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.
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.
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...
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.
Updated On: 5/10/24 at 03:17 PM
Posted: 5/10/24 at 3:25pm
I go back and watch Donna Murphy's "I Read" all the time. Just gorgeous.
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.
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?
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!
Updated On: 5/11/24 at 04:39 PM
Posted: 5/11/24 at 5:16pm
I definitely thought of PASSION a lot while watching Baby Reindeer
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
Updated On: 5/15/24 at 02:58 PM
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.
Posted: 5/31/24 at 4:12pm
I think a revival of Pacific Overtures for the 50th anniversary in 2026 would be cool.
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!
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/
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/
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/
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
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
