PIPPIN Revival is happening...

Just found out that there is to be a New National Tour of Pippin which is beginning at Goodspeed Opera House this summer and then going on a 21 week National Tour. does anyone think that it will turn up on Broadway for a 2007 Revival??

i just got sad. i hate that show. Except for spread a little sunshine....... Anyone else pray they rewrite that HORRIBLE ending?

They did re-do that "Ending" at the Concert with Michael Arden and Rosie (et al). That was a fun ending!

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As Pippin & Catherine turn to exit, The Kid turna around and starts to sing "Corner of the Sky". He is immediately surrounded by all those that had done the part of "The Leading Player" leering down at him - as if he were going to repeat the process and they were more than happy to help - BLACKOUT.

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Oh i would rather see that ending!

I don't know that I want to see the boy die, Just enough to know that the process was ongoing was enough for me.
I saw, Maybe the first or only woman to do "The Leading Player" - Paula Kelly in the national tour, and she played it mean. I recall her glare when she looked into the pit and said "Take your godamn fingers off that keyboard!".
Her hair was shaved too, Very Grace Jones-ish.

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In the original Pippin, Catherine & Child stand in the dark on a bare stage as Pippin says something like "What better way to end a Musical Comedy, Ta-Da!" and the curtain comes down.

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I must confess, I skip over all Catherine's songs. That is when the show starts to lulllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll.

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Michael is wonderful. He would be a wise choice. I can see Liza as Berthe too.

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OBC Catherine (Jill Clayburgh) does really drag on the album. :x And OBC Fastrada (Leland Palmer) is pretty vocally obnoxious. Which is precisely why we made sure to record our show from the soundboard and burn CD's for each other. :) Much better.

Stritchie would be the ultimate Berthe! A reason to buy the ticket alone, Though I have seen productions where the Actor as Charles doubled as Berthe.
Stritchie would be the ticket, But I hear she is getting her follow up to "At Liberty" ready now.
Whatever happend to Leland Palmer anyway?

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I love the ending with Theo singing "corner of the sky". The original TaDa! ending just didn't do it for me.

I must say, now that I've doven (?dived? dove?) into my Fosse research for a production I'm choreographing, I understand the show so much more, and have come to really love his endings. All the shows he wrote ended so realistically, including Pippin and Sweet Charity, which I know people don't like being left so ambiguous, but...I love it. That's what life's like. There are sometimes no clear answers. Many times things get built up and then just end, much like the show does. There's no clear statement, just what feels right for now; after all, how much more can one really go on in life anyways, other than what feels right for you at the time?

I think there's a high significance to these endings; much like his choreography, they are a style that is all Fosse's. I'd be sad if they changed it to satisfy the audience because that wasn't his goal and that wasn't the point - it's like when people cop out and put in that 'happily ever after' alternate ending to Sweet Charity.

I dunno...in my life experiences it actually makes me feel better to see shows that so reflect the way life really is: full of ambiguity and doubt. Shows that answer all those questions for you and have that happy ending (not ALL shows, mind you) tend to make me feel like I'm failing at life becuase I dont' have all the answers...

just my two cents!

Either way, I'd LOOOVE a revival - this was my favorite show ever for about 6 years...

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Updated On: 1/7/06 at 12:47 AM