SIX: THE MUSICAL ON BROADWAY — Page 18

ggersten said: "Meanwhile, across the pond, a mixture of illnesses, injury, vacations depleted the available cast, so Toby Marlow - one of the creators - stepped in as Parr. It was performed as a "concert" since Marlow and Genesis didn't know the choreo/blocking. (Genesis stepped in once before). Supposedly, they offered all persons with tix - including those who attended - were offered tickets to another "proper" show.

Also, it seems to me like the latest engagement is more or less a quick fix for the fact that Ever After is not ready for another run. Their set at Citadel will likely be a different set from the ART one (because Citadel makes all their sets on site to employ locally within the arts). So they send the set from ART to Ordway and the cast just flys from Canada to St. Paul after their last performance. It says alot more about Ever After being in poor shape then it does Six's road to Broadway.

 

SouthernCakes said: "Wonder why they are scared to bring it to NYC. They aren’t tinkering with the show, correct? So why not just bring it in. This is a great season for a new musical. "

Come From Away has tryouts in La Jolla, Seattle, DC, and Toronto. How is Six any different? They’re not scared, they’re being creative and building the brand and word of mouth, and seeing as the Chicago production played full houses 95% of the time, I’d say it’s working.

Scarlet Leigh said: "ggersten said: "Meanwhile, across the pond, a mixture of illnesses, injury, vacations depleted the available cast, so Toby Marlow - one of the creators - stepped in as Parr. It was performed as a "concert" since Marlow and Genesis didn't know the choreo/blocking. (Genesis stepped in once before). Supposedly, they offered all persons with tix - including those who attended - were offered tickets to another "proper" show.

 

 

Also, it seems to me like the latest engagement is more or less a quick fix for the fact that Ever After is not ready for another run. Their set at Citadel will likely be a different set from the ART one (because Citadel makes all their sets on site to employ locally within the arts). So they send the set from ART to Ordway and the cast just flys from Canada to St. Paul after their last performance. It says alot more about Ever After being in poor shape then it does Six's road to Broadway."

 

 

Agreed on this.  It’s so strange, though, that the Ordway brought Sierra Boggess here to song songs from Ever After at the big season kick-off and then it gets deemed not ready.  

Sounds like there are season subscribers disappointed to not have Ever After for the holidays but I hope they give Six a chance.  

The Ordway will be the biggest venue (1910 seats) the show has played so far, right?  It’s not quite the intimate stage they had at Chicago Shakes so I’m very curious to see how it plays there.  

Fingers crossed all the Queens stay with the show!

So glad the Ordway has finally booked something truly special! Obviously, the trick will be selling this in the Twin Cities. Right now, the tickets top off at $70 on a Saturday evening, which is pretty amazing. I'm booked for row D in November! I'm assuming tickets will probably at least triple by the time it gets to NYC, so lucky us!

I hope and pray this run is a success and the Twin Cities sees more pre-Broadway productions (which have been slim the last decade or so)! Especially glad the Ordway is getting a hot show like this - hopefully this is a sign of changes to come!

BIG DROP! The second Six singalong was today at at the end of the show they announced and dropped the the official karaoke tracks AND the sheet music online.

New West End Alternate making her debut. Collette Guitart will go on for her first performance as Jane.

This is playing the MASSIVE opera house/mainstage of the Ordway. I thought the other side was now a orchestral concert hall. But, maybe they kept that tiny theatre too, although I don't think it was used for anything other than local productions and some concerts/smaller events. For a small run like this, they might have a chance of selling the balcony, but I doubt the gallery will even be sold for Six.

Of course, I hope this really bubbles up and becomes such a sensation they have to open up the whole theatre & extend the run! This is really great for the Ordway, as their musical theatre season (sometimes this applies very loosely) usually only includes one high demand tour (and many years have not even had that).

I just glanced at the first two performances - and it looks like people are snatching up the front row tickets. (Unless those tickets are being held back)

Marlothom said: "Scarlet Leigh said: "BIG DROP! The second Six singalong was today at at the end of the show they announced and dropped the the official karaoke tracks AND the sheet music online."

ALL of the tracks have been available on KARAFUN for months. I've been belting these songs out at my fave karaoke bars in Chicago for a while."

The tracks on KARAFUN are not the official tracks. There are tracks out there that were made by others online (I have some well) but many were taken down by copyright claims. These are the officially released tracks and feature the background vocals and backing tracks from the studio recording. They are fantastic and by far the best out there.

So not only did the new alternate go on.... EVERY alternate was on. And this new girl was thrown in so fast she doesn't even have her own costume yet. She was wearing the back up spare costume. So that's FOUR out of SIX queens were the understudies/swings/alternates. That is REALLY kind of ridiculous and if you think about it if not for this new girl being ready early, they'd like have had to throw in someone else or cancel again. 

Get. More. Understudies. Already. They always seem to be flying by the seat of their pants to fill the stage and put on a show. And the poor understudies are working so damn hard to keep the show alive.

Scarlet Leigh said: "So not only did the new alternate go on.... EVERY alternate was on. And this new girl was thrown in so fast she doesn't even have her own costume yet. She was wearing the back up spare costume. So that's FOUR out of SIX queens were the understudies/swings/alternates. That is REALLY kind of ridiculous and if you think about it if not for this new girl being ready early, they'd like have had to throw in someone else or cancel again.

Get. More. Understudies. Already. They always seem to be flying by the seat of their pants to fill thestage and put on a show. And the poor understudies are working so damn hard to keep the show alive."

 

North America or across the pond?   Be specific.

I feel like the Ordway 1,900-seat Music Theater will be somewhat risky.  It's one thing to redesign the show for a larger Broadway house, but putting the current production into a large theatre might dilute the experience a bit too much for those Americans attending based on the buzz of the preceding North American performances.