Shows for the 2005-2006 Season (Bye Bye Birdie, Jersey Boys, Princesses)
Shows for the 2005-2006 Season (Bye Bye Birdie, Jersey Boys, Princesses)
#0Shows for the 2005-2006 Season (Bye Bye Birdie, Jersey Boys, Princesses)
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:38pm
Well, I just got the Telecharge.com Broadway Spotlight E-mail, and at the bottom it read:
ALSO COMING SOON...
BYE BYE BIRDIE - The 1961 Tony®-winning Best Musical is coming to Broadway later this year in a rockin' and rollin' new revival.
JERSEY BOYS - This new musical is based on the life story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons and features the hit songs "Sherry," "Big Girls Don't Cry," and "Oh What a Night."
PRINCESSES - This new musical takes place at a very exclusive private girls' school in Manhattan, where the hip teenagers have no interest in putting on a show until America's hottest action star is hired to direct the school musical.
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Updated On: 2/6/05 at 08:38 PM
#1re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:38pm
WHAT? Is this new info? Because, I thought the BBB Revival was put off.
I'm getting excited.
Updated On: 2/6/05 at 08:38 PM
#2re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:45pmBBB! YAY!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
jjdude2000
Broadway Star Joined: 12/1/04
#3re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:46pmis there any more info on BBB??? Who's producing??
Grace: I just gave a quarter to a homeless man. I think it was Johnny Depp.
#4re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:49pm
I really hope we get some news on the Birdie Revival!
With some revision and some updating, this Revival can blow away All Shook Up & Good Vibrations.
#5re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:53pmRevivals also of A CHORUS LINE and PETER PAN.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#6re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:56pmDoes nobody do anything ORIGINAL anymore?!? god forbid....
#7re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:57pmBoo to only being excited for the revivals!
[title of show] on Broadway. it's time. believe.
#8re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 8:59pm
Hey. BBB has NEVER been revived on Broadway. It deserves to come back! Plus, it was an extremely groundbreaking Musical for the early 60's. It started the "Rock & Roll" Musical Theme.
#9re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:05pmIs that a good thing? I hate Bye Bye Birdie.
#11re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:12pmWasn't "West Side Story" also gonna be revived next year? Or did I make that up myself in some unconcious state?
#12re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:29pmFriends who've seen Jersey Boys in La Jolla say only good things about it. Especially the guy who plays Frankie Valli - can't recall his name.
Faced with these Loreleis, what man can moralize!
WiCkEDrOcKS
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/13/04
#13re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:30pm
Theres a Peter Pan revival?! With who?
Cant wait for Bye Bye Birdie and of course A CHORUS LINE!!! AHHHHH! :)
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#14re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:34pmit was supposed to come back. It was going to be the Kennedy Centers first stop before broadway but, they brought the production to City Center and that killed it. Also, I think the Weisslers now hold the rights.
#15re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:40pmI hope the Weisslers have the rights and I hope they really do go on with it.
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
#16re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:43pm
Another production of BYE BYE BIRDIE... just what we all needed... oh, and PETER PAN to cap it all off .. fabulous... with that "delightful" Cathy Rigby..
Note: This post contained numerous uses of sarcasim. We do not need another proudction of BIRDIE and PETER PAN is bad. Cathy Rigby ruins whatever she's in (i.e. Seussical)
Updated On: 2/6/05 at 09:43 PM
#17re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:47pm
ANOTHER production of BBB? Broadway has not seen a production of Birdie since 1961.
It's about time Broadway sees BBB again.
#18re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:51pm
"Cathy Rigby ruins whatever she's in (i.e. Seussical)"
EXCUSE ME??? Cathy SAVED Seussical! Her National Tour DRAMATICALLY improved the show!!! How could you say she RUINED it??
As for PETER PAN, yes, I know, everyone is sick of revivals. Just be satisfied that this is the last one. Her Farewell. The show probably won't be back for decades.
Go see PETER PAN one last time, you won't be seeing it for a LONG LONG time.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#19re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 9:53pmI just hope if BBB is done , they get a new director. One with a creative mind who can make it a grand production rather then the high school one which was performed at City Center for $100 I am still longing to have back.
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
#20re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:02pm
Firstly, BBB is one of the most OVERDONE shows in the history of musical thetare this being regional and amateur productions. I don't want to see another production.. period.
In response to this:
"Cathy Rigby ruins whatever she's in (i.e. Seussical)"
EXCUSE ME??? Cathy SAVED Seussical! Her National Tour DRAMATICALLY improved the show!!! How could you say she RUINED it??
As for PETER PAN, yes, I know, everyone is sick of revivals. Just be satisfied that this is the last one. Her Farewell. The show probably won't be back for decades.
Go see PETER PAN one last time, you won't be seeing it for a LONG LONG time.
-Okay... CATHY didn't save that tour.. the creators did.. they improved it but she still brought it down. Second, I don't care about a Peter Pan revival and I won't miss it.
#21re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:10pm
aces - that's fine. You don't have to see it, that's your decision.
However, you cannot say that Cathy Rigby RUINED Peter Pan nor Seussical. She SAVED Seussical. She REVIVED Peter Pan. She REVIVED Peter Pan again. And again. And again. And again. But she did NOT ruin anything!
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#22re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:12pm
If BBB does come back. It will go through some major revisions. It won't be the same overdone show you see at the local High School & Community Theater. It will be nice to a full Professional Production.
I hope they include the new songs from the 95 Movie Remake
-Let's Settle Down
-Bye Bye Birdie (Ursula & girls in Soda Shop)
-What Did I Ever See in Her?
-A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore
-A Giant Step
Updated On: 2/6/05 at 10:12 PM
aces25
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/13/04
#23re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:18pmCapnHook - Okay, it's because she produces Peter Pan herself.. And she was BAD as the Cat.. Ahrens & Flathery SAVED seussical by reviving the book.. she did nothing
#24re: Shows for the 2005-2006 Season
Posted: 2/6/05 at 10:22pm
aces - that's fine, she did nothing. My point is she didn't ruin anything, as you first claimed.
And so what? She produces PETER PAN with her husband? She has for over a decade. It shows she has faith and dedication in a show - something that producers not always have. She believes in it 100%.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
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