Once on This Island
Once on This Island
YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#0Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 4:29pmwho else agrees that this show was so underrated and unappreciated? I mean it only played for a little over a year and a lot of people have never even heard of it. I went into a local production knowing nothing and came out awed. after going back the second night, i bought the cast recording. any thoughts about the show or CD?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#1re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 4:31pmI get to see it later this year. Thank you, LVA Theatre!
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#2re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 4:33pmI saw it when it was on Broadway and enjoyed it very much.
#3re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 4:42pm
I thought it was the best show on broadway that year, and one of the best of the 90s. Thoroughly entertaining. Simple in a profound way, well constructed, well directed and an AMAZING score and terrific cast.
I hated Will Rogers Follies!
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#4re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 4:56pmIt was one of the first shows I saw on Broadway, and it holds a special place in my heart...
#5re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 5:32pmOMG, I love this Musical, I cry every thime I listen to "Why we tell the story"
YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#6re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 6:03pm
bump
i love this show 
#7re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 6:11pmI had heard so much about it that I got the cast album this summer and I like it alot...I play it all the time and the summer Summerfest is doing the show.
theatrebabe
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/22/05
#8re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 6:18pmI agree. A group did it here last summer. The production wasn't that great, but we got the cast recording. I love it!
-cheezedoodle
#9re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 6:34pmOne of my favorites. I saw the tour right after it left B'way, I believe quite a few of the original cast members were in it.
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
#10re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 6:56pmI love this show, I've seen it a few times. A beautiful production. ^_^
showbiz
Understudy Joined: 7/27/05
#11re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 8:03pmI agree, Once On This Island was a great show, beautiful music, costumes, story, just wonderful.
#13re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 8:23pmi agree. It is played a lot in high schools and even grade schools now. I think it needs more credit than that.
#14re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 8:25pmAdd me to the list of lovers. Love love love love.
#15re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 8:52pmI just directed this at my high school. It is one of my all time, never get sick of listening to it ever, shows in the world. It is so underrated!!!!
lizzie1326
Understudy Joined: 12/2/04
#16re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 9:02pmI love the show! I sang a couple songs from it a few years ago and my high school did it last year and I think it is an amazing show.
#17re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 10:04pmI recently purchaced this CD, and I can't get it out of my Cd player, car, or my head! It's so beautiful, and I consistantly get goosebumps from just listening to it! It NEEDS to be revived!
Sporti2005
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/04
#18re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 10:13pm
i was in OOTI last summer!! I LOVE THIS SHOW!!! it's so great when it's done well.
i was asaka :)
AuditioningWaitress
Broadway Star Joined: 7/13/05
#19re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 10:14pmI agree, this show is amazing! I still remember sitting in the fifth row...simply breathtaking! Saw La Chanze in BABY at Paper Mill a few years back and she is still amazing, then she blew me away again in DESSA ROSE...Can't wait for THE COLOR PURPLE!
#20re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 10:20pmdefinitely one of the biggest underrated shows... the songs are so catchy!
#21re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/5/05 at 10:25pm
i really like it. Not exactly love, but like a lot.
I auditioned to be in the NJPAC production, but the auditioner basically kicked me out of the audition. now, I can see why. Back then, I cried my eyes out at home. I was about 12, first audition (besides middle school ones) and I started too early on the song. So, yeah. But i saw it and NJPAC and they did a good job! and I have the recording and like it. LaChanze does a great job!
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YankeesFan175
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/8/05
#22re: Once on This Island
Posted: 10/6/05 at 12:11amone question, since i never saw it on broadway. in the CD booklet, there are pics, but it doesnt look like there was really a set. was there any type of sets at all?
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