas' big 11:00 number, but more for pertinence to the story than musicality. But I really don't remember there being a song I didn't like. The score's biggest attribute aside from being a Menken creation is its diversity.

Updated On: 7/27/10 at 11:25 AM

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 6:40am

Who is Kecia Lewis Evans playing?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 8/13/10 at 10:20am

She's playing Ida Mae, one of the lead gospel singers, whose son is also in the choir and plays a key role in the plot.

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 8/29/10 at 8:45am

Teaser Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL9Ollc0qNw

Anyone know if there is pictures of the set design (model) anywhere?

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 8/29/10 at 9:50am

Hah, I love that video. I also like the artwork a lot better now that they're using an actual photo and the jacket is... snazzier.

Not that I've seen yet. CTG released a bunch of meet-and-greet pictures, and one of them shows some costume sketches, but that's about it. I can't wait to see actual production images. Hopefully they don't wait until October to release those!

[Peter87]

Posted: 9/2/10 at 3:56pm

The program for the show is now available here: http://www.centertheatregroup.org/uploadedFiles/Plays_and_Tickets/Productions/2010/Leap_of_Faith/files/LEAP_program.pdf

And here's what the song list looks like:

ACT ONE
“Rise Up” (Ida Mae, Jonas and The Angels of Mercy)
“Do Whatcha Gotta Do” (Marva)
“I Can Read You” (Jonas and Marva)
“Slingshot” (Jonas and Sam)
“Daddy’s Shoes” (Ricky)
“Fields of the Lord” (Ida Mae, Ricky and The Angels of Mercy)
“Step Into the Light” (Jonas, Ida Mae, Ricky and The Angels of Mercy)
“The Gospel According to Me” (Sheriff Will)
“Walk Into the Sunset” (Boyd and Jonas)
“Long Past Dreaming” (Marva)
“Let It Loose” (Ida Mae, Ricky and The Angels of Mercy)
“Hotline to Heaven” (Ricky, Ida Mae, Jonas and The Angels of Mercy)
“King of Sin” (Jonas)

ACT TWO
“Rise Up” (Reprise) (Jake, Rita, Ricky, Boyd, Townsfolk and The Angels of Mercy)
“Something Real” (Marva and Jonas)
“Are You on the Bus?” (Ornella, Sam, Ida Mae, Ricky, Jonas and The Angels of Mercy)
“Walk Into the Sunset” (Reprise) (Boyd)
“People Like Us” (Sam and Marva)
“Last Chance Salvation” (Jonas and The Angels of Mercy)
“If Your Faith is Strong Enough” (Jonas and The Angels of Mercy)
“Jonas’ Soliloquy” (Jonas)
“Leap of Faith” (Company)

If anyone who's seen any of the workshops wants to comment on how the final version differs from those, I'd be very interested in hearing. :)
At least there was a song called "Gotta Have Chutzpah" on one of the demos which seems to have been cut.

(Is there any chance this could come to Broadway this season?)
Updated On: 9/2/10 at 03:56 PM

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/2/10 at 6:33pm

That's pretty similar to what I saw. A few new songs (though some of those could just be new titles), and a little bit of rearranging, but mostly the same, which is good because the score is so wonderful. There are tentative dates for Broadway this season. Here's hoping.

[luvtheEmcee]

Posted: 9/3/10 at 4:15pm

Oh dear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnvh5FL4dAc

[MusicAngel]

Posted: 9/3/10 at 5:46pm

Got my tix last month! Can't wait to see this one!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 9/3/10 at 5:57pm

It looks like Raul was superimposed onto a separate video of the choir.

[wonkit]

Posted: 9/3/10 at 9:35pm

I'm hoping someone in wardrobe picked up the wrong robes from the dry cleaners. ugh...

[humbugfoto]

Posted: 9/3/10 at 10:45pm

I think they're wearing the same robes in the other clip on their website.

It's about the lace collars....

[jamiekennywicked]

Posted: 9/4/10 at 6:19pm

Listening to those two clips I am really excited for the show although to look at the video it's very chessey but to me, likeable. Anyone else think it could come to Bway soon?