Reimagining Big Fish

[indytallguy]

Reimagining Big Fish#1

Posted: 5/5/14 at 1:55pm

Interesting development.
John August and Andrew Lippa Will Reimagine Big Fish as Part of SpeakEasy's 2014-15 Season

[emilyfaye48]

Reimagining Big Fish#2

Posted: 5/5/14 at 11:48pm

oooo This sounds really interesting! I would love to see this production

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[Wilmingtom]

Reimagining Big Fish#2

Posted: 5/6/14 at 12:46am

It sure sounds like they're headed in the right direction. The story does have an innate intimacy that I found lacking in the Broadway incarnation. While I admire Stro's balls-to-the-wall approach, it just seemed to crash under its own weight. I think a lighter touch might unearth the emotional core of the piece.

[Scarywarhol]

Reimagining Big Fish#3

Posted: 5/6/14 at 12:58am

It might be a better show, but with most of the score intact, it will remain a poor one. An enormous missed opportunity.

[rosscoe(au)]

Reimagining Big Fish#4

Posted: 5/6/14 at 2:28am

This should never have been turned into a musical, the source marterial and film lacked to start with. Lets just let this die.

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[emilyfaye48]

Reimagining Big Fish#5

Posted: 5/6/14 at 9:39am

I think it makes a lot of sense to make it smaller, I loved the show on Broadway but because it's so imaginative I could see them taking a approach more in tune with something like Peter And The Star Catcher and having it work really well. I reeeeeaallly want to see who ends us getting cast in this production.

Without bread we'd just be hungry but without theatre we'd be dead

[NewSynchopation]

Reimagining Big Fish#6

Posted: 5/6/14 at 10:24am

They just need a better composer than Lippa and the show could be awesome.

[Mr Roxy]

Reimagining Big Fish#7

Posted: 5/6/14 at 10:47am

It was not Lippa's fault

In Chicago (correct me if I am wrong), it (the score) got fairly good reviews. Just because you or others do not like it does not make it a bad score or show.

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[FindingNamo]

Reimagining Big Fish#8

Posted: 5/6/14 at 10:57am

I'm getting wary when I see the phrase "new, more intimate version" being thrown around so much nowadays.

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[Sutton Ross]

Reimagining Big Fish#9

Posted: 5/6/14 at 1:53pm

I think it's cool that they adding this to their season, but I can't imagine it being a smaller, more intimate show. That's not the point of the story of Big Fish, it's the completely opposite.

[Kad]

Reimagining Big Fish#10

Posted: 5/6/14 at 1:56pm

Hopefully they do more than change the cast size. It wasn't the cast size that was the issue.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[FindingNamo]

Reimagining Big Fish#11

Posted: 5/6/14 at 1:59pm

To reflect the new vision, the show will now be called "Small Fry".

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[broadwaydanwi]

Reimagining Big Fish#12

Posted: 5/6/14 at 6:27pm

The show will also be "reimagined" as a children's theater production next spring at First Stage in Milwaukee.
Big Fish at First Stage

[Sutton Ross]

Reimagining Big Fish#13

Posted: 5/6/14 at 6:31pm

A 10 year Edward Bloom......great.

[darquegk]

Reimagining Big Fish#14

Posted: 5/6/14 at 10:00pm

Smaller and more intimate might work... Big Fish demands not big-budget, huge cast grandeur, but a frayed-at-the-edges, homespun kind of wonder. The spectacle should be imaginative, since that's what it is- imagination.

A little closer to Starcatcher than Stroman, in other words.

[broadwaydanwi]

Reimagining Big Fish#15

Posted: 5/10/14 at 8:54am

I should clarify that First Stage employs both adult and children performers for their productions. Their target audience is children, but I've seen many adults enjoy their performances.