SITPWG
SITPWG
BillFinn
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/03
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#1re: SITPWG
Posted: 5/3/04 at 12:17amThere was a fantastic staging of it in DC in 2002 w/ Raul Esparza. It would have been nice if they brought it to Broadway. It was very different from the original w/ Peters but still an excellent production.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: re: SITPWG
Posted: 5/3/04 at 12:38amOne of my all-time favorite scores -- IMO one of the Sondheim's best and, as such, one of greatest ever written. The show lost money first time around on Broadway, so I'm guessing it'll be a little while before we see it again in NY. Perhaps, if a first-rate director in London (or somewhere else) comes up with a highly acclaimed, visionary production of it, it'll move here and get a second chance.
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#3re: re: re: SITPWG
Posted: 5/3/04 at 9:42amI have to agree about the production at the Kennedy Center. It was beautiful and quite well directed. I had the honor of being in the tenth anniversary tour and it was the greatest performing experience of my life. The score is beautiful, the book is wonderful, and the sets and costumes (we used the original costumes) are/were brilliant. It was a time in my life that I will never forget. A revival would be wonderful.
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
#4re: re: re: re: SITPWG
Posted: 5/3/04 at 9:44amIt would be wonderful to see this one revived , even for a short run.
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Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#5re: Sunday in the Park With George
Posted: 5/3/04 at 2:11pmOh, don't I wish. Sunday is one of my favorite Sondheim scores- and one of my favorite scores, period. Who knows, it might get revived. If they're bringing back Pacific Overtures, anything can happen. :)
BillFinn
Broadway Star Joined: 10/26/03
#6re: re: Sunday in the Park With George
Posted: 5/3/04 at 6:24pmWouldn't Laura Benanti make a good Dot?
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Broadway Star Joined: 12/31/69
#7re: re: re: Sunday in the Park With George
Posted: 5/3/04 at 10:48pm
if she shows up. I hear she is aweful when it comes to being there for shows. She was not in INTO THE WOODS both times I saw it. And I had other friends who said she was out when they saw it too.
Matt_G
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/1/04
#8re: re: re: re: Sunday in the Park With George
Posted: 5/3/04 at 10:50pmI was lucky. She was in every time I saw WOODS and NINE. She would be a fantastic Dot in the show, though. Or maybe Harvey could do it after La Cage!
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
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