STAGE TUBE: 'THE FIRST WIVES CLUB' Video Preview!- Page 2

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:15pm

They do seem really bored, it's weird. The songs also just didn't come across as very good for the stage, IMO.

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:21pm

Barbara Walsh's expression says it all!

Updated On: 7/23/09 at 10:21 PM

[wickedfan]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:29pm

That first song is so boring. And it all just looks sloppy and uncreative. Francesca Zambello just needs to go away. Now.

[bwayfan7000]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:36pm

I thought the first song wasn't...too awful. But what was that staging? Were they just running around the table? And that second song made me want to scream at someone. Probably Zambello.
Also, I just watched it again (and it was just even worse) and I realized the dance move Ziemba was doing that I couldn't place. The CHARLIE BROWN. You know, from the Cha Cha Slide you did in 7th grade. Any Broadway-bound musical that features the charlie brown in its choreography is in deeper trouble than they apparently realize...

Updated On: 7/23/09 at 10:36 PM

[TheatreDork2]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:39pm

Zambello's directing reminds me of Phyllidia Llyod (SP?) directing in the French & Saunders parody of Mamma Mia.

[coryografer]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 10:52pm

Please tell me that was improv at its worst.... couldn't possibly have been choreographed that way. And, I have always enjoyed Karen Ziemba. Help!

[ColorTheHours048]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:00pm

I couldn't get through it. It wasn't even bad enough for me to want to rip it to shreds. It was just pathetic.

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:11pm

This looks atrocious. It's hard to stomach one of my favorite movies being turned into a ****show.

Why didn't they hire Marc Shaiman??????????????????????

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 7/23/09 at 11:24pm

I think... that was the worst thing I've ever seen.

THIS is what people who don't like musicals point to, boiled down to a pure id.

///// F////// MONKEY /////, that was terrible.

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:04am

Oh GOD that looks horrendous and the music.......*barf*

[WiCkEDrOcKS]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:06am

Francesca Zambello is a HOT mess. She literally did one of the worst directorial jobs I've ever seen on a stage with her work in MERMAID. And something tells me her work on FWC won't be far behind.

[adamgreer]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:46am

Jesus.

Well, this is what happens when you hire Francesca Zambello to direct a musical. Good lord, that was bad.

"outrageous contagious." What clever lyrics.

Does running around in circles pass for choreography these days?

And, is there a law somewhere that says that whenever you cast a black woman in a musical now, she must be SASSY????? And sing GOSPEL??????

There's no way this opens in NY, which is a shame because it looks like one of those delightful train wrecks that are fun to watch because they're so horrendous. This makes 9 to 5 look like Gypsy.
Updated On: 7/24/09 at 12:46 AM

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 12:47am

I can't remember even one word of one song.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 1:10am

That was absolutely horrendous...wow.

I'm so glad that Carolee Carmello made the right choice!
Updated On: 7/24/09 at 01:10 AM

[TheatreDork2]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 1:15am

We don't know that YET wat. Addams could be a bigger trainwreck than this. Is there a demo for it anywhere?

[Sondheim_Geek]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 1:25am

I can't take Barbara Walsh seriously in this...at all.

and Karen, oy!

[iamchanging9]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 1:26am

i doubt this will make it to ny

[AnythingGoes2]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 4:50am

Gosh. Who put that video together and meant it for publicity?!

Francess Z really has put no effort into this at all.

The whole show, which I think could still work, it great materical, needs tightening up no end and Barbara Walsh (shame, love her in Company) needs to go - Megan Mulluly, come on down, please!

[Trish2]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 8:10am

Who is the choreographer for this hot mess? I can't seem to find it listed anywhere. Tyce Diorio perhaps?

[Kalimba]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 8:14am

I have never been a fan of the mediocre Barbara Walsh or Karen Ziemba. This video just confirms that even more. What dreck. May this show never see the light of day on Broadway.

Francesca Z. thy middle name is Trainwreck. She should be banned from theatrical productions forever.
Updated On: 7/24/09 at 08:14 AM

[singtopher]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 8:17am

That first song was literally three words repeated over and over. Inspired.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:20am

I have never been a fan of the mediocre Barbara Walsh or Karen Ziemba. This video just confirms that even more

Me too! I love Sheryl Lee Ralph, though. She deserves better.

[LuPonatic]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:33am

From this video, and the rehearsal video, it seems like all of the songs sound the same, and none of them fit into this show well. I know I haven't seen it yet, but I am sure NOT excited to with videos like these. Good thing I live near Chicago, so the out of town try out I am seeing is Addams Family!

[AvenueQResident]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:55am

Oh dear. Doesn't even look mediocre...

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 7/24/09 at 9:57am

Sheryl Lee Ralph is working her ass off, again...love her. I've never "gotten" Karen Ziemba. I find her charm-free. Barbara Walsh hasnt impressed me since Falsettos.

I do have to say that Zambello's work has been highly regarded before Mermaid, including the bway bound "Rebecca".

This clearly stinks (the lyrics...OY!)