Photo Flash: Pittsburgh CLO's INTO THE WOODS Starring Foster, Cody, Leavel, Earley and More- Page 3

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 3:52pm

Everything worry I had about this production was present in that clip. I hope the rest of the show is better than that montage.

[Kalimba]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 4:00pm

Hearing Beth warble through some of those songs on that clip makes me realize that vocally she's all wrong for Mamma Mia.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 4:12pm

Jesus, that looks terrible. Leavel looks horrendous.

[sfs1414]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 5:45pm

Honestly, Beth was the single best thing about the production. I saw it on Tuesday as well. She was pretty much the only inspired performance of then night. The rest of the actors were a bore. BRAVO BETH!!

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 10:29pm

When I read the comments in this thread I actually thought, "Maybe I should just pass on this and stay home this weekend." But I forced myself to watch the YouTube clip and I now I can't wait to see the show. It looks great to me.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 10:45pm

It's terrible that I'm judging from a 6 and a half minute montage, but it just looked like they hadn't found their characters yet. Honestly, the most impressive part of that clips WAS Jen Cody. I think Beth Leavel looked out of place in her role, and the rest of the cast looked like they were rehearsing. Jen Cody, although she looked ridiculous, seemed to be the only person that reciting lines and singing tunes, she seemed to have developed her character. It's a shame this production seems to be so sloppy. I hope I'm wrong though!

Updated On: 8/7/09 at 10:45 PM

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 10:52pm

This looks absolutely dreadful...I wish I could see this disaster.

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 10:57pm

Is Milky White the giant now hahahaha

[theaterkid1015]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 11:15pm

I'm just gonna put this out there...

They put this show up in 72 hours. I mean, sure, there are more appropriate people for Little Red, but they needed someone who they trusted to learn all that material in 72 hours. And, Jen Cody has worked for them in the past and shown she can. Maybe it didn't turn out quite as anyone hoped, but that's the reasoning I can imagine behind the choice.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 11:17pm

Typical BroadwayWorld. See some photos and decide it's crap.

The video looks promising. Jen Cody didn't cast herself. Who wouldn't want to play that role. She's a wonderful performer who gets lumped into the chorus on Broadway (and always is a wonderful standout). Why wouldn't she want to do a run in a great role with her husband in a great role. Leavel looks fantastic too. So the costumes are a little rough around the edges. Get over it. Looks a million times better than that misguided crap of a revival we got on Broadway.

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 11:23pm

I actually liked the design of the revival. I thought it was gorgeous. I also really liked the revisions, but I know I'm in the minority on that one.

[BroadwayBaby6]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 11:23pm

How does Pittsburgh CLO have all this money to cast so much Bway talent in each show? I can't think of any other CLO (not even Sacramento or St. Louis) that can afford the lvel of talent that they do. How did they get so rich?

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 11:25pm

I also think having an adult play Red allows for smarter choices with the material (I've seen some dreadful kids as Red who didn't get any of the diminuendo).

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/6/09 at 11:30pm

How much do they pay the Equity Guest Artists there?
Must be a ****eload.

Sutton Foster, Nell Carter, Charles Durning,
Malcolm Gets, Victoria Clarke, Hunter Foster,
Beth Leavel, Etc. Etc. Etc.
What's up Pittsburgh?
Could Jen Cody be making more than SHREK?
Of course, spending Hotel time with Hunter is always a plus.

[Byron Abens]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 12:50am

PCLO does not use the Guest Artist contract. They are mainly under the RMTA (Resident Musical Theatre Association) agreement, though according to the Equity website they also use the LORT Non-Rep, LOA, and Cabaret contracts as well. Minimums for the RMTA agreement are as follows:

Actors - $951
Stage Managers - $1310
Assistant Stage Managers - $989

[perfectforyou]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 1:38am

ahahaha. HILARIOUS. seriously...how funny would it be if they tried to pull that ****?

[Flaunt It]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 8:57am

The video is not doing he production any favors. It makes the show look like a big bore!

And it is more than 3 minutes of video and several clips longer than 30 consecutive seconds! How did they get away with breaking those AEA rules?

[Fosse76]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 11:01am

"Is Milky White the giant now hahahaha"

Have any of you people seen a cow? That's about the right size for an actual cow...it just doesn't look like one.

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 2:26pm

"Jen Cody looks like a pedophile in those pictures."

I didn't know what to think of your comment...and then I saw the picture
LOL!!!!!!

[ActingIsLovee]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 4:42pm

Am I the only one bothered by the costumes?

[singtopher]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 4:49pm

Fosee76, you are absolutely correct.

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/7/09 at 4:50pm

ActingIsLovee, I'm with ya.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 8/9/09 at 7:44pm

I saw this afternoon's matinee and thought it superb. I can find no fault with it at all.

This very long show seemed to whiz by. Hunter Foster, Brynn O'Malley, Beth Leavel, Tim Hartman, Jen Cody, Keven Earley, Stanley Bahorek, Greggory Brandt...all brilliant.

Beautifully sung and acted. I'm VERY happy I made the trip.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 8/9/09 at 8:26pm

Pennywise, did Cody have her respirator onstage with her? Being so old an all?

[AndAllThatJazz22]

Posted: 8/9/09 at 8:29pm

I'm glad to see that some people are saying positive things about it.