Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
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#1Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 3:49pm
http://www.playbill.com/news/article/127339.html
Updated On: 3/16/09 at 03:49 PM
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#2re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 3:51pmWell, that just gave this show an interesting twist.
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SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#2re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 3:53pmThis just gets funnier and funnier.
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
#3re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 4:04pm
"However, it's confirmed that rehearsals will take place in London prior to an out-of-town tryout, probably in Toronto, before opening on Broadway."
This seems like an awful lot of moving around for the cast. I wonder if they'll be rehearsing all three productions together in London.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#4re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 4:12pmLooks like a trip to Toronto for me...
musicalbluemirror
Stand-by Joined: 3/16/09
#5re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 5:00pm
i agree with wishingonlywounds2, it seems like its gunna be a great big mess of a show
right now my mind is thinking of the phantom doing the legally blonde remix
Has he ever done a show with classical (non-pop) musicals??
#6re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 5:33pm
The only thing that might save this show is that Jack O'Brien is directing it.
I want to see what Jerry Mitchell does with it. He isn't my first choice, but he could surprise all of us.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
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~Curtains~
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~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
#7re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 5:43pm
"This just gets funnier and funnier. " - SporkGoddess
I have to agree. I am starting to love the idea of this show.
Sometimes things can get so ridiculous and out of hand you know it's going to be fun. Yes, I can't wait to see it.
Now, if they can only cast Rip Taylor as Phantom.
"What, I have a kid! Holy Mackerel!" And then he dumps a bag of confetti on Christine.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#8re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 5:45pm
If all three shows are rehearsing and opening at the same time, where is the director and the choreographer?
Are they gonna stage this over a cell phone?
And if they change something in one show do they all change?
This is Madness!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#9re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 5:52pmI am looking forward to a line of Phantoms dancing down the boardwalk to the parachute jump.
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#10re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 5:55pm
I am looking forward to a line of Phantoms dancing down the boardwalk to the parachute jump.
Foxy, that was hysterical. thank you. I needed that.
<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.
-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
~Curtains~
~A Tale of Two Cities ~
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#11re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 6:54pmWe aim to please. Glad it amused you.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#12re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 6:54pmWe aim to please. Glad it amused you.
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SDav 10495
Broadway Star Joined: 7/21/06
#13re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 7:04pm
The strategy here seems to be to sign on so many famous, reliable names from Broadway and the West End that even those who are certain this will be a train wreck (are any of us...not?) will at least be curious enough about the talent involved to splurge on a ticket. I was going to avoid this like the plague, but now I'm finding it harder and harder to resist.
Alas, even if the director, set designer, and choreographer all kick it into high gear for this production, even if Lloyd Webber turns in a decent score and the book isn't overly simplified and riddled with plot holes, I just can't see any sequel to "Phantom"--which I admit is one of my all-time favorite shows--having that intangible sense of enchantment (for lack of a better word) that keeps people going back to the original. The ending of the original production is where the bulk of its emotional weight lies...to add onto that ending will be cheap and unnecessary.
And God bless Bob Crowley, but no "Phantom" story set in Coney Island is ever going to top the Gothic, muddy darkness of Maria Bjornson's Paris Opera House.
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EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#14re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 8:30pmInteresting that Hal Prince wasn't asked to direct. Or he was and he said "HELL NO!"
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#15re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 9:03pmHal Prince ain't no dummy.
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#16re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 9:09pmThis is gonna be one hot mess.
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#17re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 9:56pmNot long ago I got into a pretty decent arguement with people who thought this was going to be a hit just because of ALW's name is attached to it. I tried explaining to them how it really was but it was like trying to explain to a child that Santa doesn't exist.
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#18re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 9:57pmThis is looking less like Phantom 2 and more of Hairspray 2: Electric Boogaloo.
#19re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 10:04pm
"This is looking less like Phantom 2 and more of Hairspray 2: Electric Boogaloo"
Hmm....Link's music career is quickly ended when he has a horrific accident and is facially scarred. Tracy tries to stand by him but he spurns her love because he feels he is "unlovable" now. He takes up residence in the former Corny Collins studio while Tracy forms a folk trio with Seaweed and Penny. Their albums go platinum and they're internationally famous.
Jealous of their success and unable to deny his love for Tracy anymore Link kidnaps her when the trio play a benefit concert at his "home".
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
Trish2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/20/06
#20re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 10:24pmWhat a pointless thread. I highly doubt the choreographer of this show will either make or break it. Please.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#21re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 10:49pm
I was kind of imagining Erik dancing to "What You Want" in a marching band costume.
~What you want, Christine, what you want is me~
Jimmy, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? It's almost 9 PM!
Updated On: 3/16/09 at 10:49 PM
#22re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 10:51pmimagine Erik & Christine belting out Phantom Remix.
#23re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 10:59pmHow about a little Irish dancing thrown in?
"All our dreams can come true -- if we have the courage to pursue them." -- Walt Disney
We must have different Gods. My God said "do to others what you would have them do to you". Your God seems to have said "My Way or the Highway".
#24re: Phantom news... Jerry Mitchell willl choreograph
Posted: 3/16/09 at 11:01pmNope, I heard Jerry is substituting a kick line for it.
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