#1
Posted: 4/17/10 at 12:55am
Didn't a revival of the show recently hit the West End? I wouldn't mind if it made a transfer to Broadway, I'd like to see it.
Once on This Island revival.
#2
Posted: 4/17/10 at 12:56am
According to OOTI's wiki it was in Birmingham Rep, Nottingham Playhouse. But agreed, I <3 that show.
#3
Posted: 4/17/10 at 12:57am
Oh, I didn't even read about that. But yeah. Regardless of the RIDICULOUS ending, it is a brilliantly gorgeous show.
#4
Posted: 4/17/10 at 8:07am
As soon as I read the thread title, I said, "Yes please."
And that should have made Ti Moune a god instead of a tree.
And that should have made Ti Moune a god instead of a tree.
#5
Posted: 5/17/10 at 9:46pm
YESS!!!!! we need a revival!!!!! This show is amazing!!! I'm in it right now and our last show is on tuesday! and about the ending, although it is stupid, it really ties the whole theme of the story together. The whole theme of the show is that you have to be strong like a tree, and Ti Moune was strong like a tree.
#6
Posted: 5/17/10 at 9:46pm
sorry double post
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#7
Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:43am
The ending is an echo of the Greek legend of Daphne who is also turned into a tree. As the stories are somewhat similar I'm sure this is the point.
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#8
Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:52am
The ending always was problematic. The original source material had Ti Moune's body being chucked into a ditch. Talk about a downer ending!
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#9
Posted: 5/18/10 at 11:54am
Once on this Island is a wonderful show. A production at Circle in the Square would be fabulous.
And the story is based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. If I'm not mistaken, in that story she turns into Sea foam.
And the story is based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid. If I'm not mistaken, in that story she turns into Sea foam.
"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." -Stephen Colbert
#10
Posted: 5/18/10 at 12:07pm
"And the story is based on Hans Christian Anderson's The Little Mermaid."
No, actually it's based on Rosa Guy's "My Love, My Love."
No, actually it's based on Rosa Guy's "My Love, My Love."
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#11
Posted: 5/18/10 at 1:14pm
And wasn't My Love, My Love an adaptation of The Little Mermaid? It seems they wanted a more uplifting ending to My Love, My Love by way of The Little Mermaid, which makes sense. And the tree business begins with Ti Moune's arrival on the island after the storm and she is discovered, so it comes full circle. It didn't bother me in the least and I thought the imagery was quite lovely. I would gladly welcome a revival as long as it wasn't too heavily conceptualized. There was a recent production in Chicago that received decent reviews, but it was entirely set in Washington Heights with the story being told by the neighborhood residents. I didn't see it because I just didn't see the point of avoiding the beautiful visual reference already provided by the material itself. I get that they wanted to try something new but...why? Had Washington Heights and its residents visually transformed into the Caribbean as a bookend to the storytelling framework of the book, I could be on board with that, but the Caribbean aspect of the show never ventured father than the text and score.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#12
Posted: 6/24/10 at 6:02pm
I'm bumping this because I still love the idea. It never really got the acclaim I feel it deserved, and if it got the right director behind it (Julie Taymor, perhaps?) it could grow into something even more beautiful.
Its been twenty years since the original production. I think its time. Its become one of the Ahrens and Flaherty's most well loved musicals. I think it would be outstanding on Broadway. It could be a bit of a rejuvination on a somewhat dead season.
Its been twenty years since the original production. I think its time. Its become one of the Ahrens and Flaherty's most well loved musicals. I think it would be outstanding on Broadway. It could be a bit of a rejuvination on a somewhat dead season.
#13
Posted: 6/24/10 at 6:21pm
Eh...I like the score, but I think the show is terribly weak. The right casting and direction though could make it worth reviving.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#14
Posted: 6/25/10 at 8:49am
It already had the right director in Graciela Daniele. That production was complete perfection.
The tree ending was sort of a laugh/cry moment, but by that point if they'd turned her into a Winnebago, I would have gone with it.
The tree ending was sort of a laugh/cry moment, but by that point if they'd turned her into a Winnebago, I would have gone with it.
#15
Posted: 6/25/10 at 10:52am
"It already had the right director in Graciela Daniele. That production was complete perfection."
Yes, the original Broadway production was indeed perfection. What made it so beautiful was that it was so simple. In some regards, it was like The Fantasticks in that its focus was good storytelling. Everything in Once On This Island was a servant to the story. There were no huge stars, there was no huge set, there was nothing to get in the way of the story.
Yes, the original Broadway production was indeed perfection. What made it so beautiful was that it was so simple. In some regards, it was like The Fantasticks in that its focus was good storytelling. Everything in Once On This Island was a servant to the story. There were no huge stars, there was no huge set, there was nothing to get in the way of the story.
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#16
Posted: 6/25/10 at 11:01am
Exactly. The Fantasticks comparison is very apt. Once On This Island was the most pure, uncompromised work of art I've ever experienced on Broadway. It felt somehow like a "fluke" that it had landed there. A truly transformative experience.
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#17
Posted: 6/25/10 at 1:14pm
I loved how the set transformed simply by effective lighting and the repositioning of a piece of fabric. It was a magical show that deserves a return, but it truly needs to be kept minimal.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#18
Posted: 6/25/10 at 2:22pm
yah this has to come back to broadway! wasn't Ann Harada and others in some recent production of it?
#19
Posted: 6/25/10 at 3:23pm
^ OH yeah.. and Telly Leung played Daniel. I think it was supposed to be the all Asian cast.
#20
Posted: 6/25/10 at 7:11pm
"My Love, My Love" is based on The Little Mermaid. It's a beautiful book, I recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about Once on This Island.
I would adore a revival of this show.
I would adore a revival of this show.
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