PIAZZA on PBS?
PIAZZA on PBS?
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#0PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:08pm
#1re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:10pmI hope they do!!!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#2re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:11pmI would tape it if it were for free but would not pay if it were sold commercially
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#3re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:14pmThat'd be great. I don't know what criteria they use to decide what to record (does a show have to win Best Musical?), but hopefully the six Tonys will be enough.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#4re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:19pm
#5re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:27pmthat would be absolutely amazing.... its just one of those shows I cant get enough of. Im itching to go see it again over the summer thru studenttix
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#6re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:40pmNot to so blatantly expose my ignorance on this subject, but do you think writing a letter of inquiry to Lincoln Center would be beneficial in any way?
#7re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:45pm
I don't think that's ignorant at all. Maybe naive, because I'm sure it's crossed their mind and they have a good sense of what kind of support the airing get get, but even then, it's not a bad idea.
PBS and others (American Playhouse, Live from Lincoln Center) have recorded these performances for shows that weren't best musical winners (Sunday in the Park, Into the Woods, Kiss Me Kate in London, A Little Night Music from NYCO), so I think it's a possibility, and Piazza is exactly the type of show they like to do this with.
bwayballerina
Broadway Star Joined: 11/14/04
#8re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:51pmI would be insanely happy if they did this. It's an amazing score; I'd love to see the rest of the show.
#9re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:57pm
SPOILER QUESTION!!!!!!!
I'm dying to find out what the heck happens at the end of the show! I've heard the CD - and after Margaret explains that Clara was kicked by a pony as a child, we never hear from Clara again. What happens to her? I mean, I got the impression that maybe she's not real - that Margaret is imagining she's still there, or something like that. Am I way off?
#10re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 7:58pmIf anyone would post the address of Lincoln Center's press department, or whatever department would handle this... Id gladly aid in the support effort.
#11re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:11pm
It wouldn't be Lincoln Center you would write to, it would be Great Performances. But they have cut their televising of theater down to almost none.
In the current political climate, funds for this kind of programming have totally dried up. The money to pay for everything would have to be raised by outside sources.
#12re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:24pmI would cry with happiness if they did this. Piazza is one show, that I would LOVE to have professionally recorded!
#13re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 8:32pm
That would be great to have it on PBS- Maybe it will happen. After all it is at Lincoln Center (Vivian Beaumont)
Let's keep our fingers crossed
stonewall2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/12/04
#14re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 9:39pmWhat a terrific idea! We can hope.....
#15re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:07pmI would probably sit in front of my TV, playing it over and over...
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#16re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 10:23pm
That would be Heaven!
They have recorded
much Lesser productions
so Let's Hope.
and Congrats to all those
involved in PIAZZA.
#18re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:18pmIt would be amazing if they recorded it for PBS. I've been listening to the whole cd tonight for the first time, and I can't get enough of it. I'm still hitting my head for not seeing Piazza when it was in Chicago. :-p
#19re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/6/05 at 11:29pm
O my goodness, that would make me so happy if they did that.
What a lovely thought.
I'd actually be eternally happy.
It would be so wonderful.
~Steven
#20re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/7/05 at 12:30am
Well, there's no time like the present. Great Performances can be emailed at programming@thirteen.org. Or you go go to http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/feedback/feedback.html and fill in a comment form directly on the website.
That probably won't do much for our cause, but it never hurts. Maybe we can all promise to support our local BS affiliates if they do it.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#21re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/7/05 at 12:32amThanks for that, Outtime. And thanks to PalJoey for heading everyone in the right direction.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#22re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/7/05 at 1:46pm
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#23re: PIAZZA on PBS?
Posted: 6/7/05 at 1:49pmActually, you need to write to rich people. The cost of these shows is underwritten by private citizens and corporations. But with the wealth that the Rodgers family has, they could underwrite the entire project on their own.
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