No YANK this year
No YANK this year
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
No YANK this year#2
Posted: 9/2/10 at 6:32pmThis better not be an LND situation. This needs to be on Broadway!
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
No YANK this year#2
Posted: 9/2/10 at 6:38pmThis saddens me. I never got to catch it last season and was looking forward to it!
No YANK this year#3
Posted: 9/2/10 at 6:48pmThat's a real shame.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
No YANK this year#4
Posted: 9/2/10 at 6:51pmGood things come to those who wait.
No YANK this year#5
Posted: 9/2/10 at 7:15pmAgree with Dolly. No sense in rushing to Broadway until they are sure that every element is in place. How many shows have failed b (or not been as good as they could have been) because they were fast-tracked to Broadway.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
No YANK this year#6
Posted: 9/2/10 at 7:15pmAgree with Dolly. No sense in rushing to Broadway until they are sure that every element is in place. How many shows have failed b (or not been as good as they could have been) because they were fast-tracked to Broadway.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
No YANK this year#7
Posted: 9/2/10 at 7:25pmThis is the same reasoning that the creative team behind VERITAS is using.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
No YANK this year#8
Posted: 9/2/10 at 7:25pmThis is the same reasoning that the creative team behind VERITAS is using.
No YANK this year#9
Posted: 9/2/10 at 7:27pmWhy is everyone double posting in this thread?
No YANK this year#10
Posted: 9/2/10 at 7:28pm
Why is everyone double posting in this thread?
No YANK this year#11
Posted: 9/2/10 at 8:25pmIt must be a glitch because I KNOW I only sent mine once.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
No YANK this year#12
Posted: 9/2/10 at 8:28pm
It must be a glitch because I KNOW I only sent mine once.
(Sorry, couldn't resist.) =P
No YANK this year#13
Posted: 9/3/10 at 9:39am
I know Yank has its devoted fans, but perhaps it would be best to remember it as the intimate, sweet, small show it was at the York and earlier. I fear it would become lost and flat in a too-large house. The score doesn't have the musical expertise of Light in the Piazza or the deft lyrics of Grey Gardens, but is charming in its small way. The book is sweet and slightly unusual, but works because of the closeness/intimacy of the scenes, not largeness.
Like Little Shop, Charlie Brown, [title of show] and others, perhaps this is another small show that won't be served by being inflated.
No YANK this year#14
Posted: 9/3/10 at 10:01amAt least there are still lots of other places you can go in New York for a yank.
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/13/04
No YANK this year#15
Posted: 9/3/10 at 10:50am
There have been some significant changes in the book since the York production (with more to come). From what I saw, it's much more compelling, with a greater emphasis on the war and an atmosphere of danger.
I think the score will have some changes as well.
No YANK this year#16
Posted: 9/3/10 at 10:53am[tos] suffered the same fate. Too small and a sweet slip of a show to play in a huge Broadway house. What's the obsession with getting in a Broadway house? Why not have a healthy sell out run for a year off Broadway?
No YANK this year#17
Posted: 9/3/10 at 3:33pm
"I know Yank has its devoted fans, but perhaps it would be best to remember it as the intimate, sweet, small show it was at the York and earlier. I fear it would become lost and flat in a too-large house. The score doesn't have the musical expertise of Light in the Piazza or the deft lyrics of Grey Gardens, but is charming in its small way. The book is sweet and slightly unusual, but works because of the closeness/intimacy of the scenes, not largeness."
I swear i hear this same argument for every show that was in a smaller theater, with transfer aspirations. If this is the standard we live by then all we'll ever have on Broadway is big shows that make us feel nothing. There are ways to make smaller shows fit into larger spaces. Its called directing and ingenuity. 
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/21/06
No YANK this year#18
Posted: 9/3/10 at 5:10pmI think it's a good sign Cromer is rolling up his sleeves to really make it strong, which with give it its best shot on B'way.
No YANK this year#19
Posted: 9/3/10 at 6:26pm
Was there or is there a cast cd recorded for this or do we have to wait for that too?
Wait and wait and wait...waiting around for the girls upstairs...after the curtain came down....money in my pocket to spend, honey could you get another friend for my friend.....Sorry the song just came to mind....
No YANK this year#20
Posted: 9/3/10 at 7:21pmThe way it was staged at the York was definitely unsuitable for a Broadway house. But if they're continuing work on the show, who knows how it stands now? Although the York is an intimate space, I don't think this is a show that feels small the way [tos] does. This isn't four chairs and a keyboard.
No YANK this year#21
Posted: 9/3/10 at 7:23pm
Disappointing 
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Swing Joined: 5/20/07
No YANK this year#22
Posted: 9/4/10 at 10:07am
Very disappointing, but I do agree that if they are not completely ready, I don't see the rush in getting it in this season...it'll come eventually.
There is a demo recording of the show, but not an actual "cast recording". They are also revising the score as well as adding a few songs. I think the wait will be entirely worth it.
No YANK this year#23
Posted: 9/4/10 at 10:49am
"There are ways to make smaller shows fit into larger spaces. Its called directing and ingenuity."
But it's pretty rare that it happens. Successful small-ish Off-Bway-to-Bway transfers in the last 20 years are Avenue Q, Rent (but NYTW is much larger than the York or the Vineyard), Spring Awakening (no where near as successful as expected - did it pay off?), In The Heights (original theatre also wasn't small), Urinetown? (did it pay off?).
Five in 20 years? Not a good record, I think.
And the flop transfers? Falsettos, Little Shop of Horrors (I know, not really a transfer, but it does fit the small-to-large category), Grey Gardens, Passing Strange, Glory Days, Caroline or Change, [title of show], Spring Awakening, and lots of non-musical plays.
No YANK this year#24
Posted: 9/4/10 at 10:59am
I believe Urinetown did pay off its original investment. And you could also count Next to Normal among the hits, though they had their run out of town before they came to Broadway.
I agree that sometimes more intimate shows don't work in bigger Broadway houses, but I think if Yank! was expanded a bit it could absolutely work in the larger space.
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