Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
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mizzie
Featured Actor Joined: 9/30/04
#0Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/15/04 at 9:41pm
I'm pretty sure there has been a topic on this before, but I couldn't find it tonight, and from what I remember it was very long, so I decided to create another one. So, what is the question that you really want to ask, but were too afraid to ask?
Mine is this: What on earth is a revival?
*looks around cautiously*
jjdude2000
Broadway Star Joined: 12/1/04
#1re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/15/04 at 9:44pmOk. A revival is basically when a show is brought back from having closed previously. So, for example, the last run of GYPSY closed in the early '90's, but a new production opened in 2003. That is a revival.
lostwallflower
Leading Actor Joined: 2/20/04
#2re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/15/04 at 9:45pmA revival is a new production of a show that has been previously produced. Gypsy was on Broadway before, and a revival of it was put on recently.
#3re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/15/04 at 9:45pmA revival is when a show that has been on Broadway and has closed returns to Broadway in a new production.
lostwallflower
Leading Actor Joined: 2/20/04
#4re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/15/04 at 9:45pmJJ...it's scary that we just used the same example.
jjdude2000
Broadway Star Joined: 12/1/04
#5re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/15/04 at 9:46pm:)
JMVR
Featured Actor Joined: 3/26/04
#6re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 4:52am
But now there is a trend to call revivals "revisals" because so much of the book and staging is redone. For example the Sam Mendes "Cabaret" which is substantially different from the original production on Broadway.
Now my question __ how is the "transformation"effect acomplished in Band the B? is the Beast already out fo makeup when he lies down in the castle before the effect takes place??
#7re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 5:26amI'm not 100% sure, but I think it's a body double.
#8re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 6:32amsimilar to the Witches transformation in Into The Woods, I suppose?
#9re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 6:34amRight, that's what I was thinking.
#10re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 9:12am
My question is:
How the hell did Producers buy into the whole Dracula idea, and how did it get on Broadway? And why are people still trusting in Frank Wildhorn's awful music?
#11re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 9:17amThe Dodgers CLEARLY need to take another look at where their money is going. I am a fan of Wildhorn's THE CIVIL WAR, JEKYLL, and PIMPERNEL, but DRACULA is just ghastly. Terrible. The Dodgers shouldn't have even touched that piece of garbage, and put their money back into BARE - something amazing.
#12re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 1:14pmAbout the B and B question- The beast that is on stage during the fight is a body double. While the fight is going on The actual actor playing the beast is having his prostetics ripped off his face so that he can get back on stage at time.
Type_A_Tiff
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/25/04
#13re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 1:23pm
When is Idina leaving?
Does she sign autographs after matinees?
Who's replacing her?
Can I still get tickets pleeeeaaaasssse?
Hey! Does anyone know if BKLYN still has any tickets available? It's a really, really, really awesome show at like, 90% capacity, and I heard they're PAYING people to sit in their audience but I wasn't sure! (BKLYN IN DA BLOOD, Y'ALL!)
PLEASE someone answer this for me. I couldn't find this information ANYWHERE!!!
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#14re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 1:21pmHahahaha TypeATiff
#15re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 1:25pm
Down, girl. 
#16re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 2:37pm
A "revival" is traditionally any new production of a previously produced script. However, in recent years these have fallen into a variety of categories, especially when referring to musicals.
There have been Broadway revivals of My Fair Lady Hello Dolly, A Chorus Line, The King and I, Gypsy and others that have essentially recreated the original Broadway production (sets, costumes, choreography and, in some cases, casting).
Occassionally, as noted in the thread, an older vehicle will be revised due to dated or other-wise out of fashion material - sometimes substantially. Flower Drum Song comes to mind - the book was reworked or perhaps Crazy for You - which became a "new" musical, but was really a major revision of Girl Crazy.
There are also completely new, often highly illuminating productions of classic texts: Guys and Dolls, Most Happy Fella, Carousel and Oklahoma.
There is also the hybrid revue such as Fosse or Jerome Robbins' Broadway. These productions revive individual sequences from previously produced material. In the case of Fosse, these were simply recreations of Fosse's choreography and with the Robbins' piece, entire sequences were recreated including sets and costuming. Note that each of these were considered "new" musicals" during their runs.
As far as straight plays go, any production after the original staging is considered a revival, though it may be a regional or local premiere.
#17re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 2:50pmWhen my dog is sleeping and she then begins to make little barking noises and fidgets and stuff... is she having a nightmare or is she having a good dream? Should I gently wake her up or just let her be? thanks.
#18re: Questions You Want to Ask, But Are Afraid To
Posted: 12/16/04 at 5:47pmCATS, i wanna ask the same thing ... about my boyfriend.
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