Rebecca on Broadway

[cremi]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 3:16pm

Vereinigte Buhnen Vienna had confirmed that they are in serious discussions about a American version of Rebecca. Hope they won't screw it up like they did with tanz der vampire

[cremi]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 3:20pm

and the link to a austrian paper with the newshttp://www.oe24.at/zeitung/kultur/article187841.ece

[B3TA07]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 3:25pm

UGH

[cremi]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 4:41pm

UGH based on what? have u seen it?

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 4:53pm

I'm afraid this would turn out like 'The Woman in White'. Even though I was a fan of that show, that doesn't change how successful it was review wise or financially.

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 5:29pm

Well. The score - to me - is crap. Plus I've listened to the demo (which was actually in English) and the English lyrics were so bland it hurt my eyes.

But let it be the next big Michael Kunze hit on Broadway...

... right next to Dance of the Vampires...


Updated On: 12/18/07 at 05:29 PM

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 6:26pm

Rebecca does not seem as original as the incredibly successful Elisabeth of the same writing team most certainly is. However, it has a rather interesting score, some thrilling scenery (the final scene is quite the picture), and a very intriguing story, featuring an incredibly cruel villian in Mrs. Danvers.

Rebecca could be hit or miss. It is originally an English-Speaking World's story, and it has great potential to the show the world that Austria and Germany are countries to be reckoned with in terms of commercial musical theatre.

By the way, read the novel the show is based on. It is the same title and was written by Daphne du Maurier.

Updated On: 12/18/07 at 06:26 PM

[FranklinShepard-Inc.]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 6:32pm

Let me tell you, as a German myself: they aren't to be reckoned with in terms of musical theatre (at least if we're talking about musicals)

At least not up to now. Maybe the next generation will do better.
Updated On: 12/18/07 at 06:32 PM

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 6:40pm

My friend saw it earlier this year and loved it. He also brought the program back for me which is pretty nice.

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 8:03pm

I'm sorry but European musicals, particularly the French ones, have left such a bad taste in mouth that I'm TOTALLY obsessed with them.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 12/18/07 at 9:01pm

I thought this was going to be a thread about Rebecca Pitcher....

[cremi]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 2:29am

I saw Rebecca 5 times and i thought it was great. In my opion its better then Elisabeth. Still i think it would be wonderful to see anything other then Mary Poppins, Mamma Mia, Hairpsray, Wicked. A real drama like Les mis or Phantom or Miss Saigon. I do wish it works out.

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 2:33am

Was not the Pirate Queen a real drama?

[Here I Am]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 4:55am

Love "Rebecca"... I was just talking about it with a friend of mine tonight. Hope it all pans out well though!

[Little-Lotte]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 5:29am

That would be so great if it does make a transfer! I think the production was wonderful! Hopefully they keep the integrity of the German production and don't try to change it like they did with Tanz.

I think it could fare pretty well here since it's a more familar property, you got the book and the Hitchcock film, as long as they don't try to completely change everything!

[kooky]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:26pm

Saw Rebecca several times - - - LOVED. LOVED, LOVED it. Just wait until it
gets to BROADWAY - - - you will see how fabulous it is!

[JRybka]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:29pm

what is Rebecca about?

And what is the one that is from the ABBA guys that they want to bring to NY?

[kooky]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:36pm

REBECCA is based on the novel by Daphne Du Maurier, I have been lucky enough
to see it in Vienna, the music and story line is outstanding.

Read the book or rent the movie to learn the story..... It is a classic.
The music will haunt you---it is sooooo beautiful.

[JRybka]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:39pm

yes... but could you give someone who has four books going right now a short synopsis about the show? Maybe some of us (lazy people) would like to know

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 8:49pm

The ABBA guys are trying to bring Kristina Fran Duvemala to Broadway. I hope they do. The score is gorgeous. I'm curious about Rebecca. I listened to the German recording and it has some beautiful music. It doesn't sound like the French pop acrobatic spectaculars (I saw the disaster that was Notre Dame de Paris in London). While I've never been a huge fan of Elisabeth, I saw Tanz der Vampire in Berlin earlier this year and fell in love. I'd gladly welcome a German musical as long as they don't try to turn the show into something it was never meant to be (Tanz der Vampire). But I'm not holding my breath.

cremi - B3TA07 thinks being an Dick is somehow clever or witty. It's so 90s.

[Little-Lotte]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:14pm

Here's a detailed synopsis of the novel.
Rebecca Wikipedia Entry

[JRybka]

Posted: 12/19/07 at 9:15pm

I wish they had kept Tanz the way it was. I loved the german version.

And I hate to admit it but I kind-a like the Notre Dame show too...

Maybe I just have weird tastes.

I loved The Light in the Piazza, Side Show, Saturday Night Fever and others... I guess I just have a lot of eclectic tastes.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 3:16pm

I have eclectic tastes as well and I don't mind admitting loving a show that is reviled by the theatre elites (Bombay Dreams), but I literally fell asleep during the disastrous Notre Dame de Paris. It just didn't make any sense at all. The baffling costumes and design, the acrobats, the lip-syncing chorus, the lack of dialogue and interaction between characters, the lack of book scenes and lapses in time to transition from one scene to the next, the flying dead Esmereldas (yes, plural). I wanted to enjoy it just for the spectacle. Outside a couple of songs, I just couldn't find much that was even likeable. It was honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen.

[Eastwickian]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 6:35pm

That was the bit where I wondered if it was all a horrible dream (though the people swinging inside bells and the priest-stalking movable pillars had already confused me). Dire English lyrics, terrible music on a backing track and everything you've already said put it at the bottom of my list as well. Based on this, Romeo et Juliette and Emport au Vent (sp?), the French just shouldn't do musicals...

ON the other hand, I quite like Elisabeth, Tanz and Rebecca - would love to see a (faithful) production of any of these in the West End :)

[uncageg]

Posted: 12/20/07 at 6:41pm

Notre Dame de Paris was awful. I saw it on DVD and fast forwarded through the second act.

Saw some clips of Rebecca and the pics in the program and the sets are just out of control fabulous.