Road show cast album
Road show cast album
Road show cast album#1
Posted: 12/2/08 at 10:56pmAny news on a possible cast album?
re: Road show cast album#2
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:09pmany chance that it will transfer to broadway? if it did anytime soon, do you think they would wait til the transfer to record it?
re: Road show cast album#3
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:13pm
The only way I could see it transferring if a non-for-profit company picked it up like Roundabout or MTC.
So I'm pretty sure they would want to record it now.
re: Road show cast album#4
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:15pm
I doubt it'll transfer: the reviews, added together, were the most mixed you could imagine, and that doesn't bode well for audience interest.
All I want is a recording. Please. Please! Please.
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
re: Road show cast album#5
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:26pmWhy would a not for profit have to pick it up? It is also Sondheim and in the past, producers have wanted to be a part of his new shows. The economy may be a reason it may not get backing and transfer also. There is an interesting article in the Times about shows at The Public transferring to Broadway.
re: Road show cast album#6
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:28pmYou really think commercial producers would want to take a gamble on a new Sondheim production that received mixed reviews? Most commercial producers know Sondheim shows do not sell (unfortunately). I think it would be perfect for a Roundabout or MTC transfer.
re: Road show cast album#7
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:28pm
I saw it. I liked it. I'm going to see it again next week. I want a cast album, but I don't care if it transfers to Broadway...kinda a small show.
Let's just look forward to a new Sondheim show that goes directly to Broadway!
re: Road show cast album#9
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:31pmHe hinted a few months ago that he and John Weidman are working on another show.
re: Road show cast album#10
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:31pmI'm not holding me breath for this one. As much as I'd like it, I doubt anyone will fork over the money for this.
re: Road show cast album#11
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:31pm
According to his Tony speech IIRC, he said he is working on something (or hinted on it at least). Maybe he mentioned it outright somewhere else.
And I agree that I don't think Road Show could transfer and make a profit with a commercial theatre.
re: Road show cast album#12
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:38pmI didn't hear anything, but like the others said above me..Sondheim had hinted about working on something new. I guess we can all look forward to that one! I just hope it doesn't start out off-broadway..nothing against OB...it just seems to hit too many rocks in the road when it goes that path.
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re: Road show cast album#13
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:52amIt would have to change immensely - in its design elements. I wish they'd change the ensemble costumes at least.
re: Road show cast album#14
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:55amKeep in mind, as adored as he is, only one Sondheim show has ever recouped (Night Music).
re: Road show cast album#15
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:58am^ I'm pretty sure well knowledged posters on here have said before that COMPANY and INTO THE WOODS recouped. And SWEENEY recouped after its tour, etc.
re: Road show cast album#16
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:59amNone of those productions recouped in their original Broadway runs.
re: Road show cast album#18
Posted: 12/3/08 at 11:34am
COMPANY was always reported as a "hit" - it paid off while still running on Broadway. So did FORUM.
INTO THE WOODS and SWEENEY paid off with post-Braodway income.
It does not matter whether it pays off or makes money during the run or afterwards.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
re: Road show cast album#19
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:27pm
"I doubt it'll transfer: the reviews, added together, were the most mixed you could imagine"
There's Sondheim for you.
--http://www.benjaminadgate.com/
re: Road show cast album#20
Posted: 12/3/08 at 2:04pmi know that it will not be made but i want acry baby cast cd.
re: Road show cast album#21
Posted: 12/3/08 at 2:08pmSssssh, the adults are talking.
re: Road show cast album#22
Posted: 12/3/08 at 4:24pm
It does not matter whether it pays off or makes money during the run or afterwards.
I think it does otherwise Jekyll and Hyde would be considered a hit and it's typically not.
re: Road show cast album#23
Posted: 12/3/08 at 4:27pmAlso, apparently the producers for the Sweeney tour and OB production were different so if it made a profit later it doesn't change that money was lost earlier.
re: Road show cast album#24
Posted: 12/3/08 at 7:20pmForum, Company, Night Music and Into the Woods all returned their respective investments. Sweeney Todd recouped many years later.
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