PIPPIN Points of Views
PIPPIN Points of Views
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#1PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 10:48am
I was at the first preview last night at the Music Box Theatre.
As a production, I love it just as much as I first saw it in Boston. I have 2 concerns however: the acrobats are a bit too much for me that almost took over the entire show and none of the cast impressed me vocally. Still, it is my favorite to win the Best Revival of a musical in June.
My favorites in the show: Andrea Martin (will win Tony for Best Featured Actress); Patina Miller, Terrence Mann, Set Design (Scott Pask), Lighting Design (Kenneth Posner), Choreography (Chet Walker in the style of Bob Fosse) and Direction (Diane Paulus).
Definitely see this show!
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 11:14amWHY, why couldn't you just put your thoughts in the already established Pippin preview thread?
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 11:19amI don't post on anybody's thread. That's just me.
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#3PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 11:24amThen you entirely miss the purpose of a discussion board.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#4PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 11:58amNo I don't. I'm just interested in what anybody has to say.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#6PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 12:01pm
No, what this really means is that you want to know what everyone thinks about what you have to say.
If you cared about others thoughts, you join in on the already established conversation.
To each his own.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
Owen22
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/24/11
#7PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 12:06pm
"No, what this really means is that you want to know what everyone thinks about what you have to say."
THIS
ethan231h
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/5/11
#8PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 12:18pm
this was the best show ever
Andrea Martin got a standing ovation during her song!!!!!!
SEE THIS SHOW
#9PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 6:12pmOn the Veterinary Information Network, which is much less entertaining than this forum, the moderators merge the threads about same topics. Maybe we should ask our mods to step up!
"The price of love is loss, but still we pay; We love anyway."
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#10PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 6:15pm
I knew we were behind the veterinarians! 
Listen, I don't take my clothes off for anyone, even if it is "artistic". - JANICE
#11PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/24/13 at 6:19pm
Arguments about thread decorum aside, I think Fosse's PIPPIN always threatened to overwhelm the material with production and staging.
It is an undergraduate show, after all. Which is not to say I don't love it. I do. But had it been produced 10 years earlier, I suspect the reviews would have read, "What is this amateur show doing on Broadway?" (Come to think of it: didn't the reviews say basically that, leaving Stuart Ostrow to sell the show at first with a killer TV commercial?)
Updated On: 3/24/13 at 06:19 PM
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#12PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 12:04amWell I'm just being the critic that I am. You can read/comment on my posts or not. Your call.
ghostlight2
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/5/04
#13PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 12:30amThe mods will never merge the threads, GatorNY. If Ato2 feels s/he is above posting on anyone else's threads, let's simply not post on this one again, and let it drop off the page.
#14PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 6:17am
Did anyone else watch the DVD or BD of Les Miz this weekend?
And which version did you all buy? Target, Best Buy, Amazon, or another?
....but the world goes 'round
#15PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 6:36amI did Taz. I was doing my grocery shopping at the Stop and Shop, so I picked up that version. It was decent.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#16PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 7:01am
I must say that I enjoyed the heck out if it much more on second (and third) viewing. I began to appreciate Hooper's direction more.
....but the world goes 'round
#17PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 7:07amI concur Taz.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#18PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 7:20am
Having never read the novel, I was also surprised to learn that Gavroche is Eponine's brother in the book.
Additionally, there are two other Thenandier kids but they don't have a significant role in the action.
....but the world goes 'round
#19PIPPIN Points of Views
Posted: 3/25/13 at 7:23amI never knew that. I figured that one who carried him after his death was his brother.
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#20Loving Les Miz on Blu-ray
Posted: 3/25/13 at 7:49am
That's what I thought too! I forget where I read that...maybe imdb?
ETA:
Yes, it was imdb
Gavroche is actually Éponine's younger brother in the novel. Thenardiers also have another daughter Azelma and two youngest unnamed sons.
Link
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 3/25/13 at 07:49 AM
michellek45
Leading Actor Joined: 5/20/11
#21Loving Les Miz on Blu-ray
Posted: 3/25/13 at 10:09amIn the book the Thenardier's two sons are given (or sold, can't remember which) to a woman, who once knew M. Gillenormand (Marius' grandfather). She passes them off as her own kids and makes him pay child support, but then one day the police come for her and the kids are on their own. They run into Gavroche, who helps to shelter them and get them started for a life on the streets. So they're not plot significant, but I think it's funny how connected they are to major characters.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#22Loving Les Miz on Blu-ray
Posted: 3/25/13 at 10:16amSee, I thought the couple's name was "Nardier" and people were calling them "The Nardiers."
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#24Loving Les Miz on Blu-ray
Posted: 3/25/13 at 10:32am
They were in the Bible class together and their moms used to carpool.
....but the world goes 'round
Updated On: 3/25/13 at 10:32 AM
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