Road show cast album
Road show cast album
#1Road show cast album
Posted: 12/2/08 at 10:56pmAny news on a possible cast album?
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#2re: Road show cast album
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?
#3re: Road show cast album
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.
#4re: Road show cast album
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.
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#5re: Road show cast album
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.
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#6re: Road show cast album
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.
#7re: Road show cast album
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!
#9re: Road show cast album
Posted: 12/2/08 at 11:31pmHe hinted a few months ago that he and John Weidman are working on another show.
#10re: Road show cast album
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.
#11re: Road show cast album
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.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#12re: Road show cast album
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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#13re: Road show cast album
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.
#14re: Road show cast album
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:55amKeep in mind, as adored as he is, only one Sondheim show has ever recouped (Night Music).
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#15re: Road show cast album
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.
#16re: Road show cast album
Posted: 12/3/08 at 1:59amNone of those productions recouped in their original Broadway runs.
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#18re: Road show cast album
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!
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#19re: Road show cast album
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.
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#20re: Road show cast album
Posted: 12/3/08 at 2:04pmi know that it will not be made but i want acry baby cast cd.
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#21re: Road show cast album
Posted: 12/3/08 at 2:08pmSssssh, the adults are talking.
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#22re: Road show cast album
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.
#23re: Road show cast album
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.
"You can't overrate Bernadette Peters. She is such a genius. There's a moment in "Too Many Mornings" and Bernadette doing 'I wore green the last time' - It's a voice that is just already given up - it is so sorrowful. Tragic. You can see from that moment the show is going to be headed into such dark territory and it hinges on this tiny throwaway moment of the voice." - Ben Brantley (2022)
"Bernadette's whole, stunning performance [as Rose in Gypsy] galvanized the actors capable of letting loose with her. Bernadette's Rose did take its rightful place, but too late, and unseen by too many who should have seen it" Arthur Laurents (2009)
"Sondheim's own favorite star performances? [Bernadette] Peters in ''Sunday in the Park,'' Lansbury in ''Sweeney Todd'' and ''obviously, Ethel was thrilling in 'Gypsy.'' Nytimes, 2000
#24re: Road show cast album
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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