New John Kander musical to premier at the signature

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 2:59pm

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Signature-Theatre-Sets-Cast-for-New-John-Kander-Greg-Pierce-Musical-KID-VICTORY-Performances-Begin-Next-Month-20150121

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:07pm

Yo. Fix your thread title.

Premiere, with an e at the end, refers to the first public performance or showing of something, such as a movie or play. It can be a noun or a verb—for example, a movie premieres at its premiere. Premier, without the e, is (1) an adjective meaning first in status, and (2) a noun denoting a prime minister.

Both words have origins in the French adjective premier, meaning first in a sequence or first in quality. Premier came to English much earlier, however. Examples of its use can be found from as long ago as the 15th century. Premiere actually comes from the feminine of the adjective, première, and is short for première représentation, meaning first presentation. That phrase had already been shortened to just première in French when the word jumped over to English in the late 19th century.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:25pm

[promisespromises2]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:33pm

ANYWAY.

I'm excited for this and glad I live near DC!

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:33pm

No

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:37pm

Where is your link to Webster dictionary's entry of "premier"?

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:48pm

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 3:53pm

I do too, Sutton. But I am simply doing my best Fantod impression!

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:01pm

No, you're just doing your best bitch impression. Spot on.

[Sutton Ross]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:09pm

Asinine sociopaths often do great impressions....


Thanks for the information, looking forward to see it PREMIER!

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:12pm

Aren't you, like, 16 years old?

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:22pm

Too many theaters called the Signature out there. This is like the third time I got excited for a show, and it's some other Signature... ;-(

[tazber]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:26pm

Wasn't there some version of this that played last year?

I recall someone mentioning that there weren't really "songs" per se, but more like incidental music with some spoken word stuff tossed in.

I could be totally off base, but I do have that recollection.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:28pm

I could be completely wrong, Taz, but I believe you're referring to Kander and Pierce's other collaboration. THE LANDING.

[tazber]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:38pm

Oh that's exactly right!

Thank you so much Liza!

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:38pm

Yes, that is me. I made that video because I was being harassed for lying about my age. Thanks for taking the time to find that video again, though. Not sure why it's relevant here.

I for one am very interested with this one. Good to see Kander still working. He's probably one of the best composers working today. I wish Jay would hurry up and release the Landing cast recording.

Updated On: 1/21/15 at 04:38 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:44pm

@Fantod you are a very handsome young man. I sometimes forget some of you are so young.

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:47pm

Aw, thank you so much! And yes, people here assume everyone is either 11, 30 or 120. Part of why people accused me of lying originally.

Updated On: 1/21/15 at 04:47 PM

[haterobics]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:50pm

I think we should just spank the younger members rather than insult them...

[gypsy101]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:53pm

Isn't Jay the record company that records these albums then doesn't release them for like a decade?? I think One Touch of Venus was by them..

[tazber]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 4:56pm

Yes, Jay takes forever.

The Landing isn't even on their website yet. Once it's listed it takes anywhere from one to two years, if at all.

It took them 10 years to release One Touch of Venus.

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 5:00pm

And we are still waiting for the full studio album of Anyone Can Whistle.

[Mr. Nowack]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 5:01pm

Yeah it seems they can't ever get together the money to actually do the post-production for the actual releases so they record them and they sit till the money comes around or something.

And you all are crapping your pants as if this is not only the first, but the most egregious lapse in grammar ever to grace these boards. Which of course it isn't. You all just have to continue your asinine witch hunt against Fantod wherever you can because he does't conform to the age limit you all determined has the right to an opinion.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 5:04pm

Ooh, that one with John Barrowman and those British ladies. Julia McKenzie and Maria Friedman. I'd love for that one to be released. Any new Anyone Can Whistle recording would be great, I've heard my two so many times.

[Fantod]

Posted: 1/21/15 at 5:07pm

Sometimes I want to give up on this boad, until I remember that there are so many lovely people on this board too.