Prince of Broadway in Japan! — Page 3

SexyBroadway said: "no it hasnt been confirmed, but i know that they are hoping for it to transfer in the spring so we shall see.

and i agree that the staging looked boring to me. and its not a revue, and does have a story to follow. Its about Hal Prince's career and theres voice over in the show of him talking about the experience, show, etc..

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Meh, I call that a revue--just like Sondheim on Sondheim though I'm sure others might disagree.

Yes, I thought I said that on the previous page

Still, I see it as a revue because it appears to be a collection of songs (granted with one new one,) all chosen cuz of their association with Prince, joined by a basic theme and narration (Prince says in one interview he wants to focus on how big a part luck played in his success, which seems a tad disingenuous but...) So in those ways it's not a full blown bio musical, and it's not a jukebox musical.

Kamico thanks for the link. I do like the costumes. And nice to see the number from Grind in rehearsals around all of the standards.

Eric Van Tielen just tweeted to Lin-Manuel Miranda this morning and thanked him for "visiting 'Prince of Broadway' yesterday" - I assume LMM did not go to Japan so I'm wondering where he was and what he saw? Is something going on in New York?

https://twitter.com/EVTweeting/status/651775840020242432

They're still doing run throughs and won't be leaving for Japan till next week. They've also been inviting people to see rehearsals since last Thursday, Quite a few people have tweeted about seeing it and the general consensus seems to be "wow".

Well since half of the news about this show is in Japanese it's hard to keep up with it (I've had plenty of practice since I'm interested in The Takarazuka Revue, Sailor moon musicals, and generally all Toho stage productions.). The cast has been pretty good about tweeting and instagraming stuff about the show which is cool. When I started following shows in high school very few shows even had blogs.

I don't recall anyone posting links to the full clips of the numbers they staged for the press on Monday, so maybe these will peek your interest Karen24.

All I need is one good break

My friends

broadway baby

Can't help loving' that man

Being Alive

You've got possibilities

Finale

Personally, I really like what I've seen so far, I've watched Broadway Baby million times, mostly because I love watching Chie (Yuzuki Reon) dance and sing. I really like the finale as well. I am sure they'll love this in Japan (the revue style musical is still popular there.) We'll see if this makes it to BWay in the spring. Japanese media is pretty much convinced that it will, but it looks like the jury's still out here.

The full ballet sequence also includes "Gentleman Jimmy" from Fiorello! and "Little Old New York" from Tenderloin.

The press event performances are unable to show the full sequences some of the shows receive. Company, for example, includes "Another Hundred People," "Company," "Ladies Who Lunch" and "Being Alive," but with all of the dialogue from the couples, not just Bobby singing solo. Cabaret includes "Willkommen," "If You Could See Her," "So What" and "Cabaret," etc.

The show will also feature pretty fully realized set pieces. Fiddler, Company, Cabaret and Follies, for example, will feature many elements of Boris Aronson's original designs. It's not just a bunch of people in evening clothes standing around a piano, like most musical revues.

Updated On: 10/7/15 at 05:54 PM

Video footage from their first rehearsal in Tokyo and a message from Ramin on THIS page if anyone is interested. There is an article that goes with it, but it's in Japanese so......

They were all probably pretty jet lagged. They had their first rehearsal one day after landing there and Erin (one of their swings) tweeted that she could not sleep the night before and was up til 4 AM Japan time. Much of the cast was up late on social media the night before.

Ramin is still playing the Phantom LOL

Lots of talented people doing what looks like a cruise ship review. Stroman fails yet again. I cannot see it being any better even with sets and costumes. How do you say good luck in Japanese?

Could be willing to go all out when show arrives on Broadway. The same design concept but more lavish and will be worth it once show is shown to succeed. Any pictures?