SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE- Page 2
SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
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#25re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/13/07 at 10:20pm
Of course you do.
Studio 54, my favorite theatre!
#27re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/13/07 at 10:51pmI hate that theatre.
"If you are going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy."
-Charlie Manson
#28re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/13/07 at 11:49pmOnly thing that makes me a bit sad is that since it's in December, Ms.Krakowski is probably not going to be able to headline the show due to 30 Rock. I'm sure there are plenty of other actresses who could do justice to Dot in this particular revival, can't wait to see it.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
#29re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/13/07 at 11:56pmY.A.Y.
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#30re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 12:06am
I'm not sure there is any guarantee that FIRST ROCK is going to be around by December...
But, the first wish for all of us should really be for Mr. Evans and Ms. Russell to be allowed to recreate their roles from London in NYC - especially as this is now a limited engagement revival.
#31re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 12:08am
I so hope 30 Rock stays on.
easily the best new comedy show. i love it.
"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed
#32re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 12:09am
I was just gonna ask if there were any chances that the two West End leads would be reprising their roles in the American production.
I just figured that Roundabout would try to cast "names." But you do make a point, Michael Bennett, about it being a non-profit limited engagement as opposed to an open-ended run at a profitable theatre a la Sweeney Todd or Company.
"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"
sondhead
Broadway Star Joined: 10/25/06
#33re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 12:12amIt's not in the Sondheim Book of the Month set, it's in the "A Collector's Sondheim" which I believe is somewhat easily found. However, for most it's almost completely worthless. Outside of the Disco Sweeney and a few others, the rest are excerpts from the Sondheim OCRs.
helloagain
Understudy Joined: 2/22/06
#34re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 12:36am
MichealBennet did you see the production at the wyndhams theater or at the chocolate factory itself? I saw both productions and I found Anna Jane Casey to be phenomenal, I think even more so then Jenna Russell. it's such a shame that Anna was a diva...
sorry for that rant but back to subject I am so sad that it is in Studio 54, if only Xanadu could go into the disco house, and Sunday could go in Hayes for an unlimited run... not that Roundabout would produce Xanadu but yes ranting again.
#35re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 1:58amI saw it at the Wyndhams, so no, I didn't see Anna Jane Casey. But I thought Jenna Russell was sublime: she was luminous and earthy and her chemistry with Daniel Evans was very, very special. They really deserve to come to the states.
#36re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 3:21amI saw it at the Wyndham's too and loved Ms Russell. I thought Evans was wonderful in the first act but he didn't transform well into the chromalume creator in act two. He seemed stiff and uncomfortable and his American accent was wayward at best. I'd prefer to see someone else in the role.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
#37re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 3:57am
MB, who did u see in the Wyndhams?
I suddenly hav a thought that Sutton could be great and it would be a very different role to what she normally plays.
But of course, I do wish they wudnt cast 'names' into the show cuz you go in and you watch the show and not the people and you don't want the actors stealing the thunder from the show and that's why I don't think Ruthie would suit this production (she wud be a great Dot imo, but not for this production)
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#38re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 4:18am
THIS
IS
A
MAZE
ING
NEWS!
This production is breath-taking and remarkably beautiful staging. Remarkable. Utterly fantastic. My friends who saw it in London last summer said it was their best and most high-bar theatre experience of their life (and these are big theatre people). Get your hands on the album ASAP. Daniel Evans is superb.
With 6 Olivier Award nominations, I hope it wins as many as possible.
#39re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 9:57amMallardo - extremely minority opinion. Evans was heartbreaking in ACT 2 and a strong front runner to win the Olivier.
purpleprince101
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#40re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 10:12amAmerican Airlines would have been a better choice....but either way i am excited
algy
Broadway Star Joined: 10/19/05
#41re: SUNDAY IN THE DISCO WITH GEORGE
Posted: 2/14/07 at 11:15am
I loved this when I saw it in London in September. Having listened to the OBCT and not being overly enthused, I thought I'd go and see it as everyone was raving about it. I saw it in it's last week at the Wyndams and was completely blown away by it, came out humming "Sunday" and my next trip to London went straight to Dress Circle to buy the cast album which I am perfectly capable of listening to start to finish.
I wish I could see it again... but I'm making my (first) trip to New York in September, which'll be too soon!
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