#3
Posted: 7/17/17 at 7:43pm
It ran for 9 months in Vienna and closed a couple of weeks ago just as it was supposed to do.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#4
Posted: 7/18/17 at 7:37pm
There's already a thread about this.
the music I have heard is friggin amazing! Hope it comes to NYC!
#5
Posted: 7/18/17 at 9:48pm
They've released a cast album on ITunes and CD. I bought Träum Gross and it is stunning to hear.
#6
Posted: 7/18/17 at 11:22pm
Hugh Jackman saw the show and met the cast and director in January 2017 --
https://www.musicalvienna.at/en/news/261/Hollywood-star-Hugh-Jackman-as-guest-in-the-Raimund-Theater
Trevor Nunn has expressed interest in casting him, but nothing has been heard since then.
#7
Posted: 7/19/17 at 6:33am
I saw Schikaneder recently in Vienna before it closed. The book is a hot mess. It should never see a Broadway stage.
#8
Posted: 7/19/17 at 1:33pm
The book could use some work but the music was good and I was never bored during the show. If it does transfer, they better make sure the set is the same and not cheapen out like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory did.
#9
Posted: 7/20/17 at 6:00am
The set is nice and quite inventive - I'll give you that. I appreciated what Schwartz was trying to do with the music, although I wasn't blown away either. But the book. That must have been the most boring, nonsensical and utterly uncompelling love story I had to ever sit through. They should have emphasized the Magic Flute origins much more.
Also, it's a super Viennese show that did not even succeed in Vienna. I really don't see any commercial viability in the U.S.
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