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They have been loading it stuff since the week after Kinky boots closed. (I live across the street) The seats were all removed and they've been loading lights and sets for awhile. More of the set pieces have been coming in this week. You can catch a glimpse of the stage from the stage doors which are usually always open during the week.
I understand it's a jukebox musical but I really wish they would change the arrangements of the songs that they're using. The movie did a great job of using popular songs but making them work in context of the show but the musical is basically just karaoke. That and the lack of chemistry between the two leads were my biggest obstacles to liking the show. I was hoping they would recast those two parts.
Posted: 6/5/19 at 1:37pm
In addition to the lack of chemistry between the two leads Christian and Satine, I recall the Duke was quite hot/attractive ... to the point where at times I felt there was more chemistry between Satine and the Duke than Satine & Christian!
Posted: 6/5/19 at 2:21pm
Wick3 said: "In addition to the lack of chemistry between the two leads Christian and Satine, I recall the Duke was quite hot/attractive ... to the point where at times I felt there was more chemistry between Satine and the Duke than Satine & Christian!"
I think you meant at all times vs. at times. No chemistry between the two leads. And it didn't make sense for her alternative choice to be so dashing.
Posted: 6/5/19 at 5:28pm
I read somewhere that was exactly what the bookwriter was going for. They wanted the Duke to have charm, so there could be more realistic competition/threat for Christian.
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Posted: 6/5/19 at 5:37pm
My main issue with the book is that the story has lost its edge and sense of danger. In the film, the Moulin Rouge is this seedy, cutthroat environment, while in the stage version it's a space where all the courtesans/performers see themselves as a family and Satine is everyone's 'Mama'.
Somebody pointed out in the previews thread that the club in the show reminded them of the circus from 'The Greatest Showman', and I have to agree. It's very clean, sanitized and unexciting...
Posted: 6/5/19 at 6:18pm
Well I think the movie Satine worked because Nicole Kidman is able to seem slightly creepy and disembodied onscreen. Like she's there but not there. She's the same way in The Hours, Pretty Little Lies, and The Others. I don't know of a Broadway singer currently who has that same ability to seem slightly kooky, out there, and ethereal.
Posted: 6/5/19 at 6:20pm
YvanEhtNioj said: "everythingtaboo said: "Shake It Off was easily one of the cringeworthy things I'd ever things I've ever seen on a stage before. I so hope they swap out that song."
Which one are we talking? Taylor Swift on Mariah Carey? Lol"
Oops, I did mean Shake It Out LOL
That said, I'd much prefer either one of those Shake It Off songs to Shake It Out. I get what they were trying to do, but I'd much prefer a different song and really just a different moment for that character. It just stopped the show cold.
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Posted: 6/11/19 at 4:02pm
From seeing Jordan Roth's instagram, looks like the Elephant and Windmill will be taking the boxes in the Al Hirschfeld theater.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BylHQxigrxv/
Posted: 6/11/19 at 6:56pm
Wick3 said: "From seeing Jordan Roth's instagram, looks like the Elephant and Windmill will be taking the boxes in the Al Hirschfeld theater.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BylHQxigrxv/
78 days and counting to a mind blowing evening of this and Hadestown in the same day. Soooo excited!!!
Posted: 6/11/19 at 8:25pm
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RippedMan said: "Wish they had done more with the “immersion” in the front of house."
Both the elephant and windmill really should be moved to be on top of the theater roof itself.
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Moulin Rouge! Is Reinvented for the Stage—And a New Generation
https://www.vogue.com/article/moulin-rouge-vogue-july-issue-2019
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Posted: 6/12/19 at 1:03am
poisonivy2 said: "Well I think the movie Satine worked because Nicole Kidman is able to seem slightly creepy and disembodied onscreen. Like she's there but not there. She'sthe same way in The Hours, Pretty Little Lies, and The Others. I don't know of a Broadway singer currently who has that same ability to seem slightly kooky, out there, and ethereal."
Off topic, but SIssy Spacek. A different etherial, but yes. (Especially in the 70s)
Posted: 6/14/19 at 6:32pm
Alessio2 said: "
Fireworks seriously is the replacement song for One Day I'll Fly Away? This alone makes me not want to see this show...that is one of the most beautiful scenes and songs in the movie...
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yeah. Satin sat at her vanity table and then started singing this and people around me first thought it was a joke and chuckled but then was like oh i guess this is her "One Day I'll fly away" .
