Liz Callaway to appear in "iSondheim"
Liz Callaway to appear in "iSondheim"
karen24
Broadway Star Joined: 2/27/06
#1Liz Callaway to appear in "iSondheim"
Posted: 2/2/09 at 6:16pm
I just read about this in the Liz Callaway e-mailed newsletter. I know there was an earlier thread about this show in September, but I don't think any cast had been announced at that point. I wish I could get to Atlanta to see her! I wonder what the odds really are of it moving on to Broadway, or perhaps touring?
Here's what the e-mail said:
"The big news is that Liz has been cast in the upcoming world premiere of iSondheim: A Musical Revue at the ALLIANCE THEATRE in Atlanta, GA from April 15 – May 10, 2009. James Lapine will direct this new show, and there are hopes that this may just be the initial stop on the way to New York."
I'll put a link to the Alliance Theatre Web site, but they really don't give any information about the content of the show, or mention any of the cast.
Alliance Theatre
Maggie-the-schnoodle
#2re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 6:24pm
Worst. Name. Ever.
And horrible logo.
Guh.
"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
TheCharleston
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/18/08
#3re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 6:32pmI agree, the logo looks horrible. I hope it's better than the webpage lets on.
Current Avatar - Sutton Foster, accepting the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Velociraptor.
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#4re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 6:32pmYeah the name stinks. iphone. itunes. imac. ipod. isondheim?!?
#5re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 6:38pm
What the hell was that preview about?
SOME KID IN HIS DORM ROOM: So here's what we're gonna do: we're gonna walk in, we're gonna be smooth - you gotta be smooth - we take charge, and I'm telling you, every hot b//ch is walkin' our way-
(suddenly, a commercial comes on:)
COMMERCIAL: (to a funk beat) "In a world... where no one would listen... there is now... there is only...
iSondheim! (wailing guitar) The Best F//in' Show in Town!"
SOME KID IN HIS DORM ROOM: AH YEAH! CHANGE OF PLANS! WE'RE GOIN' THAT WAY!!!
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
Updated On: 2/2/09 at 06:38 PM
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#6re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 7:27pmAaron Lazar was attached to this, but he may be out- he's doing Impressionism around the same time.
#7re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 7:40pmIt looks like software packaging. iSondheim - now with the Revival Upgrade.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 7:57pm
Michael Arden and Leslie Kritzer were part of the workshop in November.
Updated On: 2/2/09 at 07:57 PM
#9re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 8:28pmUmmmmm...yeah
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miss pennywise
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/7/04
#10re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/2/09 at 10:06pmMorosco, you forgot iCarly.
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RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#11re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/3/09 at 1:21am
Yeah, it looks like a textbook from college.
I don't understand why we need this show. How many Sondheim revues do we need? How about some of the more obscure composers.
#12re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/3/09 at 1:35am
Do we really need another one? But still, maybe Lapine has something up his sleeve...
Edit: I was typing really fast...
Updated On: 2/4/09 at 01:35 AM
wonkit
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/30/08
#13re: Liz Callaway to appear in 'iSondheim'
Posted: 2/4/09 at 11:07am
jewishboy - thanks for the spelling correction. I got my OC brownie points for the day -
Updated On: 2/4/09 at 11:07 AM
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