Nine Revival

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Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 1:48pm

I have only see clips of it and it looked amazing. With a cast like it had I can't imagine that it was not. Can anyone give me a review? or Photos? They are kinda hard to find!

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#2

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 2:02pm

depends on who you ask...i thought it was breathtaking overall. visually stunning...amazing cast (for the most part)...antonio was charismatic beyond belief and robbed of a tony, mary stuart masterson was subtly brilliant, jane was terrific (but not tony-worthy, if you ask me), chita was badly miscast (i'm gonna catch hell for that one, but it's one man's opinion), laura was exquisite, and mary beth peil as guido's mother didnt get nearly the accolades she deserved...i found the show absolutely wonderful...and this is coming from someone who hated the original cast album.

....i do have one question about the revival tho--can someone explain the sigificance of the red sand at the end of Act 1?

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#3

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:04pm

I loved this show. I agree with Willparker about the cast. As much as I loved Harvey in Hairspray-he didnt compare to Antonio in Nine. I too thought Chita was miscast-but I love her so much, that I was just thrilled to be seeing her live.

#4

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:10pm

I loved it. Antonio was inspirational. I agree that it was a thrill to see Chita.

#5

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:13pm

I believe the red sand is a remembrance of the beach and Seraghina

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#6

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:21pm

*whew* glad i'm not the only one who thought chita was miscast...it's always a thrill seeing a theater legend perform, but compared to the rest of the cast? i was unimpressed...

re: red sand...yes, the sand does happen during the scene with sereghina (sorry for the spelling error!)--but i assume it has some kind of deeper significance because the "Be Italian" song was stopped dead for a few minutes for seraghina to tease young guido with the sand, pour it out, dance in it, etc, before resuming the song...and then again, the final image of act 1 is young guido pouring the sand out of the cup and older guido catching it before it hits the ground....haunting image, but it always puzzled me.

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#7

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:32pm

I loved "Nine". I saw it twice; once with the original cast, and once with the John Stamos cast. I cannot believe that Banderas didn't win the Tony.

While some of Leveaux's ideas didn't really work for me (was the flooded stage REALLY necessary?), a lot of the imagery was really beautiful.

#8

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:35pm

The NINE revival was brilliant. Saw it three times (Once with original cast; once w/most of the original cast; once with replacement cast). Just brilliant!

#9

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:38pm

what was "the weeping wall?" i read it in another post and had no idea what it was talking about or how they used it in the show.

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#10

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 3:40pm

the weeping wall?? i'm not sure what you're referring to.

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#11

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 4:04pm

I saw this 5 times - it was so damn brilliant. People bash the stage filling with water, but I thought it was gorgeous - after all - they are filming a movie in the Grand Canal.

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#12

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 4:09pm

i dunno--i'm thinking (and maybe i'm reading WAY too much into the symbols/imagery/etc--feel free to bash) that flooding the stage (which was unnecessary but GORGEOUS) had less to do with filming the grand canal and more to do with the state of Guido's mind...i seem to recall things happening very oddly at that point--the way the actors moved, how they got from point a to point b...and it seemed like it made it a bit too busy or cluttered and almost TOO much--and that brought you to the place where Guido was...does that make any kind of sense?

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#13

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 4:10pm

Yea, I've always thought that.

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#14

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 4:13pm

haha....good...glad i'm not the only one way out there!!

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#15

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:30pm

"the weeping wall?? i'm not sure what you're referring to."

Towards the end of the show, the background of the stage went up and a fresco of the image thats in the original revival cast recording was on there. Water dripped down the image as well.

The revival remains one of my favorite shows (Les Mis and Avenue Q are the others). The cast was flawless and I loved every minute of it. Unfortunately i only saw it once in the worst seat in the house. ah well, it was still breathtaking.

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#16

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:32pm

ah yes--i know exactly what you're talking about--very cool image...i had never heard it refered to as the weeping wall before. makes sense tho!

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#17

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:32pm

what's a basic summary of the show?

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#18

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:32pm

Actually, water drips down the wall at the very end of "Unusual Way," and it is a mural of "The 3 Graces" from Boticelli's "Primavera."

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#19

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:41pm

ashley0139, this is a VERY VERY basic plot summary i found:

Based on Fellini's classic film 8 1/2, Nine is the story of a famous film director and his attempts to come up with a plot for his next film as he is pursued by hordes of beautiful women, all clamoring to be loved by him and him alone. Flashbacks reveal the substance of his life-- which will become the material for his next film: a musical version of the Casanova story

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#20

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:50pm

"what's a basic summary of the show?"

A 40 year old man basically goes through a mid-life crisis. Through the show he has to deal with all the women in his life and all his affairs.

EDIt: what willparker said.

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Updated On: 4/12/05 at 05:50 PM

#21

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:54pm

images anyone?

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#22

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 5:58pm

Enjoy!

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Updated On: 4/12/05 at 05:58 PM

#23

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 6:02pm

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#24

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 6:03pm

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#25

re: Nine Revival

Posted: 4/12/05 at 6:05pm

aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh....loving the pic of laura up there...she's a goddess...

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