Riedel on Groundhog Day being in big trouble- Page 2

[Skimbleshanks2]

Posted: 6/22/16 at 12:21pm

LOL ... I guess Kad is right (for the first time) ... To quote my all-time favorite musical, Rocky ... My nose ain't broken yet.

And for better or worse I am very real ... Just ask my husband LOL.

I just love ANDY KARL! He's such a talent. I wish him the best. xx

[ebontoyan]

Posted: 6/22/16 at 12:42pm

Why is it tough for Andy Karl...he has a career on Broadway and TV (and has made the occasional movie)??!  Of course SVU killed him off so he can do Groundhog Day! lol lol I'm sure he will land on his feet. I'm an Andy fan btw

Updated On: 6/22/16 at 12:42 PM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/22/16 at 2:59pm

I love his style of musical but they always tend to be a little "dark" so I can't imagine that working for this, but I'm excited to see pictures and the design and stuff.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/22/16 at 3:48pm

What would be the "spectacle" in this story that would merit a $16.5 million budget?

That's a show ready to close before it opens.

[Tag]

Posted: 6/22/16 at 3:52pm

Orfeh said on Live @ 5 that the show will be highly technical.  

[Phantom of London]

Posted: 6/22/16 at 4:31pm

Production costs are too high on Broadway, with to many hanger oners and people on super inflated salaries.

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 12:00am

I was trying to think of what would make the show so expensive? Maybe some design element that keeps reproducing itself or something? I imagine there's just a lot of scenery and moving elements. 

[Tag]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 12:29am

I noticed that Paul Kieve is on the creative team for creating illusions.  Does this story/show really necessitate having illusions in it?  Seems like they are going overboard technically, for what could be a simpler story/show.

Also Simon Baker is the Sound Designer (who also did Matilda), so regardless no one will be able to understand anything anyway. :)

[Scarywarhol]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 1:04am

I also assumed this would be a simple show production-wise, and was looking forward to what Tim Minchin would do with something smaller. If they want it to be a spectacle, I feel like we can write the rest of this show's history in advance.


Looking forward to the redemptive stripped-down revival in 2029.

Updated On: 6/23/16 at 01:04 AM

[RippedMan]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 1:19am

 But I do love a spectacle. 

 

Ghost might have been a mess, but boy was I entertained.

[devonian.t]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 5:12am

The over-the-top production of Ghost was exactly what I was thinking of.

I know the RSC entered a 5 year contract with the Shuberts when they originally moved to Broadway, so that was the expectation for Matilda.  

Like Moulin Rouge, this is essentially the story of 2 people falling in love, but without the former's spectacle.  If that is struggling to get to the stage successfully, I worry that GD will struggle to justify a budget that size!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 8:37am

I was thinking how effortlessly "Satisfied" handles a parallel conceit (time bending) without trickery beyond revolves, lights and a click track or two.  "Groundhog Day" on film charmingly carries its concept in a digital clock that resets to 6 a.m. and repeats a song.  Who needs magic?  It already sounds overthought and overwhelmed with stagecraft.  But as much as I love the film, I also think it's at best a challenge to adapt. First of all, it's not really loaded with laughs.  You smile, you grin at the turns, but it's not packed with great comic scenes. The fun comes from the repetition.  And its milieu is painfully flat and ordinary, a dreary town that is on the map only because of a single grey day in February. Kind of a reverse "Brigadoon." To overly satirize Americana or to womp up small town life with too much stylization (and thus caricature) could be arch and overwhelm what is basically a slender story.  Easy to musicalize it is not, regardless of intention.    

[devonian.t]

Posted: 6/23/16 at 8:42am

Excellent points!