Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Snoopy and The Secret Garden
#0Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 5:39pm
I finally got Snoopy and The Secret Garden today! Well, here are my reviews:
Snoopy-I love the music. It's catchy and adorable. Not Sondheim, but it's very cute. The problem is the cast. I saw the cast with Sutton Foster in April so hearing these tone-deaf people was a huge surprise. They were constantly flat, sharp or just plain bad. If you can overlook the cast, you can enjoy the music.
The Secret Garden-Flawless. Gorgeous score and an amazing cast.
Updated On: 2/3/05 at 05:39 PM
#1re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:07pm
in re: The Secret Garden... HERE HERE! 
Wonderful show. Simply astonishing.
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
#2re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:08pm
Which Secret Garden? The RSC?
If so, it's beautiful. I actually prefer it to the OBC, which I never thought could be done.
#3re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:08pmI'm listening to "How Could I Ever Know" and there are tears in my eyes. It's amazing!
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#5re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:09pmI love the Secret Garden OBC. I'm glad you enjoy it as well! That was the first show I saw on Broadway, so it holds a special place in my heart.
#6re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:10pmAh, yes...I love the OBC. The Secret Garden is one of the most underrated, gorgeous shows ever written. The newer London Royal Shakespeare Company recording somehow managed to top the OBC's orchestrations and cast, as well as refining the show a more straight-forward through-line.
#7re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:13pmI haven't heard the RSC... 'course now I'm really curious. Is it available to order online??
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
#8re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:15pmI haven't heard it either, but now I want to!
jackson992
Broadway Star Joined: 12/25/04
#9re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:19pmIs the RSC the London version? I have just been listening to the London version. I like it but not as well as I do the OBC
commasplice
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/29/04
#10re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:19pmI must say, I'm very jealous you got to see the Snoopy concert. That's something I would have loved to see (such a great cast!), but unfortunately, I'm nowhere near NY.
#11re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:20pmThe CD is black, with a red flower on the front and a girl's face coming out of the center of the flower. It's from London. You might check www.footlight.com. That's where I got mine, but it's been a while.
#12re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:21pmNt only did I see the concert, I saw them in rehearsal.
#13re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:23pm
http://www.footlight.com/product.cfm?product_id=22049
I found it, thanks! Jackson, it is the London version.
#14re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 7:24pm
Hmmm. Just checked it out... it's on Amazon too. Phillip Quast... wow. Okay. I definately need to buy this.
Kay, the Thread-Jacking Jedi
Quando omni flunkus moritati (When all else fails, play dead...)
"... chasin' the music. Trying to get home."
Peter Gregus: "Where are my house right ladies?!"
(love you, girls! - 6/13/06)
#15re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 9:10pmI was lucky enough to get cast as Neville in a regional production of The Secret Garden many years ago - and it was one of the highlights of my career. It is such a beautiful show - I wish it was presented more often. Isn't it about time for a revival?
#16re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 9:11pmLucky! I really want a revival. Too bad I pretty much just became too old to audition for Mary!
#17re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 9:22pm
The Secret Garden is by far one of the best scores ever written for Broadway. It captures the essence of the story gorgeously.
I had the priveleges to play Dickon and Capt. Albert Lennox a couple of years ago.
Glad you enjoy the CD of the OBC!!! I LOVE IT!!!
sanda
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/10/04
#18re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 9:41pm
yes, the secret garden has one of the most beautiful and touching score. And OBC is the best of the three recordings.
Mr. Tuttle
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#19re: Snoopy and The Secret Garden
Posted: 2/3/05 at 10:33pm
Snoopy? Not Sondheim?
I thought he wrote that.
(imagining Sondheim being playful and melodic)
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