MCP's JEKYLL & HYDE Concert Set for February 2021

[CT2NYC]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 12:43pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Manhattan-Concert-Productions-Will-Present-JEKYLL-HYDE-Directed-by-Tony-Yazbeck-in-February-2021-20200507

[matt1982]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 1:09pm

Interesting choice.  I wonder who they cast.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 1:32pm

They decided it was not exactly great timing for The Civil War, which makes sense to me!

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_47ypND_fd/

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 1:46pm

Is it EVER great timing for the Civil War musical?? It was a bizarre choice to begin with.

I don’t think their insta comment justification makes a lick of sense though... Replacing a musical about “war and division” with a musical about straight-up murder? Read the room!

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 2:09pm

It's also about the dangers of... self-medicating? LOL

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 2:37pm

I was more excited about The Civil War.

[usher2]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 3:26pm

Why do this? This show was one of the very worst I have ever seen after a long life and many musicals. Awful, awful.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 3:29pm

Does Frank Wildhorn have some kind of hold over them?

When I saw the flyer for The Civil War in the Joseph playbill, I questioned the wisdom of doing that three weeks after an inauguration. Well, this particular one, anyway.

[Alex Kulak2]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 4:55pm

Jekyll and Hyde has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, the Hasselhoff recording in particular. It's every bad 90s musical trope in one show: weird source materials, stunt-cast leads, an overabundance of pseudo-pop power ballads, it's glorious. I don't know how it's going to work if I actually take it seriously

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 5:03pm

The original Broadway cast was excellent. That's the cast they should have filmed.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 5:22pm

I’ll pay to see this only if Deborah Cox is there and sings her version of “A New Life”.

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 6:42pm

Totally agree

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 5/7/20 at 7:10pm

This will certainly be quite interesting to hear about, especially if Yazbeck was still working on Flying Over Sunset (also at Lincoln Center). Is this his first venture as a director?

Jekyll & Hyde includes a few Wildhorn songs I can bear, unlike most of his later work. The only question is, will it be "A Dangerous Game" come next February (is it safe enough?), or is this the moment?

 

Updated On: 5/7/20 at 07:10 PM