Sondheim on Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl

[lovebwy]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 12:53pm

Anyone hear anything about who's starring in it? I bought my tickets, and I'm dying to know.

 

http://www.hollywoodbowl.com/tickets/sondheim-on-sondheim/2017-07-23

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 1:11pm

Nothing official yet.  I went to the 2005 HB concert that celebrated his 75th birthday and it was extraordinary!!!

http://variety.com/2005/music/markets-festivals/stephen-sondheim-s-75th-the-concert-1200524633/


 

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 1:11pm

I'm sure it's going to be an incredible evening!

 

Updated On: 6/13/17 at 01:11 PM

[Wildcard]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 1:57pm

Anything unofficial? Rumors?

[barcelona20]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 2:52pm

If I had to guess, it could be this group.

https://www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/86102/

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 2:58pm

Thanks for the link.  I would think since this is the HB, more well known headliners will be in the show.  

[oncemorewithfeeling2]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 3:13pm

If that was the cast, it's pretty great: Phillip Boykin, Gabriel Ebert, Carmen Cusack, and Ruthie Miles.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/13/17 at 5:26pm

For what it's worth;  Sam Rubin from KTLA talked about the Bowl lineup last week and they showed a picture of Bernadette when they talked about the Sondheim evening .  But no mention .

[Sunny11]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:44pm

 "Lewis Cleale, Carmen Cusack, Claybourne Elder, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ruthie Ann Miles, Matthew Morrison, Solea Pfeiffer, and Vanessa Williams"

 

http://www.playbill.com/article/matthew-morrison-and-carmen-cusack-will-star-in-hollywood-bowls-sondheim-on-sondheim

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:48pm

Aside from Vanessa & Matthew, not a very exciting line up, unfortunately.

[SmokeyLady]

Posted: 6/19/17 at 3:51pm

nealb1 said: "Aside from Vanessa & Matthew, not a very exciting line up, unfortunately.

 

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Sounds pretty dull to me.

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 6/20/17 at 3:50pm

nealb1 i too was at the Hollywood Bowl that night in 2005 and it was an extraordinary night for sure, what with Barbra Streisand leading 18,000 in HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Sondheim himself...but i too think this cast sounds a little dull...and for the money i paid for good seats at the Bowl, the luster of the idea of this show is wearing off sadly...

[emo_geek]

Posted: 6/20/17 at 4:12pm

2005's Birthday Celebration was a night I'll never forget (and my avatar was taken at its rehearsal). 

It does say additional casting announced- maybe we'll get some more interesting people? Or do you think it'll all be ensemble? 

[Sunny11]

Posted: 6/20/17 at 4:27pm

 What's wrong with the cast? Most of them have either won a Tony award or have been nominated.

The Hollywood bowl often  hires celebrities with little to no actual Broadway experience so in terms of doing Sondheim songs justice, this is good news.

Updated On: 6/20/17 at 04:27 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 6/20/17 at 9:06pm

Am I correct in assuming then that this is a recreation of the show Vanessa Williams and Barbra Cook did on Broadway?   The casting is defenitly blah.  I mean did anyone really need to see. Jesse T Ferguson in one more Bowl show ?

[nealb1]

Posted: 6/20/17 at 11:01pm

Dame, I would think it is a recreation of the recent Broadway show at Studio 54.  I saw it and loved it. 

Yes, the 2005 concert was incredible.  I'm so surprised that it wasn't filmed for PBS Great Performances and released on dvd.

As far as the casting - it's not that they aren't talented.........that's a given.  I'm sure we can all agree that by HB standards, it's a very odd lineup. 

[Wildcard]

Posted: 7/21/17 at 7:23pm

Who's going to the show this weekend?

[DAME]

Posted: 7/21/17 at 7:25pm

I'll be there.  Any truth to the rumor that Mathew Morrison was fired and Jeremy Jordan filling in?  I read it on the other board.

[WestCoastActor/Director]

Posted: 7/22/17 at 1:26am

Do you official announcement is that Matthew Morrison had scheduling conflicts but no replacement was being made. The rest of the cast would absorb his songs.

[Bette's Turban]

Posted: 7/22/17 at 2:27am

 

Updated On: 7/22/17 at 02:27 AM

[JoseLee_]

Posted: 7/22/17 at 3:56am

I'm going. See ya guys on Sunday. I'm excited to see Vanessa Williams, Ruthie Ann Miles, & Carmen Cusack

[Sunny11]

Posted: 7/22/17 at 4:46am

Matthew Morrison is in China working on something where he plays an astronaut.

https://instagram.com/p/BWU7pXolBm0/

Even a minor delay  in production there could have left him with insufficient time to be able the fly back to LA in time. 

That wire work looks like so much fun though! 

Updated On: 7/22/17 at 04:46 AM

[broadwaybabywannabe2]

Posted: 7/24/17 at 10:19am

 I saw this last night at the bowl,  and while the singing voices with a few exceptions were rather light i LOVED the LA PHIL conducted by GUSTAVO DUDAMEL playing some of my favorite Sondheim songs...and it was a perfect night for glorious music!...

[PepperedShepherd]

Posted: 7/24/17 at 12:39pm

broadwaybabywannabe2 said: " I saw this last night at the bowl,  and while the singing voices with a few exceptions were rather light i LOVED the LA PHIL conducted by GUSTAVO DUDAMEL playing some of my favorite Sondheim songs...and it was a perfect night for glorious music!..."

I agree. To hear the LA Phil do "Sunday" was alone worth the price of admission. Simply glorious!

 

[DAME]

Posted: 7/24/17 at 12:40pm

broadwaybabywannabe2 said: " I saw this last night at the bowl,  and while the singing voices with a few exceptions were rather light i LOVED the LA PHIL conducted by GUSTAVO DUDAMEL playing some of my favorite Sondheim songs...and it was a perfect night for glorious music!...

 

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Totally agree.  Thin voices.  But lovely evening.