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Next Sondheim?
Next Sondheim?#100
Posted: 5/10/24 at 1:47pm
Just watch the filmed version right now. You’ll never see a better performance than Donna and Marin. Even if you don’t like the show the acting craft, especially from Donna is amazing. Truly one of the greatest performances of all time in my books.
Next Sondheim?#101
Posted: 5/10/24 at 2:01pm
rosscoe(au) said: "I haven’t read the whole thread, I would like to see Passion, never seen or listened to the show. It seems interesting enough and enough time has gone bye."
Passion to me was an agonizing bore, even thought it was only 90 minutes or so. I will admit that I also thought that Pacific Overtures was also boring, if not as bad as Passion. I love most of his other works, so I am definitely in awe of him overall.
Next Sondheim?#102
Posted: 5/10/24 at 2:27pm
Jarethan said: I will admit that I also thought that Pacific Overtures was also boring, if not as bad as Passion. I love most of his other works, so I am definitely in awe of him overall."
PACIFIC OVERTURES is not your typical Broadway Musical...more of a theatre piece of Kabuki style theatre with music...and i thought the original Broadway production was superb. Every musical that Sondheim wrote was always different from his last show...this is especially true with this musical, following A Little Night Music...just my opinion...
Next Sondheim?#103
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:17pm
I’m glad you think so. Sondheim has said he thought it strange people said he has a sound and he wouldn’t recognise that is because everything he did was different. Ok maybe by the time bounce/road show and here we are came around he started to repeat himself but he really was incredibly versatile.
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/14/05
Next Sondheim?#104
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:25pm
I go back and watch Donna Murphy's "I Read" all the time. Just gorgeous.
Next Sondheim?#105
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:30pm
The CSC revival of Passion was bit more satisfying than the OBC in '94, but man, that show is just a really tough sell for me. Some lovely musical passages can't mask over the woodenness of the central love story. Funny to think about Passion, having just finished watching BABY REINDEER, the Netflix miniseries that turned a disturbed stalker tale into absolutely riveting drama.
Broadway Star Joined: 5/19/20
Next Sondheim?#106
Posted: 5/10/24 at 4:21pm
broadwaybabywannabe2 said: "A full scaleproduction of ROAD SHOW
A revival of PACIFIC OVERTURES
A revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE"
Is this wishful thinking? Or actual reality? Are these products in the works?
Next Sondheim?#107
Posted: 5/11/24 at 4:39pm
Voter said: "broadwaybabywannabe2 said: "A full scaleproduction of ROAD SHOW
A revival of PACIFIC OVERTURES
A revival of ANYONE CAN WHISTLE"
As the saying goes, if wishes were fishes…
sorry these musicals are only on my wish list, and not on some producers!
Broadway Star Joined: 5/30/05
Next Sondheim?#108
Posted: 5/11/24 at 5:16pm
I definitely thought of PASSION a lot while watching Baby Reindeer
Next Sondheim?#109
Posted: 5/15/24 at 2:58pm
I'm beginning to think (read 'hope'
) that CSC simply 'put a pin' in the Anyone Can Whistle revisal until next season since Rachel Bay Jones will be reprising her TV role in the Young Sheldon spin-off
Next Sondheim?#110
Posted: 5/31/24 at 12:20pm
Well, besides Gypsy," there's "Funny Thing..." just announced by Signature Theatre in Arlington, for next season. Loved their "Pacific Overtures" last season. Would love to see it come to NYC.
Swing Joined: 7/24/23
Next Sondheim?#111
Posted: 5/31/24 at 4:12pm
I think a revival of Pacific Overtures for the 50th anniversary in 2026 would be cool.
Next Sondheim?#112
Posted: 5/31/24 at 4:35pm
MezzA101 said: "Well, besides Gypsy," there's "Funny Thing..." just announced by Signature Theatre in Arlington, for next season. Loved their "Pacific Overtures" last season. Would love to see it come to NYC."
Thank you for posting this! I had no idea this was being produced in DC and It’s the only Sondheim that I’ve never seen. Happy to make my way to DC over the winter for this. Loved Signature’s productions of Company and Sunday!
Next Sondheim?#113
Posted: 7/12/24 at 10:03am
Play Esq. said: "MezzA101 said: "Well, besides Gypsy," there's "Funny Thing..." just announced by Signature Theatre in Arlington, for next season. Loved their "Pacific Overtures" last season. Would love to see it come to NYC."
Thank you for posting this! I had no idea this was being produced in DC and It’s the only Sondheim that I’ve never seen. Happyto make my way to DC over the winter for this. Loved Signature’s productions of Companyand Sunday!"
Non-Member tickets just went on sale for the Signature Theatre production.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum — Signature Theatre
https://www.sigtheatre.org/events/202425/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum/
Next Sondheim?#114
Posted: 2/10/25 at 8:50pm
Rarely seen Sondheim musical ‘Road Show’ on stage at freeFall Theatre
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/entertainment/theater/2025/02/09/one-of-sondheims-last-shows-gets-rare-production-in-st-petersburg/78089436007/
Next Sondheim?#115
Posted: 3/19/25 at 5:53pm
Hartford Stage, TheaterWorks to join forces to stage Sondheim classic
https://www.courant.com/2025/03/19/hartford-stage-and-theaterworks-hartford-join-forces-to-stage-stephen-sondheim-classic/
Next Sondheim?#116
Posted: 7/17/25 at 11:02pm
Oregon Shakespeare Festival doing "Into the Woods."
https://www.osfashland.org/en/productions/2025-plays/into-the-woods.aspx
Watch "INTO THE WOODS | Official Trailer | OSF 2025" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/Ho-CjxjlBoU?feature=shared
Next Sondheim?#117
Posted: 7/18/25 at 8:26am
I saw “Schmigadoon” and thought
Barry Sonnenfeld could do a movie version (for Apple or something) of Anyone Can Whistle.
That show needs the surreal pastel off beat cartoon small town vibe
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